The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival announced the 2023 theme as “Silver Anniversary, Celebrating Our Annual Visitors.” The 25 th annual festival will be held March 24-26, 2023 in Othello Washington. We are excited to be celebrating our 25th year! The festival celebration of the spring migration of the Sandhill cranes offers a variety of events for the whole family to enjoy and learn.
The festival will be in the same locations as last year. The lectures will be held at the Othello Nazarene Church, 835 S 10 th Ave, Othello, WA. The Church is next door to McFarland Middle School where we will have the children’s art projects, the vendors, the photo booth, the Rotary breakfast, and the art contest. We will be utilizing both facilities. Food trucks will be available for lunches.
Online registration opens on February 6, 2023.
Visit the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival website for more information on the events at Website: othellosandhillcranefestival.org.
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Cathy Nowak will be one of the featured speakers on Saturday, March 25, at 7:30pm. Cathy will be speaking about Sandhill Crane nests and how experience matters, with both words and photos. Dr. Kaeli Swift will be the other featured speaker on Friday, March 24, at 7:30 pm. This lecture will require masks. Swift will explore commonly asked questions about crows, how crows have co-evolved with people, and what crows and other corvids can teach us about the nature of intelligence. Saturday, March 25, the lectures will cover cranes, birds, Ice Age Floods, the Drumheller Channel, and much more.
We are planning tours by bus, bike, boat, car and self-directed, crane viewing tours will be back. Some tours will be set up over two weekends.
The Children Activities Committee will have fun activities for kids such as binoculars made of toilet paper rolls to use for “birding” in the gym by finding pictures of various birds, origami folded crane mobiles, mask making and many other activities. We will again have the free photo booth to take your picture with a digitized Sandhill crane in the background to take home as a memento.