On 1^st February 2016 at about 7:30 A.M. NST the owl fest began. We were all excited for this awaited day. The first program this day was The Big Day (Bird Watching Competition) which was parallel with bird watching and nature photo walk to the interested ones other than the Big Day participants. There were nine participants in the big day competition including me. We were given three hours time. The highest number of bird sighted was 31.This beautiful Gurung village doesn?t only have beautiful landscape but is also rich in biodiversity as well. Also during birding we met some village women's who were washing /beating Himalayan nettle (Girardina diversifolia) in the spring. Himalayan nettle also called allo/chalne sisnoo in Nepali is a shade tolerant, tall, and stout and erect herb which grows up to 3m in height with perennial rootstock. The plant grows as a clump, and each clump has many stem. The stem contains bast fiber of unique quality which is strong, smooth and light. It is a very useful herb and is traditionally used as fooder, medicine, fuelwood, fence, clothes making etc. The women there were in the making of Allo shawl. This herb is used for making purse, bags, ropes, mats and clothes in Nepal. The best thing about it is that its fibers are fully biodegradable. It feels so good to know that how our traditions are accustomed to wise use of nature.

 Talking about the birding, first sighting was of Large-billed crow. The rest are listed below:-

 After the birding we returned back and submitted our bird list. Thereafter the formal program began at about 12:30 A.M. it started with the inauguration of the Temporary owl Museum at the Sikles Youth Club's building by the respected Chair Man, Govinda Gajurel of National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC). The owl museum showcased paintings, informative pamphlets, owl drawings made by different schools student's, owl's robot, Owl's call machine, handicrafts, curio items etc. It was well arranged and a full package giving total information on owls. Thousands of people visited the museum.

  After that many local games were held they included Thelo competition (Short put game), rope pulling competition, Jhiljhili Game, Cock fight, Ghurghurai and Hyakuche. People from different villages participated in these interesting traditional games.
  This day programme ended with the owl conservation Camp which included powerpoints, videos and documentary.