While much of America will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 7th, true birders are gearing up for that day's real event, Superb Owl Sunday! Owl fans everywhere will spend the day (and owls being owls, the night) celebrating these marvels of the avian world.
And we want you to join in! Share your favorite owl pictures with us at Pasadena Audubon, and we can share them with the world via our social media outlets. Here are some of the great Superb Owl photos we've already received...
Burrowing Owlet, Chino CA. Photo by Kathryn Degner
Great Horned Owlet, Santa Fe Dam. Photo by Kathryn Degner
Burrowing Owlets, Chino CA. Photo by Kathryn Degner
Great-horned Owl, LA Arboretum. Photo by Tom Mills
Elf Owl, Hereford, AZ. Photo by Tom Mills
Long-eared Owl, San Dimas, CA.
Great-horned Owl, Pasadena, CA. Photo by Tom Mills
Burrowing Owl, Ontario, CA. Photo by Tom Mills
Screech Owl. Photo by Tom Mills
Long-eared Owl. Photo by Linda Zinn
Snowy Owl, Bloomington, Illinois. Photo by Steve Zehner
Burrowing Owl, Hahamongna Park, Pasadena. Photo by Mickey Long
Long-eared Owl, Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena. Photo by Mickey Long
Spotted Owl, Cottonwood Canyon, Pasadena. Photo by Mickey Long
Short-eared Owl, central Illinois. Photo by Steve Zehner
Short-eared Owl, central Illinois. Photo by Steve Zehner
Short-eared Owl, central Illinois. Photo by Steve Zehner
Short-eared Owl, central Illinois. Photo by Steve Zehner
Owlets, Thousand Palms. Photo by Merrilee Fellows
Western Screech Owl, Santa Susana Field. Photo by Merrilee Fellows
Photo by Ed Stonick
Photo by Susan Hopkins
Photo by Jon Imamura
Great Horned Owlets, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owlets, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owl, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owlet, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owls, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owls, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owl, Lower Arroyo Seco. Photo by Max Brenner
Great Horned Owl, Anza Borrego, CA. Photo by Barbara Goldeen
Great Horned Owlet, Yorba Linda, CA. Photo by Caleb Peterson (@bird_alicious)
Great Horned Owlet, Huntington Beach, CA. Photo by Caleb Peterson (@bird_alicious)
Burrowing Owl, Ontario, CA. Photo by Caleb Peterson (@bird_alicious)
Barn Owl, Lakeview, CA. Photo by Caleb Peterson (@bird_alicious)
Burrowing Owl, Ventura, CA. Photo by Caleb Peterson (@bird_alicious)
Owl near Ontario, CA airport. Photo by Genessi Torres
Burrowing Owl. Photo by Jerry Ewing
Long-eared Owl. Photo by Jerry Ewing
Burrowing Owls. Photo by Jerry Ewing
Barn Owl. Photo by Jerry Ewing
Great Horned Owl, North Hollywood. Photo by Karen Minkowski
Black-and-white Owls, Costa Rica. Edward Stonick
Burrowing Owl, Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR. Photo by Jim Margitan
Great Horned Owl, Huntington Library. Photo by Jim Margitan
Juvenile Great Horned Owl, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. Photo by Jim Margitan
Oriental Bay Owl, Borneo. Photo by George Reich
Torotoroka Scops Owl, Madagascar. Photo by George Reich
Torotoroka Scops Owl, Madagascar. Photo by George Reich
Western Screech Owl, Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre. Photo by Jim Margitan
Colima Pygmy-Owl. Photo by Lois Brunet
Great Horned Owl. Photo by Chris Spurgeon
Burrowing Owl. Photo by Lois Brunet
African Scops Owl. Photo by Lois Brunet
Flammulated Owl. Photo by Chris Spurgeon
Submit your Superb Owl!
Have a Superb Owl photo you want the world to see? Send it to loisb.pas@gmail.com.(*)
The history of Superb Owl Day
Like any well-beloved holiday, the origins of Superb Owl Sunday are lost in the mists of time. But many SuperbOwl-ologists credit this 2014 episode of The Colbert Report with driving the holiday into the mainstream...
(*) By sending us your owl photos you acknowledge that it's ok for Pasadena Audubon to use them (with credit) in its online and print communication. You also acknowledge that you have the legal right to authorize the use of the image(s). If possible please include the species of owl(s) in the photo, where the photo was taken, and who should be credited with the photo.
While much of America will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 7th, true birders are gearing up for that day's real event, Superb Owl Sunday! Owl fans everywhere will spend the day (and owls being owls, the night) celebrating these marvels of the avian world.
And we want you to join in! Share your favorite owl pictures with us at Pasadena Audubon, and we can share them with the world via our social media outlets. Here are some of the great Superb Owl photos we've already received...
Submit your Superb Owl!
Have a Superb Owl photo you want the world to see? Send it to loisb.pas@gmail.com.(*)
The history of Superb Owl Day
Like any well-beloved holiday, the origins of Superb Owl Sunday are lost in the mists of time. But many SuperbOwl-ologists credit this 2014 episode of The Colbert Report with driving the holiday into the mainstream...
(*) By sending us your owl photos you acknowledge that it's ok for Pasadena Audubon to use them (with credit) in its online and print communication. You also acknowledge that you have the legal right to authorize the use of the image(s). If possible please include the species of owl(s) in the photo, where the photo was taken, and who should be credited with the photo.