Hoo-hoo. Who are you looking at?
The past two springs have seen TRU campus home to nest of owlets. The Great Horned Owls are frequently spotted perched on buildings and heard hooting from trees. Lately, they have been perched in a spruce tree.
The owls were first spotted in March of 2008 in a tree outside of the Science building. A web cam was set up, streamed to the Internet and the world watched with great interest. The web cam is no longer operating.
The story also attracted The Vancouver Province newspaper and its online edition.
Photos by Jon Fulton, employee of TRU Open Learning
I hunted this owl and his two owlets during summer semester of 2009 and I’m a fan! These owls are great company on an all-night study session.
When I say “hunted”, I mean “followed”…
He used to sit on the gym roof and on a lamp post in the parking lot of old residence. He made a kill right in front of me in the middle of the night. Pretty cool experience for a “bird nerd” like me.
oh, it’s so interesting to see the great creature in the campus, even though i have not been to there yet. I am so proud of being a student at TRU.
Have a nice weekend,
I’ve heard them a few times walking from Old Main to the Science Building. It’s good: I love owls. Maybe we can lose the Wolfpack nickname and switch to Horned Owls?
Wow, these owls are amazing! Especially for ’small town’ Kamloops. I agree, Horned Owls is a good name for the tru sports!