2020 Burrowing Owl Festival
Festival Highlights:
- Adams Animal Encounters will be our featured wildlife expert and educator with dozens of live Florida animals including, reptiles, small gators, snakes, and amphibians.
- 35+ Wildlife and Environmental Exhibitors to inform you on SW Florida news
- We are introducing our New Burrowing Owl Exhibit with videos and informational displays
- Introducing our new burrowing owl mascot: Athene (pronounced: a-THEE-neh) to delight young and old alike, while symbolizing our mission to protect our planet and its wildlife.
- We have added another auditorium for lectures about the wildlife and environmental topics. See topics below
- We are please to announce that we have arranged for a featured speaker: David H. Johnson, who currently works at the Global Owl Project. His current project is a 12-year demographic study of the Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) 2010 thru 2022.
- New: Free Flora and Fauna tours of Rotary Park.
- We are expanding our Kids Crafts area and will have some new exciting activities.
- We are initiating a Schools Environmental Showcase where local students can display and speak about their wildlife and environmental efforts.
- Guided bus tours to observe the Burrowing Owl habitats in Cape Coral more info
- Photographers Birding tour with noted wildlife photographers Tammy & David McQuade that will be conducting the tour ( sign up: Link to EventBrite CCFW Photographers Birding Tour:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cape-coral-friends-of-wildlife-photographers-birding-bus-tour-tickets-85763921197?aff=ebdssbeac
- We will have dozens of local artists and crafts vendors showing and selling nature themed arts and crafts.
- Free Tours of our Interactive Butterfly Pavilion.
- The SW Florida Astronomy club will be here so you and see the spots on the Sun!
- Silent auction: supports our non profit when you buy a gift.
Be sure and stay for lunch. Several food vendors will be on site to serve you up some great tasting food. See food options
All proceeds go towards the preservation and protection of our wildlife resources. Our sister 501-3c is the Cape Coral Wildlife Trust which has bought and is in the process of looking to buy land inhabited by burrowing owls or gopher tortoises here in Cape Coral. Lot donations would be gladly appreciated. Please call 239-980-2593 for questions.
We would like to thank all our sponsors:
Presentations
Presentations: Environmental Center
| Start | End | Drtn | Topic | |
| 10:30 | 11:20 | 50 mins | TBD | |
| 11:30 | 12:20 | 50 mins | Global Owl Project | |
| 12:30 | 1:20 | 50 mins | Blue Green Algae | |
| 1:30 | 2:20 | 50 mins | History of Cape Coral | |
| 2:30 | 3:20 | 50 mins | Flight of the Butterflies (movie) |
Presentations: Tent Auditorium
| Start | End | Drtn | Topic | |
| 1 | 10:30 | 10:50 | 20 | CCFW What we do |
| 2 | 11:00 | 11:20 | 20 | Invasive Species |
| 3 | 11:30 | 11:50 | 20 | Caloosahatchee River Rights |
| 4 | 12:00 | 12:20 | 20 | Coyotes in Cape Coral |
| 5 | 12:30 | 12:50 | 20 | Water Quality |
| 6 | 1:00 | 1:20 | 20 | Fishing in Cape Coral |
| 7 | 1:30 | 1:50 | 20 | Florida Snakes |
| 8 | 2:00 | 2:20 | 20 | CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife |
| 9 | 2:30 | 2:50 | 20 | Peace River Wildlife Center |
| 10 | 3:00 | 3:20 | 20 | Master Gardeners of Lee |
Burrowing Owl habitats in Cape Coral
Number of tours and times may change
|
start |
end |
seats | |
| Bus A |
10:30 |
11:30 |
42 |
| Bus B |
11:00 |
12:00 |
42 |
| Bus A |
12:00 |
1:00 |
42 |
| Bus B |
12:30 |
1:30 |
42 |
| Bus A |
1:45 |
2:45 |
42 |
| Bus B |
2:15 |
3:15 |
42 |
Food Options
Rotary Club of Cape Coral will be selling Beer, Hot Dogs and bottled water. They are also selling a Vegan Hot dog.
Love Boat Ice Cream will be selling premium hand made ice cream. They will also have a dairy free option.
Kettle Corn Vendor (made with soybean oil is vegetarian)
Hamburgers and Mediterranean Fair.