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Our goal is to surpass your expectations and leave your audience impressed with the show.
We will help you design the release so it has special significance for you and your family.
We will communicate with your photographer.
We will arrive early and be dressed appropriately for your event.
We will release birds only under safe conditions:
==> during daylight hours
==> with enough time to return home before sunset
==> under safe flying conditions -- high winds, sleet, thunderstorms, heavy rain or fog make homing
difficult and may necessitate canceling the release.
We will take reasonable precautions to minimize risks to you, your guests, and our birds.
To keep us informed about any time or location changes.
To clearly state your desires and goals for the release.
To provide a deposit ($50 for up to 12 birds, $100 for more than 12 birds) to reserve birds on the date you have chosen.
To pay the balance due before the special event.
To understand that the safety of you, your guests, and our birds is of utmost importance.
To realize our time has value. Release delays are subject to a fee of $25 per hour.
If weather prevents us from attending, we will provide a full refund.
If weather conditions prohibit a release after our arrival, 50% of the fee will be refunded,
the other 50% will be kept for time and travel.
If your ceremony runs late and our birds do not have time to return home before sunset,
we will not release the birds and we will not issue a refund.
Visit the Sunset calculator web site to calculate sunset on the evening of your event.
During the summer, the birds need 2 minutes for each mile they fly to Epworth. So a release in Dubuque, 15 miles away, needs to be done at least 30 minutes before sunset in the spring and summer. In the fall and winter, the birds need 3 minutes for each mile distant from Epworth. So for a 20 mile flight in fall or winter, the birds would need to be released at least 1 hour before sunset. They don't fly slower in the winter-- the sky gets dark faster after sunset in fall and winter. The birds have no time after a fall or winter sunset to correct a navigation mistake and make it home before a cold, dark, and possibly windy night is upon them.
Click on the file below to download the PDF we use to plan your white dove release. This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader/Viewer to view.
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