2-4 March 2012

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

 

Live Owl Video

Alice's Owl Blog

Owls as Pets

Owls Eating Pets

Sick & Injured Owls

Helping Owls

Harry Potter

Links

 

The mission of the International Festival of Owls is to:

- spark a personal connection to owls and the environments we share with them

- provide financial support for the Houston Nature Center

- stimulate tourism in the Houston area.

 

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 speakers, we present the annual World Owl Hall of Fame awards.  We also host special outdoor owl photography sessions.

 

© Raju Acharya

left to right: Karla Bloem (Festival coordinator), Roar Solheim (owl researcher and 2011 keynote speaker from Norway), Raju Acharya (owl researcher and conservationist from Nepal with his 2011 World Owl Hall of Fame Special Achievement Award), David H. Johnson (Director of the Global Owl Project), Hein Bloem (formerly from The Netherlands)

 

 

 

 

 

Key Festival Sponsors:

Friends of the Houston Nature Center

Houston Nature Center

Houston Hoedown Days

with substantial support from

the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation

 

Additional funding provided by Houston County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

 

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