6-8 March 2009

Houston,

Minnesota

USA

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The only full-weekend, all-owl event in North America!

 

 

 

 

Why?

Schedule & Activities

World Owl Hall of Fame

Directions & Lodging

Registration

Festival Sponsors

Photos

Press Room

Contact Us

 

Fun stuff!

The International Festival of Owls is a great place to have fun learning about owls, whether you're a kid or just a kid at heart. 

 

© Alan Stankevitz  

Above, the grandchildren of Dr. C. Stuart Houston, Great Horned Owl researcher from Saskatoon, Canada, enjoy the 2008 festival with Hooston, our owl mascot.  Their grandfather was the keynote speaker and the World Owl Hall of Fame's Champion of Owls award winner.

 

 

Serious stuff too.

For the more serious owl aficionados, we have internationally known keynote speakers, we present the annual World Owl Hall of Fame awards, and we hold a raffle to benefit the Global Owl Project.  We also host special outdoor owl photography sessions and classes for more serious photographers.

 

    

© Alan Stankevitz

left: Tony Warburton, founder of the World Owl Trust in England, receiving the World Owl Hall of Fame's 2007 Champion of Owls award from festival coordinator Karla Kinstler.

 

right: Dr. James R. Duncan, North American Great Gray Owl expert from Winnipeg, Canada, was the keynote speaker in 2005.

 

  

 

 

Key Festival Sponsors:

Friends of the Houston Nature Center

Houston Nature Center

Houston Area Chamber of Commerce

Houston Hoedown Days

with substantial support from

the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation

 

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