Friday,
2 March 2012
At Houston Elementary School
5:30 - 8:00 Owl
Merchandise & Vendors (no credit cards)
5:30 PM Cub
Scout Program * #
7:00 PM Medallion Hunt Begins - First Clue#
7:00 PM Live Owl Program
(with Snowy Owl) by
the Illinois Raptor Center #
8:00 PM Owl
Prowl #
Saturday,
3 March 2012
All activities at Houston
Elementary School unless noted otherwise.
8:00-11:00 Owl Face Pancake Breakfast (Cross of Christ Lutheran Church)
9:00 - 12:00 Owl Nest Box Building -
ongoing ($30/box) #
9:00-4:30 Owl Videos Continuously Running #
9:00-4:30 Owl Merchandise,
Vendors, Booths, and
Bake Sale # (no credit cards)
9:30
- 4:30 Hands-on Owl Displays & Photography Contest Voting (Houston Nature Center)
9:30 AM Live Owl Program
(with flying Barn Owl) by
the Illinois Raptor Center #
10:30 - 3:00 Kids Activities
& Face Painting #
11:00 AM
"Owls and Hummingbirds"
by
Laura Erickson #
11:30 AM
Owl Storytime by Diane Lambrecht #
11:00-1:00 Owl-themed Lunch #
12:30 - 3:00
Owl Pellet
Dissection - ongoing ($5/pellet)#
12:30 PM Kids Owl Calling Contest #
1:30 - 3:00 Alice's Hatch-Day
Party #
1:30 PM "Real
Life Owl Soap Opera" by Karla Bloem #
3:00 PM Live Owl Program
(with Snowy Owl) by
the Illinois Raptor Center #
5:00 -6:00 Banquet
Social Hour (Valley High Golf Club)*
6:00 PM Banquet
(Valley High Golf Club) *
7:00 PM Live Auction
(Valley High Golf Club)*
7:30 PM
World Owl Hall of Fame Award
Presentations (Valley High Golf Club) *
8:00 PM
Owl Systematics by
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink*
8:30 PM
Keynote: Twenty Tundra
Summers Studying Snowy Owls by Denver Holt (Valley
High Golf Club)*
Sunday,
4 March 2012
All activities at Houston
Elementary School unless noted otherwise.
8:00 - 12:00
Snowy Owl Safe
Families Expedition on the Root River Trail (Houston
Nature Center) *
9:00 - 12:30 Birding & Natural History Bus Trip & German Lunch
(leave from Nature Center) *
9:00 - 12:00 Owl Photo Sessions (Valley
High Golf Club) *
9:00-11:30 Owl Nest Box Building
- ongoing ($30/box) #
9:00-4:00 Owl Merchandise, Vendors, Booths, and
Bake Sale # (no credit cards)
9:00-4:00
Owl Videos Continuously Running #
9:30 - 4:30 Hands-on Owl Displays &
Photography Contest Voting (Houston Nature Center)
10:00 - 2:00 Sunday Brunch
(Valley High Golf Club)
11:00 - 2:00 Spaghetti Dinner
(St. Mary's Catholic Church, 202 S Sheridan St)
11:00-2:30 Kids Activities (no face-painting) #
12:00-2:30
Owl Pellet Dissection
- ongoing ($5/pellet) #
12:30
Owl Bible Study
by Pastor Lane Zaffke #
1:00 PM
The Pot Plant Owl Story
by Tracy Eccles, South Africa #
2:15
PM Raffle Drawing #
2:30 PM Live Owl Program
(withy flying Barn Owl) by
the Illinois Raptor Center #
* Pre-registration and/or fees required
# admission button required (adults: $7; kids 4-12: $4;
3 and under: free). Buy your button early at select Houston
businesses and get a $1 discount. Sorry, no advanced button sales by mail.
Payment by cash or check accepted. Sorry, no credit cards at the
Festival--only online for advanced registration.
