Enjoy these photos from past festivals and get a better idea of exactly what goes on at our owl festival.
A Northern Saw-whet Owl was banded at the 2007 festival banquet. (c)Lisa Wadley
Friends of the Houston Nature Center board member Dot Karlsen kissing HOOSTON, our festival mascot. (c)Alan Stankevitz
HOOSTON, our festival mascot, with Stuart and Meg Houston from New York. (c)Alan Stankevitz
HOOSTON, our owl mascot, with Eastern Screech-Owl researcher Christian Artuso from Winnipeg. (c)Alan Stankevitz.
Owl bake sale 2008. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Alice the Great Horned Owl's hatch-day cake. (c)Royce Bergsgaard
Owl rice cakes at the owl bake sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Edible owl pellets at the owl bake sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz
David H. Johnson presenting Johan de Jong with a Special Achievement Award for the 2008 World Owl Hall of Fame. (c)Alan Stankevitz
David Johnson and Karla Kinstler presenting Dr. C. Stuart Houston with the 2008 Champion of Owls award. (c)Lisa Wadley
Tony Warburton and Karla Kinstler with Tony's 2007 Champion of Owls Award. (c)Alan Stankevitz
David Johnson presenting Dr. Eric Forsman with the 2006 Lady Gray'l Award for Fat Broad the Spotted Owl.
Owly the Short-eared Owl from Alaska won the 2007 Lady Gray'l Award and came from Alaska with Mary Bethe Wright. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Get your face painted like an owl! (c)Charles C. Kessler
Hands-on owl displays. (c)Lisa Wadley
A human banding station where you can get measured and banded like an owl! (c)Alan Stankevitz
Owl pellet dissection. (c)Lisa Wadley
Kids owl crafts. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Kids crafts 2008. (c)Johan de Jong
Even the food has an owl theme to it. (c)Johan de Jong
Building an owl nest box. (c)Carrol Henderson
All kinds of owl merchandise for sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz
A wide array of owl themed merchandise for sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Some items from the 2008 live auction at the Friday banquet. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Some items from the annual raffle that benefits the Global Owl Project.
A flying Barn Owl from the World Bird Sanctuary at the 2008 festival. (c)Alan Stankevitz
You'll get to see all the owls up close at our live owl programs. (c)Alan Stankevitz
The Raptor Education Group from Antigo, WI always brings a variety of live owl species. (c)Alan Stankevitz
A Spectacled Owl came from the World Bird Sanctuary in 2008. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Denver Holt from the Owl Research Institute in Montana was our 2007 keynote speaker. (c)Alan Stankevitz
Dorothy Purge came from Jamaica to do a cultural program about owls. (c)Royce Bergsgaard
Dr. James Duncan from Winnipeg was our keynote speaker in 2005. (c)Charles C. Kessler
A special outdoor photography session with the owls is conducted every year. (c)Charles C. Kessler
%20Lisa%20Wadley.jpg "A Northern Saw-whet Owl was banded at the 2007 festival banquet. (c)Lisa Wadley")
Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "HOOSTON, our festival mascot, with Stuart and Meg Houston from New York. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Lisa%20Wadley.JPG "HOOSTON, our owl mascot, with Eastern Screech-Owl researcher Christian Artuso from Winnipeg. (c)Alan Stankevitz.")
RoyceBergsgaard.jpg "Alice the Great Horned Owl's hatch-day cake. (c)Royce Bergsgaard")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "Owl rice cakes at the owl bake sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Lisa%20Wadley.JPG "David Johnson and Karla Kinstler presenting Dr. C. Stuart Houston with the 2008 Champion of Owls award. (c)Lisa Wadley")
LisaWadley.jpg "Owl pellet dissection. (c)Lisa Wadley")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "Kids owl crafts. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Johan%20de%20Jong.jpg "Kids crafts 2008. (c)Johan de Jong")
%20Johan%20de%20Jong.jpg "Even the food has an owl theme to it. (c)Johan de Jong")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "A wide array of owl themed merchandise for sale. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "Some items from the 2008 live auction at the Friday banquet. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
AlanStankevitz.jpg "You'll get to see all the owls up close at our live owl programs. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "The Raptor Education Group from Antigo, WI always brings a variety of live owl species. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Alan%20Stankevitz.jpg "Denver Holt from the Owl Research Institute in Montana was our 2007 keynote speaker. (c)Alan Stankevitz")
%20Royce%20Bergsgaard.jpg "Dorothy Purge came from Jamaica to do a cultural program about owls. (c)Royce Bergsgaard")
%20Charles%20C.%20Kessler.jpg "A special outdoor photography session with the owls is conducted every year. (c)Charles C. Kessler")
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%20Lisa%20Wadley.jpg "A Northern Saw-whet Owl was banded at the 2007 festival banquet. (c)Lisa Wadley")
A Northern Saw-whet Owl was banded at the 2007 festival banquet. (c)Lisa Wadley