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5-7 March 2010 Houston, Minnesota USA |
The only full-weekend, all-owl event in North America!
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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. *Click here to participate in our international coloring contest!
© 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 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.
© Houston Banner left to right: Denver Holt (founder of the Owl Research Institute, Montana), MaryBethe Wright and Owly the Short-eared Owl (Bird Treatment and Learning Center,Alaska), Laura Erickson (author, Minnesota), Dorothy Purge (children's writer, Jamaica), Tony Warburton (founder of the World Owl Trust, England), Clive Mojonnier (World Owl Trust, England), Karla Kinstler and Alice the Great Horned Owl (festival coordinators)
Key Festival Sponsors:Friends of the Houston Nature Center Houston Area Chamber of Commerce with substantial support from the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation
Additional funding provided by Houston County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
website hosted by The Owl Pages
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