Why are owls so indie?

In what we are told is a (post)modern era, indie has become the most fashionable thing to be, whether "it" is actually independently produced or not. Now indie has evolved into a synonym of hip; the definition has become abstracted, as is the case with much of our language. It forces one to consider the big picture, which looks like this:



Anyway, the more pressing question is why are owls the hipsters of the animal kingdom? Observe: