A young Great Horned Owl in a dead tree with a fresh kill under its talons. It has its body in near profile facing to the left and it is facing to the right of the frame. The bird has horizontal stripes of black, gray, and buff of various consistencies all along its body. The head is rounded and mostly fuzzy down of white, black, brown, and buff. The eyes are large and yellow with big round black pupils and the beak is black.

Running late on #StunDay which just happened to be #Superb_Owl day. Here is one of the Great Horned Owletts that I came across in Sunset Park in #LasVegas Looks like it caught and scored a #touchdown to me. Marked sensitive for the catch.
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Title: Tournament Shield (Targe) Date: ca. 1500 Culture: German Medium: Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy Dimensions: H. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); outer circumference 19 5/16 in. (49 cm); H. of lance rest 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307 "Shields of this shape were inspired by Hungarian light-cavalry shields and were adopted in Germany and Austria for the Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The German motto around the owl reads in translation, 'Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.' Below this are the quartered arms of the Tänzl and Rindscheit families, which were united by marriage in 1499."

For #SuperbOwlSunday 🦉:
Tournament Shield (Targe)
Germany, c. 1500
Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy
“The German motto around the #owl reads in translation, 'Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.'”
On display at the Met (69.196)
#Superb_Owl #Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt

Rush album cover "Fly By Night" featuring an owl.

Superb Owl

#rush #superb_owl

#Superb_Owl!

I decided to go out 30 minutes before Sunset on #Superb_Owl day to get new photos of Owls and I lucked out and found these two Longeared Owls in a tree in the middle of an off-leash dogpark (of all places) based on a tip. So here's some brand new content for #Superb_Owl_2026 📷: Panasonic G9 II

Amicus , the mascot of the Supreme Court of Canada

#superb_owl day contribution : Amicus is the mascot of the Supreme Court of Canada, a D&D owlbear with Santa clothes

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Amicus, the mascot of the Supreme Court of Canada

#superb_owl day contribution : Amicus is the mascot of the Supreme Court of Canada, a D&D owlbear with Santa clothes

Source : www.scc-csc.ca/media-medias/new-nouveau...

The only ball I fuck with on Sundays.

#dnd #boycottnfl #superb_owl
#dungeonsanddragons

So for this #Superb_Owl Sunday, I have to reuse some photos from last year at this time as I didn't see any Owls in 2025, but I've seen one in 2026 already (second photo) which is a good sign I'll hopefully have all fresh content for this day next year. #Superb_Owl_2026

Ein Uhu sitzt mit fast geschlossenen Augen auf der Stange in seiner Voliere

Mein Beitrag zum Hashtag #SuberbOwl

Ein sibirischer Uhu - reichlich gelangweilt....

#superb_owl

Western screech owl looking out of its hidey-hole nest under the eaves of a roof

Great-horned owl on branch

Great-horned owl on branch, face partially obscured by palm fronds

#superb_owl
#birding
None are new shots but all are superb owls.

I don't know anything about American football, and don't watch it, but I really enjoy the #Superb_Owl photos one Sunday every year.

My tiny linocut burrowing owl is printed with a hint of ground line on a white Japanese paper background in pale brown ink with a grey beak and yellow and black eyes. It stares at the viewer looking fearsome despite its small size and the way it looks like it is wearing jaunty pantaloons.

My tall narrow linocut on white Japanese paper shows a screech owl that is perched on branch with its body facing left but its head is turned forward to look straight at the viewer. It is printed in dark brown ink.

As described, The symbols of Québec, its provincial bird, the snowy owl and its tree, the yellow birch cover the hand-carved map of Québec in this linocut. The owl swoops across a stand of birch. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, Payne's gray, gold, black and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 23.5 cm by 31.8 cm (9.25" by 12.5").

My linocut snowy owl on white Japanese paper soars over a snowy landscape with the aurora borealis in the night sky behind it, printed in shades of dark blue

We have the fabulous pantaloon-wearing burrowing owl, the gorgeous and ghostly snow owl and the imposing screech owl too 🦉

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#Superb_owl #linocut #printmaking #owl #sciart

A small owl perched on a glove. It's facing forward but looking to the right towards something behind the camera. It's ear and face feathers are all sticking up in alarm. The owl is a tawny brown with white patches on its face and chest, and smaller dark patches on its chest and wings.

My friends, as it is Superb Owl day, I would like to show a more recent picture of Baked Beans, taken back in January. He now has his adult plumage and is quite majestic, particularly since he's all sticky-uppy. He was being taken past the gorilla play room and […]

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#superbowl pre lick for #caturday...
would a #superb_owl give a hoot?

How I imagine chiefs fans must be feeling after last nights game 😡
#superb_owl #burrowingowl #birdphotography

Book cover: a lizard and an owl playing music together .

An owl holding a book peeking out of a a saguaro cactus.

An owl playing her violin on a balcony on a saguaro cactus

An owl awake in her bed with musical notes coming in through her window. Bust of Beethoven in the background.

It's the day after Superb Owl Sunday. This owl has a weird schedule. From The Sunrise Band, a book I Illustrated for @redchairpress.bsky.social Author: Jeff Dinardo. #Superb_Owl_Sunday #superb_owl #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #illustration #childrensbook #childrensbooks #kidlitartist

Two long eared owls screenshot from the Owl Research Institute camera on explore.org. And they are soooo cute, like fluffed out, trying to stay warm bird stuffies on branches. It is all sucked in little heads, tufted ears and very rounded bodies.

Omg so much cute owl action and I really, really want a long-eared owl stuffy now #superb_owl

My favorite #superb_owl is the burrowing owl. They're out during the daytime and pint sized! I have plans to make a burrow in the open space behind my house and put cameras in it. All in good time...

Duolingo ad saying “drake after attending his own funeral on national TV” with a crying owl

The Duolingo characters singing “trying to strike a chord and it’s probably a minor”

Duolingo trying to get sued tonight. #superb_owl

#superb_owl

Was there a football game on today or something? #Superb_Owl

Gotta love the #Superb_Owl.

OWL 100-m telescope ESO Outreach

All of the #superbowl posts got me thinking of telescopes today lol 😆
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#SuperbOwls #owls #telescopes #observatory #science #astronomy #Astrodon #superb_owl

B/W photo by Michel Sima, 1946: Picasso holding his pet owl Ubu in front of a painting featuring his little friend (Owl on a Chair and Sea Urchins, 1946) “While Pablo was still working at the Musée d’Antibes, [Michel] Sima had come to us one day with a little owl he had found in the corner of the museum. One of his claws had been injured. We bandaged it and gradually it healed. We bought a cage for him and when we returned to Paris we brought him back with us and put him in the kitchen with the canaries, the pigeons, the turtledoves. We were very nice to him but he only glared at us. Any time we went into the kitchen, the canaries chirped, the pigeons cooed and the turtledoves laughed but the owl remained stolidly silent or, at best, snorted. He smelled awful and ate nothing but mice. […] Every time the owl snorted at Pablo he would shout, ‘Cochon, Merde,’ and a few other obscenities, just to show the owl that he was even worse mannered than he was.” — Françoise Gilot, as quoted in _A Picasso Bestiary_

B/W photo by Michel Sima, 1946: Picasso holding his pet owl Ubu in front of a painting featuring his little friend (Owl on a Chair and Sea Urchins, 1946) - closer view

B/W photo by Michel Sima, 1946: Picasso holding his pet owl Ubu in his hands while posed on a wooden chair

#Superb_Owl_Sunday hall of fame legend: #Picasso ‘s beloved pet rescue #owl, Ubu, who inspired the famous artist to create a whole series of owl drawings, paintings, and ceramics.
(See ALTS for more info!)
#Superb_Owl #BirdsInArt

#Superb_Owl