#superb owl sunday

[boy-warbler]

Long-eared owl from yesterday; just in time for Superb Owl Sunday

#birdwatching #birding #birds #torontobirds #superb owl sunday #owls of tumblr #long eared owl

[tearlessrainart]

YOU ALL KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

This year's Superb Owl is the ever popular great horned owl.

#superbowl #superb owl sunday

[vanillaflowerstuff]

i heard it was time for super owls or something?

#my art #owl #barn owl #tyto alba #edwardian #superb owl sunday #superb owl #bird #birdblr

[drowzeeking]

These are the only Superb Owls I care about...

#superb owl #rowlet #pokemon #hooty #the owl house #owl house #the secret of nimh #the great owl #Mr. owl #tootsie pop #drowzeeking #superb owl sunday #don bluth

[aeshnacyanea2000]

A pair of Eurasian Eagle-Owls (Bubo bubo) for superb owl sunday.

#superb owl sunday #owl #owls #eurasian eagle owl #bubo bubo #birds

[arthistoryanimalia]

Important #PSA for those who may be sharing medieval owl memes for #Superb_Owl Sunday as these owls (especially #1) often show up in them, and unfortunately there are unfunny reasons why they look the way it do. :/

#DYK that some medieval bestiary owls carry antisemitic context that may not be obvious to the casual modern viewer? Sadly, these nocturnal owls were used to symbolize Jews living in darkness and rejecting the light of Christ.

Features to watch for include: anthropomorphized faces with beaks made to resemble hooked noses; owl "horns" drawn like devil horns (and the horned hats some Jews had to wear); and "mobbing" by other birds (a real-life behavior, but also used to symbolize attacking a sinner).

For more info:

1. Miyazaki, Mariko. "Misericord owls and medieval anti-Semitism." In The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature, pp. 23-43. Routledge, 2013.

2. Greatley-Hirsch, Brett. "From Jew to Puritan: the emblematic owl in early English culture." In ‘This Earthly Stage’: World and Stage in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, pp. 131-172. Brepols, 2010. PDF available online.

Image sources:

British Library, Harley MS 4751 (Harley Bestiary), folio 47r

Westminster Abbey Library MS 22 (Westminster Bestiary), f. 40

Aberdeen University Library, Univ. Lib. MS 24 (Aberdeen Bestiary), f. 50r

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 1951 (Bestiaire d'amour rimé), f. 15v

#owl #owls #bird #birds #birds in art #medieval bestiary #medieval manuscripts #illuminated manuscripts #medieval art #European art #illustration #works on paper #antisemitism #jewish culture #PSA #DYK #Superb Owl Sunday #animals in art

[alexiscat]

#Superb Owl Sunday #Skench #guardians of ga'hoole #Owl #strigiformes #Great Horned Owl

[nightingaleflow]

Happy Superb Owl Sunday to those who celebrate. 🦉

#superb owl sunday #nightingale speaks

[rainbowravels]

I made an owl for Superb Owl Sunday! :D

I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. I think for the next one, I'll experiment with making the body even bigger so the eyes (which I can't easily make smaller) won't take up quite so much room. But I think this little guy is pretty cute as-is.

#superb owl sunday #superb owl #owl #amigurumi #knitting

[inga-don-studio]

FNAFuary #8 Crossovers! & #12 Pastel

Security Owl from FNAF World in a vaguely Animal Crossing style for Superb Owl Sunday! Without text under the ‘keep reading’ break:

#🎃 cryptid sighting #FNAFuary #FNAF #Five Nights at Freddy’s #FNAF World #Superb Owl Sunday #Security Owl #Animal Crossing #DeadOfNightStudio #My art #FNAFuary ‘19 #Link to the prompt list in the reblog on my art blog because Tumblr hates links :/ #Eye strain #One minute left of Super Bowl Sunday whoo!!!

[sans-slash-wheatley]

happy superb owl day to all who celebrate 🦉🎉

#superb owl sunday #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #superb owl #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless #colin robinson #laszlo cravensworth #nadja of antipaxos

[boy-warbler]

Sitting on the dock of the bay. Snowy owl from yesterday

#birdwatching #birding #birds #torontobirds #superb owl sunday #snowy owl #owl #bird of prey

[athelind]

It's Superb Owl Sunday!

#superb owl sunday #the owl house #harpy #eda clawthorne #eda the owl lady #Youtube

[ironagefyxen]

owl of the above

#superb owl sunday

[spacefinch]

Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

Here’s a barred owl sketch to celebrate!

#birdposting #superb owl sunday #owls #barred owl #my art #sketch #field journal

[aeshnacyanea2000]

Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

#superb owl sunday #owl #owls #birds #Sperlingskauz #eurasian pygmy owl #Glaucidium passerinum