International Owl Awareness Day - 2025

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The International Owl Center is celebrating International Owl Awareness Day by offering free admission to all on Monday, August 4. Donations of non-perishable food items for the Houston Community Food Shelf are welcomed. There will also be a variety of other owl-themed offerings at other businesses in Houston.
 
Visitors will be able to meet four or five live owls including a Barred Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl and potentially a Burrowing Owl (if she agrees to come to work that day!) The Owl Center will be open from 9:30 – 5:00 and different programs will be presented every hour on the hour from 10:00 – 3:00. Programs will be about 30 minutes long, except the program at 3:00 will be Executive Director Karla Bloem’s “Real Life Great Horned Owl Soap Opera”, featuring her vocal research on the species, and will last about 75 minutes. Door prizes to help people live owl-friendly lives will be awarded throughout the day. Expect large crowds and some programs may be standing-room only (especially in the morning).
 
River Valley Convenience Store will have owl-themed hand-dipped ice cream, Barista’s Coffee House will have owl-themed beverages and owl cookies (as long as they last), and JT’s Bar and Grill will have owl-themed burgers. There may also be a garage sale of all kinds of owl items.
 
For more information and the program schedule go to www.internationalowlcenter.org/owlawarenessday.