Winter Owl Prowls – What a Hoot! Feb. 5 and 11, 2015

It’s that time of year again - time to listen for owls at a woodlot near you! Shake off that cabin fever and enjoy an evening learning about the owls of Ontario, their adaptations, calls, and behaviour, presented by Caroline Biribauer, Outreach Coordinator with the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA).  


Weather permitting, participants will take a guided walk through the woods looking and listening for owls. 


“We’ve been hosting these winter Owl Prowls for many years now, and they have been selling out at our maximum capacity every year,” Biribauer says.  “To hear an owl hooting on a still winter’s night is nothing short of magical.  Then to be lucky enough to see one, that’s an experience with nature that one doesn’t soon forget.”

The public can choose between two Owl Prowl evenings: 

-Thursday, February 5, 2015:   7-9 pm at Camp Cedarwin Scout Camp
-Wednesday, February 11, 2015:  7-9 pm at Holiday Beach Conservation Area

The cost for each event is $5 per person, or $12/family.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required.  For the Camp Cedarwin Owl Prowl, please go to https://cedarwinowlprowl.eventbrite.ca.   For tickets for the Holiday Beach Owl Prowl, please go to http://owlprowlholidaybeach.eventbrite.ca. 

 

For more information, please contact Caroline at cbiribauer@erca.org or 519-776-5209, ext. 245.  Since 1973, the Essex Region Conservation Authority has served as a community-based organization dedicated to protecting, restoring and managing the natural resources of the Essex Region.






by Alan Halberstadt www.alanhalberstadt.com