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Mar 29·edited Mar 29

I knew this would be a rough tournament when four of my favorites got packed together in one section of the bracket, but even my backup picks keep crashing out.

Digging in to back the burrowing owls all the way!

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the bracket is brutal this year

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Owl gang unite! If it makes it through and is matched up against the peregrine falcon next round that’s gonna be a real Sophie’s choice for me.

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Yeah, I looked at the overall bracket and was like "OF COURSE, the burrow owl and peregrine are gonna end up facing off."

*sigh*

Owls it is.

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That’s where I’m at. I called my shot in round one that the burrowing owl would go all the way and I’m sticking with it.

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It's getting tougher as the list gets shorter. Plus this survey brings out the prejudice in me. So instead of feeling good about my participation it's bringing out my dark side.

*I love you all birdies*

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Nothing worse than killing your darlings (by voting for a different bird).

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Ya...that's it! By voting I'm illuminating a feathered friend. Thanks. Your comment explains a lot my feeling.

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Away with the freckled water fowl I say. My underground hooting king is an unstoppable runaway mine cart (because he’s underground).

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come on undecides, cock-of-the-rock needs your help! only one of these birds is a red and it’s not the peregrine falcon

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How the Cock-of-the-Rock is getting so savagely thrashed is an absolute mystery to me. I mean, sure, peregrine falcons are pretty cool, I love how they have adapted and even thrived in urban environments like San Francisco (where they have unleashed a reign of avian terror on a hapless pigeon population), but the world needs more goofy than ever, which the COTR brings in spades. Sigh.

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look again! the race is getting much closer.

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Speed kills.

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The raptor bias in early voting is strong. Booooo!

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Yeah but raptors are cool! Peregrine falcons are the fastest animals alive!!! Can’t fault people for being dumb and going for it (it’s me, I’m dumb).

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