WAYNESBORO – Buttonwood Nature Center is hosting “Afternoon with an Owl” at Pine Hill Recreation Area on Saturday, March 29, at 1:30 p.m. The program is part of their Naturalist Discovery Series. It is free and open to the public.
“This special program features Strix, the ‘Owl Ambassador’ from Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve,” said Mary Claire King, Buttonwood’s watershed science coordinator and the event organizer. “Barred owls like Strix are found in our area.”
Attendees will get to see Strix up close and learn all about the life of an owl from his naturalist-handler, Anne Gageby.
Gageby, the director of environmental education at Strawberry Hill, will talk about Strix and barred owls in general—the function of their special feathers, how they move, their diet and more. Questions are welcome.
Kids will enjoy creating an owl craft to take home.
For more information, readers may visit ButtonwoodNatureCenter.org.
Arranged in partnership with Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, this program is underwritten in part by Naturalist Discovery Series sponsors Pam and Bruce Rowland, and by Marge Kiersz, Lucinda D. Potter, CPA, and SEK CPAs & Advisors, with additional support from Buttonwood’s Today’s Horizon Fund contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin.
