Owls of Missouri presented at Hendrickson Park 2

Saturday, June 22, 2019

DAR/Donna Farley

Poplar Bluff Municipal Library partnered with Dickerson Park Zoo on Saturday to present Owls of Missouri to children and their families during a special story time at Hendrickson Park in Poplar Bluff. Mingo National Wildlife will participate in another special story time, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 25 at the library. Children will learn about fish from rangers during this event.

Dickerson Park Zoo Docent Ann Liles holds a barn owl during a presentation Saturday at Hendrickson Park. The barn owl, one of four Missouri owls at the event, is endangered because of loss of habitat.
Poplar Bluff Municipal Library children's librarian Belinda Birrer reads to youth before an event on owls Saturday at Hendrickson Park.
Sheryl Talkington and granddaughter Raegan Larowski, 21 months, of Poplar Bluff decorate rocks Saturday before a presentation on owls.
Cayson Lansford, 3, and brother Braylen Lansford, 10, make crafts Saturday during a Poplar Bluff library event.

Dickerson Park Zoo Docent Ann Liles holds an eastern screech owl, one of four owls shown during an event Saturday in Poplar Bluff. All four types of owls shown live year-round in Missouri.
Janie Letson, 6, of Poplar Bluff prepares to ask a question Saturday about owls. Letson wanted to know why the creatures "hoo".
Dickerson Park Zoo Docent Ann Liles discusses the habits and needs of the barn owl.
Cayo Johnson, 5, watches a demonstration on owls Saturday with Cora Johnson of Poplar Bluff.
A Dickerson Park Zoo docent holds a great horned owl, explaining it was brought to the zoo as a baby by a farmer who believed it had been abandoned.
Donna Woods of Poplar Bluff and granddaughter Jasmine Tucker, 12, watch a presentation on owls Saturday.
Damien Sexton, 9, listens to facts about owls Saturday after correctly identifying the great horned owl.
An owl's feather is shown to children Saturday during an event on owls.