Screech owl -- USGS photo

To learn more about these creatures of the night, join rangers from Ozark National Scenic Riverways on an Owl Prowl. The program begins Friday February 26, 5:30 PM at the Alley Spring General Store Visitor Center. Alley Spring is located six miles west of Eminence, MO, on State Route 106. Meet at the general store, uphill from the mill. Please dress warmly. Children must be accompanied by an adult. We’ll learn fact and folklore about these little understood hunters of the night. Using recorded owl calls, rangers will try to get the owls to answer and maybe even approach close enough for a good look! The walk will be less than a mile, but dress warmly because it’ll be chilly!

Ozark National Scenic Riverways preserves the free-flowing Current and Jacks Fork Rivers, the surrounding natural resources, and the unique cultural heritage of the Ozark people. For more information visit, www.nps.gov/ozar.