Here are the 13 species of owls that can be in Kamloops and the surrounding area. Some just pass through in migration, some migrate here to breed, and some are residents year round.

The size of a softball. Sitting on a full size fence post in the photo above.

The most common one that people hear hooting around their house after dark.

Photo Credit: Mary Madden

One passes through every few years.

Photo Credit: Chris Charlesworth

Extirpated from this region and currently trying to be reintroduced. Lives in burrows under ground.