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2-4 March 2012 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.
© 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 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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