Program on owls

HALLOWELL – The Capitol Area Camera Club will host a meeting on “The Great Horned Owl,” presented by Sally Butcher at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St.

“Better Photo Presentation,” creating a photo gallery Web site for free, 10 common mistakes in photography and other fun stuff will be presented by Dawna Leavitt.

The meeting is open to the public and free. For more information, contact Leavitt at 377-2052.

Attic discovery

AUGUSTA – Old Fort Western’s 2008 Winter Lecture Series will get under way with a program, “Behind the Knee Walls: Examining and Interpreting Recent Attic Finds,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the learning gallery, city hall, 16 Cony St.

Fort Information Coordinator Patti Violette will display and discuss artifacts she and former staff member, Rae Murphy, recently found behind the knee walls in the north attic in the fort’s 1754 main house.

Admission is free. Donations in support of the Nineteenth-Century Initiative will be accepted. The full winter lecture series schedule is available at www.oldfortwestern.org or by phoning 626-2385.

Winter camp

FALMOUTH – Maine Audubon offers students a February vacation camp full of outdoor fun and learning.

Open to children in grades one to five, the camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 19 to 22, at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center.

Campers can attend one day or all four days. For more information or to register, call 781-2330, ext. 209.

Stamp contest

WELLS – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, is sponsoring the 13th annual Maine competition of the Junior Duck Stamp contest for grades kindergarten to 12.

The contest challenges students to create designs featuring ducks, geese or swans in their natural habitats. Designs are judged in four age categories, with awards for first, second and third places and honorable mentions.

The Best of Show will be entered in the National Junior Duck Stamp Competition. Entries must be postmarked by March 15.

For more information, call the refuge at 646-9226 or visit www.fws.gov/juniorduck/.