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    • Birding Bus Trip
    • Kid Stuff >
      • Kids' Activities and Programs
      • Kids' Hooting Contest
    • Medallion Hunt
    • Nest Box Building
    • Owl Prowls
    • Owl-Themed Food
    • Owl Pellet Dissection
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      • Live Owl Programs
      • Special Programs
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INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF OWLS

Nest Box Building

2026 nest box building

During the Festival you'll get to build your own owl nest box if you'd like. You will be provided with materials, equipment, and supervised instruction to assemble the boxes, plus instructions for placement of the boxes.

Choose between a box that will work for Eastern Screech-Owls, Northern Saw-whet Owls (and American Kestrels and Wood Ducks) or a box for Barred Owls. Both are made of high quality materials for long life. 

This event is put on by the Houston Boy Scouts, and all proceeds benefits their scouting program.
Saturday, March 7, 2026 from  10:30 - 2:30
Sunday, March 8, 2026 from 10:30 - 2:00

Houston High School
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Cost is $55/box for either a Screech-Owl/Saw-whet Owl box or a Barred Owl box.

The 2026 international festival of owls is made possible by:

Major Sponsors
International Owl Center logo: line art of the face of a Great Horned Owl in maroon with the text
Vendi Advertising logo:
Houston Public Schools logo: Four long, curved silver triangles forming the shape of a hurricane inside a red circle, surrounded by a gray circle with the text
Houston Public Schools
​​Elizabeth Callender King Foundation
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Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation


$1,000 Great Gray Owl Enthusiasts
Altra logo:
Rushford State Bank logo: Two green shapes like bluffs with a white river curving between them and two simple black birds flying above. To the right,
Tricia Jacobs and Family
Kiwidyne logo: A vertical gradient of sky blue to white. The text
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$500 Great Horned Owl Advocates
Zumbro Valley Audubon logo: A green square with the white silhouette of a songbird sitting on a branch, leading into white text of
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Prairie Moon logo: A light gray circle with the outlines of purple wildflowers with the text

​​$250 Barred Owl Contributors
MiEnergy logo: in lowercase letters,
New Albin Savings Bank logo: A circle containing swirling blue, green and white shapes, with the text
AcenTek logo: The word
Lions logo: A blue and yellow circular design with a large
Houston Lions

​​$100 Screech Owl Supporters
Barista's Coffee House  ●  Bluff Country Financial Services    ●    Caledonia Veterinary Clinic      ●    Houston Dental Clinic    ●    Houston Hoedown Days    ●    JT's Bar & Grill    ●    ​Money Creek Haven    ●    Mound Prairie Mutual Insurance    ●    Owl City Cycles     ●     River Valley Convenience Store


$50 Pygmy-Owl Sponsors
The Sawmill Inn   ●   Rushford Inn  ●    ​The Wen Inn

The International Festival of Owls would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
Please contact us for information on having your business or organization become a sponsor, and please patronize our sponsors.

Many thanks are due to our prize donors and the army of volunteers that make this event possible.