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The OWL'S NEST GIFT SHOP
is your shopping destination with unique gifts for that special
nature lover, hunter, angler, teacher or educator in your life,
no matter what age!

Check out our low prices.
We think you will be both surprised and pleased!

Books   Featured Merchandise
GPNC Pocket Guides   GPNC Posters    GPNC Screensavers
Multimedia Resources    Kid's Stuff!

 
Image of Parks Pass If you are wanting to obtain either a Federal
Interagency Senior Pass or Interagency Access Pass,
they are both available at the Owl's Nest!

For more information on the America the Beautiful Pass program, see this website:
http://store.usgs.gov/pass/index.html

Located in the lobby of
the Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th St. N
Wichita, KS 67220-2200
(316) 683-5499 x111
Send us email at: owlsnest@gpnc.org

Yes, we can accept credit card orders
(MasterCard & VISA only) over the phone!

Owl's Nest Staff
Charlene Van Walleghen, Christy Hanne
& Nathan Ofsthun

HOURS: Monday - Saturday,
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

 

Upcoming holiday closings:
Wednesday, November 11
Thursday-Saturday, November 26-28
Friday, December 25
Friday, January 1, 2010

All profits from purchases at the Owl's Nest go directly
to support the educational mission of the Great Plains Nature Center.

 

FEATURING THESE BOOKS:

Kansas Birds book cover

 

"The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding
Hot Spots"

By Bob Gress
& Pete Janzen

$19.95

  Bird Screensavers

Three New Screensavers!

- Colorful Songbirds
- Waterfowl
- Backyard Birds

Each features 40 photos by Bob Gress from the book
"The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots".  
For PC or Mac.

$7.95 each

Special price!
Buy any of these three screensavers along with the book
and get the screensaver for only $5!

 

"Insects in Kansas"

By Stephen White &
Glenn Salsbury

$25.95

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Faces book cover

"Faces of
the Great Plains"

By Bob Gress & Paul Johnsgard

$34.95

"Land of Grass and Sky"

By Mary Taylor Young

$14.95

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"Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas"

By Michael Jon Haddock

$19.95
OTHER TITLES:
"Great Wildlife of the Great Plains", by Paul Johnsgard - $29.95
"Prairie Birds", by Paul Johnsgard - $29.95
"A Key to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada" by Powell, Collins & Hooper - $17.95
"Wings of Paradise", paintings by John Cody - $60.00
Smithsonian "National Wildlife Refuges" - $39.95
Smithsonian "Birds of North America" - $60.00
"Rare and Elusive Birds" by William Burt - $39.95
"Pasture and Range Plants" (Centennial Edition) - $30.00

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GPNC Pocket Guides

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The Great Plains Nature Center Pocket Guides may be ordered for $3 each, postpaid, through the Owl's Nest Gift Shop. 

Titles available currently are:

Kansas Raptors

Great Plains Shorebirds

Kansas Freshwater Mussels

Kansas Threatened & Endangered Species

Kansas Snakes

(The GPNC Pocket Guide to
Common Kansas Mammals is out of print.)

Each pocket guide has been adapted for the web on the GPNC website.   You may view their contents online by clicking on the names above.

 GPNC Posters

Colorful Songbirds Poster

The Great Plains Nature Center has produced a series of educational posters on the wildlife of the Great Plains.  Text on the back of each poster tells about the animals pictured on the front.

You can get a copy of any of the posters for $10 each, postpaid, through the Owl's Nest Gift Shop.  Our most recent poster is "Colorful Songbirds of the Great Plains".  Past titles include:

Wildlife of the Shortgrass Prairie

Wildlife of the Tallgrass Prairie

Wildlife of the Wetlands

Wildlife of the Woodlands

Wildlife Success Stories

Wildlife Migrants

Waterfowl

Click here to see each poster!

 

 

"An American Woman's
Zest for Living"

Autobiography of Wichitan
Donna Dilsaver

$14.95

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WE ALSO FEATURE:

Painted Rocks

 Painted rocks by Concordia, KS artist
Phyllis Shanks.
- $18 to $28
Also: Refrigerator magnets (2 1/2" square) - $2.99
The Folkmanis line of wildlife puppets!

Puppets

Plush birds

A large selection of plush animal songbirds
by Wild Republic.  
Squeeze them and hear them sing!
- Approved by the National Audubon Society! -

 

AND DON'T MISS THESE!

Posters and limited edition prints of John Cody's watercolor moth paintings. 
Take a peek at three of them.

Posters - $25

Limited edition prints, from $45 to $155

Large assortment of Kansas postcards

Note cards, matted prints and limited edition artwork by Brent Langley. 
View three of them here.

Note cards - $2.50

Matted prints - $35.00

Limited edition prints, starting at $80.00

Living on Sunshine, by Sharon Leiker    Prairie Gold, by Sharon Leiker

Note cards and original paintings by Sharon Leiker.

Note cards (shown above) - $10.00 for box of eight.

Paintings from $195

 

"Links With Nature" - Beautiful earrings, bracelets, necklaces and 3-piece sets designed by Cindy Amos
- $7.99 to $27.99.

Beautiful porcelain bird figurines from Andrea of Sadek. - Beginning at $30.95

Resin cast figurines of birds, frogs, mice, rabbits and more by Country Artist, Inc. - Starting at $10.95

Hand-crafted decoys and sculptures from Big Sky Carvers and Mill Creek Studios.

Natural history books and DVD's - for adults and children.

A large selection of Great Plains Nature Center promotional items such as: caps, clothing, cups, knives, lanyards and window/holiday ornaments.

Edible insects and insect candy!

Hand-crafted Walking Stick

 Walking Sticks

Collected locally and handcrafted by
Michael St. Claire,
Chippewa Native American.

$19.95

Prairie Meadow Soaps
Prairie Meadow Soaps
Scented with natural, plant-derived
essential oils.

$4.50 per bar
Hoody Tree Shirt Red Shirt
Beautiful, warm sweatshirts and hoodies from Earth, Sun, Moon are available in adult sizes.

Priced from $19.95 to $26.95

PLUS many more items too numerous to mention!

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MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

We have expanded our multimedia educational resources, including numerous CD-ROMs, CDs, audio cassettes and VHS tapes.  Some of the notable titles are:
Solitudes CD's

"Solitudes" - Natural sounds with classical music;
CDs - $16.00, cassettes - $10.00
"Common Birds & Their Songs"
by Lang Elliott & Marie Reid - $22.00		 Common Birds: book + CD

 

Audubon Guide to North American Birds CD-ROM - $59.95

Several different animal sound titles, including:

Peterson's "Birding by Ear" and "Field Guides" - $30.00

"Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song" by Lang Elliott - $25.00

Stackpole Nature Sounds: Booklets with CDs, by Lang Elliott - $19.95 each

The Calls of Frogs & Toads

A Guide to Wildlife Sounds

The Songs of Insects

A Guide to Night Sounds

ALSO, the "Birdsong Identiflyer" - $34.95
Comes with 2 song cards (10 songs per card).  Other cards (20 available) are $9.99 each.

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KID STUFF

Folkmanis: hand and finger puppets

AWJ cover "Adventures with Jonny: Let's Go Fishing"
by Michael DiLorenzo

A fishing adventure and guide for adults and children to enjoy together.

$17.95

Wild Republic: plush critters.

Really cool beanbag size critters that give off their sound when squeezed!  
Certified by the Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Toysmith: nature toys, games, rubber critters.

Critter viewers

Craft project kits

Houses for Bugs, Ants and/or Burrowing Insects: From $9.99 to $14.99

NEW!  Kids Kits: $10.95 - $14.95

Enviro battery

Kaleidoscope

Electric bug

Build-it Kits:

Birdfeeding - $19.99

Bird Houses - $8.99 to $21.95

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Questions or comments?  Send Email to Jim Mason Spidey
Or write us at: 
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220-2200             Call:  316-683-5499            Fax:  316-688-9555