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All About Owls: A Hands-on Learning Experience
2026-07-23 16:00:00 2026-07-23 17:00:00 America/Chicago All About Owls: A Hands-on Learning Experience Curious to know more about owls? Register and join library staff for a hands-on learning experience. Discover what owls eat through the dissection and examination of sterilized owl pellets, and learn fun facts about Missouri birds of prey. Led by Laura Waldo-Semken, Naturalist with Missouri Conservation Corps. Ages 8 and older. Please register. Columbia Public Library - Children's Program Room

Thursday, July 23
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-23 16:00:00 2026-07-23 17:00:00 America/Chicago All About Owls: A Hands-on Learning Experience Curious to know more about owls? Register and join library staff for a hands-on learning experience. Discover what owls eat through the dissection and examination of sterilized owl pellets, and learn fun facts about Missouri birds of prey. Led by Laura Waldo-Semken, Naturalist with Missouri Conservation Corps. Ages 8 and older. Please register. Columbia Public Library - Children's Program Room

Columbia Public Library

Children's Program Room

Curious to know more about owls? Register and join library staff for a hands-on learning experience. Discover what owls eat through the dissection and examination of sterilized owl pellets, and learn fun facts about Missouri birds of prey. Led by Laura Waldo-Semken, Naturalist with Missouri Conservation Corps. Ages 8 and older. Please register.

Curious to know more about owls? You can learn so much by looking at the pellets they leave behind. At this hands-on learning experience, you'll learn about what owls eat by dissecting sterilized owl pellets, and learn fun facts about Missouri birds of prey. Led by Laura Waldo-Semken, naturalist with Missouri Conservation Corps. A part of our Summer Reading program, "Unearth a Story."™

Ages 8 and older. Please register. (See all sessions in Columbia at other branches.)

AGE GROUP: | School-Age |

EVENT TYPE: | General | Featured |

TAGS: | Summer Reading | Science | Nature |

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