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It's Super Bowl Sunday, which means that it's also "Superb Owl" day!
This alternate annual trend began after reports surfaced several years ago that typing errors in advance of the big game had led to a spike in online searches for the phrase "superb owl" rather than the intended "Super Bowl".

So it's the perfect occasion to share a few of my "Superb Owl" sketches, in watercolour!

"The term didn't gain widespread usage until it was picked up by Stephen Colbert for a segment of "The Colbert Report" in 2014. It was also used as a category of "Jeopardy" in 2019, according to Know Your Meme. Over time, people began differentiating between Superb Owl posts and Super Bowl posts by using the hashtag #SuperbOwl, capitalizing the "O" in the tag."

And "the popularity of the meme has helped drive people hoping to learn more about the birds to conservation organizations... hosting events such as this weekend's Superb Owl Saturday. The event isn't being held on Sunday to avoid ruffling the feathers of any owl-loving football fans".

So if you're not an (American) football fan, check for #SuperbOwls on social media tonight!