Screech picked up a clear and straightforward win over Tawny Fish in a match that mirrored Eagle vs Ural. Screech is just so well known and well loved that it’s hard for a rarer owl to knock it off.

Tawny is a great owl, and we do have Buffy Fish Owl and Blakistons coming up still, so genus Ketupa is still well represented and has a chance to get some more love.

Screech is looking fairly well positioned now, and has a solid chance of meeting Saw Whet in the later rounds if it holds on to its edge. Screech absolutely has the ability to take on last year’s winner and even come out ahead. That red color morph is very popular, and it’s got the same small and cute thing going on as the champ.

My boy’s gone :( I’ll have to do some proselytism for the remaining fish owls!