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Same! They've been my favorite owl this year.
This is another tough things I've been learning about myself during OotY this year. I've been a little looser with my commentary during the games, but besides appearing biased, I don't want to sound like I'm lecturing people and seem annoying.
It's not as much a "you should have voted for this" but more of asking myself out loud "what can I do to get them more excited about x?" It's not like Barn Owl awareness is a problem. I've highlighted the reeeeeally white ones, a bunch of more unusual colored ones, extra spotty ones, how to tell males from females (which isn't very common for owls to be able to do).
As pretty much a 1 person show most of the time, I don't really have opportunities for behind the scenes chats about this stuff, but it's on my mind whine doing OotY and seeing how you all as a collective react to things in a comparative way.
Barnies have a bit of a unique look, but it's the result of being highly specialized for hearing, and that's why so many studies have been done with them. A ton of our understanding about owls has come from studying Barn Owls, so how do I get you guys pumped over that instead of being "cool, but can you show me another Scops now?"