Beans the Owl gives ISU students a ‘hoot’ and a glimpse into nature

Beans the Owl gives ISU students a ‘hoot’ and a glimpse into nature

A barred owl piqued the interest of wildlife students after making the Iowa State campus its home in late January. Etienne Pienaar, a graduate student in fisheries biology, first spotted the owl by the bus stop at Lagomarcino Hall. “I had to do a double-take because at eye level, I thought it was one of those plastic owls that people put next to a barn to keep pigeons away,” Pienaar said. “Then it blinked at me, so I just sat there and looked at…