Wings of Wonder Screech Owl Release at The Homestead (Thursday, August 4)

The Homestead and Wings of Wonder invite you to a raptor release on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at the resort’s Camp Tam-A-Rack outdoor amphitheatre. Wings of Wonder will have 2 young eastern screech owls ready for release to a natural habitat.

Rebecca Lessard, Executive Director of Wings of Wonder, will present a program called “The Wonders of Raptors” from 7-8pm which is free and open to the community. The owl release will happen right after the program.

Participants who purchase a $20 tickets will be placed into a drawing for an opportunity to hold the owl and do the actual release as a fund-raiser for the raptor program. Contest entrants must be 18 years old to enter, with no limit of the number of tickets an individual can purchase. Two winners will be able to name the owl and do the actual release.

Bring your camera!

The Homestead is presenting three programs with Wings of Wonder this summer as a part of their special events for the season along with mountaintop concerts and cooking classes with Chef John Piombo. For more information on events at The Homestead, visit http://www.thehomesteadresort.com/special-events.php.

The Homestead is northern Michigan’s largest waterfront resort community located at the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore – a unit of the National Park Service. Along with its unmatched natural setting and miles of frontage on Lake Michigan and the Crystal River, the resort offer guests pools, tennis and golf in the summer; downhill and cross-country skiing in the winter and shops, restaurants, meeting centers and luxurious spa throughout all four seasons.

For more information on The Homestead, visit www.thehomesteadresort.com or call 231.334.5100.

For more information on Wings of Wonder, visit www.wingsofwonder.org.