Ogden Nature Center

The 15th Annual Birdhouse Exhibit is showing April 19-31, 2008.  Regular admission rates apply: $3 for adults and $1.25 for children 2-11.  Please enjoy the exhibit on Birdhouse Lane.  

How to Enter

Bring your birdhouses with a completed entry form to the Ogden Nature Center, March 31 – April 5, 2008. Open 9-5 Monday-Friday and 9-4 Saturday. Entries will not be accepted after 4 pm, April 5. A maximum of two entries per participant may be entered. No entry fee required.  

Entry Form

You must submit the following information with your entry. 

Name______________________________________________________________

Address____________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip___________________________

Phone(day) _____________ (evening) ___________

1) Title of Work______________________________________________________________                    

Medium____________________________________________________________________

Price/Value______________  

Forsale? ❏ Yes              ❏ No

2) Title of Work_____________________________________________________________                    

Medium____________________________________________________________________

Price/Value______________  

Forsale? ❏ Yes              ❏ No 

Competition Goals 

The goals of this birdhouse competition and exhibit are to:

  • Encourage artistic and hand-crafted approaches to birdhouse design

  • Encourage construction of functional and aesthetically pleasing birdhouses

  • Encourage the use of environmentally sensitive materials

  • Demonstrate ways to attract wildlife by creating unique backyard habitats

  • Inspire creativity in backyard habitats

Entrants may visit the Ogden Nature Center to look at the installation site and to research birdhouse styles. Ogden Nature Center has several resources on creative birdhouses and construction requirements to attract a variety of birds.

Awards

An interdisciplinary jury will select several entries to receive Jurors' Awards, one of which will be a children's award.

Special awards will be given for entries which are well designed as homes for birds and which incorporate recyclable and recycled materials and nontoxic finishes.

Exhibitors may designate whether their works are for sale.  All works must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit through August 31, 2008. Entries left at the Nature Center after that date will be considered a donation. Ogden Nature Center will not charge commission on pieces sold. 

Exhibit Guidelines

Exhibitors may submit up to two individual pieces. All birdhouses must be original works created by the exhibitor. Commercially produced birdhouses or assembled kits will not be accepted.  Ogden Nature Center reserves the right to refuse submissions. There is no fee for entering.             

Birdhouses must be freestanding and ready for installation outdoors. Birdhouses that are not freestanding will not be accepted for display.  You must perch your birdhouse on the end of a post or attach a sturdy hanger.   We will install birdhouses on posts at a depth of 1-2 feet.

Liability

Ogden Nature Center is a secure facility with chain link fencing surrounding the property.  However, exhibitors are reminded that birdhouses will be installed outdoors in a wildlife sanctuary.  Works will be subject to wind, rain, sun and severe weather, not to mention an occasional "avian guano bombing" by one of our resident "fly-bys" such as songbirds, hawks, or Canada Geese.

By entering the exhibition, the exhibitor accepts responsibility for displaying his or her birdhouse outdoors. Works are not insured, and the Ogden Nature Center accepts no responsibility for loss,  theft or damage.

Important Dates

Entries received:

March 31 - April 5, Ogden Nature Center at the Visitor Center front desk

966 W. 12th St., Ogden, Utah

Monday -Friday,  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday,  9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Reception and Awards Presentation:

April 17, 5:30 p.m. at the Ogden Nature Center Visitor Center

Exhibition on display:

April 19 through August 31, 2008

Pickup birdhouses:

September 1 through September 17, 2008