Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo! WOWE!!!

 Tom B. mentioned this on the bike ride today and several people were interested.  For the rest of the park, the Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo (WOWE) is an annual event on South Padre Island.  This year it is a two day event, Jan 24 and 25 at the South Padre Island Convention Center.  
 

Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo opens at SPI Convention Center Jan 24

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – The 20th anniversary St. Andrew’s by the Sea Episcopal Church Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo (WOWE) opens January 24 for two days at the South Padre Island Convention Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“We have more than 45 programs, workshops and events scheduled, including a number of new and popular topics covering a variety of interests,” said Ralph Ayers, chairman for the Expo.

For a full schedule of events and times, and a list of exhibits, vendors and activities, visit the Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wowespi.

Workshops and lectures include:

Friday: A Bird Walk, Nature Sketching, Shelling, Coastal Fisheries, RGV Reptiles, RGV Birding, RGV and Monarch Butterflies, Butterfly Gardens, Geocaching, Digiscoping, RGV Weather, Shells, Seagrasse, Critters of Cactus Creek Ranch, Marine Mammal Stranding, Reptiles of the RGV, Birds, Butterflies, and Wildlife of the RGV,  Bats, and the Turtle Lady Legacy.

Saturday: Danny Connor's Reptile Adventures (three shows throughout the day), Surf Fishing, Monarch Butterflies, RGV Mammals, Africanized Bees, Kayaks for Sport & Fishing, Bait Fishing the Bay, Beach Combing, Fly Fishing, Nature Sketching, Advanced Nature Photography, Laguna Madre Dolphins, Critters of cactus Creek Ranch, Wildlife & Bird Rehabilitation., Gardening and Native Plants, Fishing's Future, Ocelot Up-date, Sea Turtle Rescue, Texas Prairie Chickens, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Digiscoping, Medicinal Plants, Beach Erosion and Open Beach Law, and The Richard Moore Video Theater.

Exhibits both days include: Pirate's Landing and Black Dragon Pirate Ship, Bass Pro Shops, Caterpillar Caregiver, Quinta Mazatlan, Zieman Studios, Southern-Tip, River's End Nursery, Alamo Birding, SPI Adventures, Tom Leeman Art, Marni Law Art, Patty Avery, Cudjoe Exah, Primordial Persuasions, William Heath, Trash Art & fashions, Dutch Oven Cooking, Sea Life Center, Sea Turtle Inc., The U.S. Coast Guard, Port Isabel Rotary Club, The Port Isabel Press, Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society, Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Texas Master Naturalists, Marine Coastal Studies Lab, S.P.I. Birding Center, Valley Nature Center, Estero Llano Grande,  Fishing’s Future, Nature Photography, Laguna Atascosa NWR, The Surf Rider Foundation, Resaca de la Palma State Park, NOAA, WR, Bay Area Birders, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, the Sea turtle Legacy, and St. Andrew's Church.