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August 25, 2009
Bon voyage, Burrowing owls!
Celebrate fall migration at SBOIC
The Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre and the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company are pleased to announce a free family day celebration on Sunday, September 6th, 2009.
SBOIC is celebrating their extraordinary journey by inviting visitors to Bon Voyage, Burrowing Owls. From 1 pm to 4 pm, visitors can enjoy cake, guided tours, making crafts, and meet an ambassador owl. Visitors can also bring their own camera for a family photo with George, our newest ambassador owl. The first 30 visitors will receive a free picture frame to decorate at SBOIC and use as a keepsake frame for their photo.
July 13
Thank you to everyone who came out and made our Grand Opening a success!
July
Grand Opening: Endangered Spaces, Endangered Species
Festivities include guided tours, crafts and activities, snacks, and a public appearance by the Hinterland Who's Who hosts Jody Gienow and Louis-René Sénéchal.
Our new exhibit explores the world of the burrowing owl, using beautiful images to interactive displays to teach people about burrowing owl biology, their rapid disappearance, and their critical conservation.
Naturally, there will be a few burrowing owls too, including SBOIC's newest ambassador owl, George. Free admission! Live owls!
Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting 1 pm
Hinterland Who's Who Presentation 2 pm
Guided Tours and Activities 3 pm
Festivities will occur at SBOIC, located on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company Limited grounds on Thatcher Drive.
Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting 1 pm
Hinterland Who's Who Presentation 2 pm
Guided Tours and Activities 3 pm
Festivities will occur at SBOIC, located on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company Limited grounds on Thatcher Drive.
July 2, 2009
Wise Owlets Day Camps are running this July. Check out our Information Brochure for more info.
June 23, 2009
Check out our newest ambassador owl, George!
Follow his growth and adventures at SBOIC.
July 21, 2008
There is still space left in our Wise Owlets Ecology Camp!!
See our Information Brochure.
June 26, 2008
Wise Owlet Ecology Camps have arrived! Wise Owlets become naturalists for a day and learn about plants and animals.
See our Information Brochure.
Choose your day camp!
Owls and Cows
Amazing Adaptations
Predators and Prey
Tiny Marvels
Junior Biologist Day
June 19, 2008
The Centre has 4 nests, three of which are hatching! This year Spike and Kay, Valentino and Piglet, Cookie and Twiggy, and Gale and Zeus has partnered up.
March 6, 2008
Check us out on Facebook!
March 5, 2008
On February 29th, 2008, Trooper, our most famous owl yet, met the federal Minister of Environment, John Baird. Together with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the federal and provincial government, and an landowner David Ash, 366 acres of native prairie was bought as a conservation easement. Trooper was there to ring in the good news!
Support SBOIC at our 8th Annual Fundraiser Dinner on May 10th, 2008! Join us for a night of fun at the Moose Jaw Exhibition where we'll have door prizes, a penny parade, and a silent and live auction! Meet one of our ambassador owls too!
Tickets are $12/each and corporate tables are also available. Tickets will be sold at SBOIC and several other locations (tba). Social hour will begin at 5:30pm and dinner served at 6:30pm.
We are also accepting donated items for our prizes and auction. A tax receipt can be issued. Your donations are greatly appreciated as they help us feed and care for our owls. Please contact Janet at sboic@sasktel.net or at (306) 692-8710 if you would like to donate an item to our fundraiser dinner.
See you there!
IT'S A GIRL!!!!
We had bets going around SBOIC - almost everyone thought Sanders, the newest imprint, was male. But nope, he surprised us all when we got the news that he is actually a she.
With Burrowing Owls there is no difference in size or colour between male and female. The only way to tell is by taking a blood sample - that's what we just got the results from informing us that yes, indeed, Sanders is a girl.
Owl Update - Summer 2007
TROOPER - Imprinted
Funny little two-year old Trooper has had a very busy year! He was formally inducted into the Saskatchewan Dragoons army reserve unit as their mascot in December 2005. This famous little guy is starting to get a big ego— soon he'll want his own trailer and TWO mice a day.
SCAMPER - Imprinted
Scamper, now 7-years old, works less than he used to and we continue to provide a good home for him during his down time. When he is out on the road, unlike any other imprint we've had, he has always had a funny habit of falling asleep on us during presentations!
SPIKE and KAY
Spike and Kay hatched 1 chocolaty brown chick this spring. Both are dominant adults in the captive population, and they always make sure their chicks survive and grow quickly.TWIGGY and COOKIE
Cookie, our one-winged owl, is still the feistiest owl of them all. Twiggy hatched 2 chicks this year, one of which is Sanders- our new imprint that we're raising this summer. He's getting bigger every day and he's as cute as a button!GALE
Gale was hatched at the Centre and raised by SBOIC staff to be used for educational programming. He was sent to Alberta to be used in an educational program but was not used very much and lost is imprinting. Gale returned to the centre in 2003. Gale has never paired up, but this year hangs out in Cookie and Twiggy's territory.PIGLET and VALENTINO
Piglet hatched out 7 chicks this spring. They are growing fast and will be released into the wild later this summer. This is the third year these two owls have paired up.HUCKLEBERRY and SHERMAN
Huckleberry, the star owl from our live web-cam hatched out 7 chicks this year. Sherman always waits for feeding time to grab a mouse from our hands, and then run down the burrow with it—taking it to Huckleberry! What a fella! Check out our web-cam to see the chicks- if you're lucky, you might see their mom ripping apart a mouse for them to eat!ANALA and ZEUS
You might be surprised by who the female is in this pair - it's Zeus! This year she paired up with Anala, the one-eyed owl and together they are raising 7 chicks. If you're quiet enough when you walk around the corner to look at the owls, you might see the chicks hanging out outside their burrow.