Owl Pellets

We studied owls and other nocturnal animals this month. As part of our unit, we dissected owl pellets! Marin LOVED it. Hollis stayed interested for a while but then went on an acorn hunt in the backyard. :o) She would come back to see what bones we had uncovered but that's about all. Marin....loved it all...the search, the bones, the predictions on what the owl had eaten. Loved it.


Owls eat their prey whole. They can't digest the bones so they vomit them back up....owl pellets.

 Very disgusting. But we are pretty sure the owl had eaten a rat. We compared skulls at the nature center and they are pretty close!

It was a gross experiment but something we will definitely do again. Marin was so excited to "see what bones look like!"