Festival celebrates, demystifies owls

Alice the Great Horned Owl
Alice the Great Horned Owl is the in-house owl of the Nouston Nature Center. The International Festival of Owls started as a celebration of her hatch-day.
Photo Ingavalson. Used with permission by Houston Nature Center and International Festival of Owls

The 11th International Festival of Owls takes place this weekend in Houston in southeastern Minnesota.

Karla Bloem of the Houston Nature Center promises all things that pertain to owls and then some. The annual festival began as a celebration of hatch day of Alice the Great Horned Owl. Alice is the in-house owl of the nature center.

Events start Friday evening with the "owl prowl," where participants can search for owls with a naturalist. Festivities go through Sunday afternoon.

Watch video of festival footage

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