Eagle Day Festival

Eagle Day Festival

• Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
• Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dickson Mounds Museum is the location for a day-long Eagle Day Festival on Saturday, February 11, 2012.  This event, which is co-sponsored by the Fulton County Arts Council, the Mason County Arts Council, the Havana Nature Center,  The Nature Conservancy, the Havana Library District, Lewistown Chamber, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is free to the public.

Two special exhibits will be on display: the Illinois Winter Wildlife Photography Show which is open to residents in Fulton and Mason Countries, and Eagle Art and Poetry created by students from Fulton and Mason Counties.  These exhibits will be on display through the end of February.

From 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. activities will be available for students in the museum’s Discovery Center.  Make a falcon mask or an Eagle hat or any number of crafts.

At 10:30 a.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. the Illinois Raptor Center, Decatur, IL will present “Illinois Raptors” a one-hour program with live birds of prey.  Admission is free, but tickets must be picked up in the lobby of the museum for the shows as seating is limited to 150.

At 4:00 p.m. the day at Dickson Mounds will end with the Eagle Art and Poetry Awards ceremony.  Winners of this year’s competition will be honored during this ceremony.

Be sure to visit the new Lewistown Visitor Center on the 11^th .  From 1:00 - 4:00 pm p.m.“Birds of Prey Up Close” presented by Wildlife Prairie Park provides an opportunity for people to see a variety of birds such as hawks, eagles, and owls.

The Havana Nature Center will be hosting their 1st Annual “Eagle Plunge” into the frigid waters of the Illinois River!  Proceeds will be used for a new Eagle Flight Cage for injured eagles at the Illinois Raptor Center, and also to support Nature Programs at Havana Nature Center!  There will also be opportunities for viewing eagles along the river near the Nature Center.

The Fulton and Mason County Arts Councils will sell food for lunch, the proceeds of which will fund their respective programs.