Hein Bloem modeling an owl lamp at the auction. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Hooston, our owl mascot, LOVES to pose for photos with kids. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Houston Elementary School children did a marvelous job decorating the school! (c) Alan Stankevitz

David H. Johnson, Director of the Global Owl Project, won the 2010 Champion of Owls Award. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Colin Shawyer from England won the Special Achievement Award for his work conserving Barn Owls in England. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Alice the Great Horned Owl had a lot to say about receiving the 2010 Lady Gray'l Award. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Alice the Great Horned Owl's Hatch-Day cake. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Jen Lilla leads of food chain activity with the Cub Scouts. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Terry and a Spectacled Owl from the World Bird Sanctuary in a packed crowd. (c) Alan Stankevitz

All kinds of fun merchandise to choose from! (c) Alan Stankevitz

Build a Barred or a Screech-Owl box with your family. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Dissecting an owl pellet as a team. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Stan Tekiela starting his entertaining presentation. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Marge Gibson of the Raptor Education Group was the keynote speaker in 2010. (c) Alan Stankevitz

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.

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

Everyone who comes from over 1,000 miles away receives an "I Love Owls" bumper sticker. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Check out this hand-carved owl cuckoo clock from the 2009 auction! (c) Alan Stankevitz

Eat owl face pancakes with real maple syrup on Saturday morning at the Lutheran Church. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Georgie the Barn Owl from England, winner of the 2009 World Owl Hall of Fame's Lady Gray'l Award.

Jim Duncan, winner of the World Owl Hall of Fame's 2009 Champion of Owls award, pictured with coordinator Karla Kinstler. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Maryann and Lisa Duke recieved the World Owl Hall of Fame's 2009 Special Achievement Award on behalf of husband/father Gary Duke. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Tobin the flying European Barn Owl from the World Bird Sanctuary skims the crowd. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Behind the scene of the 2009 photography session. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Norm Smith, Snowy Owl researcher from Boston, was the 2009 keynote speaker. (c) Alan Stankevitz

Chris Neri and Nova Mackentley from Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Michigan (pictured with Karla Kinstler in the middle) spoke in 2009.