#SilentSunday

Two #OwlPellets with rodent #bones in them.
One of the easiest ways to know if #owls are in an area is by looking for/finding their pellets. Most owl pellets you'll find will have fur/bones in them because of their natural diet.

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A few feet away from the large cocoon were 2 #OwlPellets. You can see the #bones from prey that the owl ate in their #poop.

Many years ago, when I worked at Royal BC Museum, one of the weekend kid camps that I helped to run taught kids how to identify what owls ate from dissecting owl pellets. I did similar nature education with owl pellets at 2 different local nature houses in the past too.

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Beginning of class, “Eww, gross!” End of class, covered in fur, “Mrs. C can we keep these bones?!” 🤣 🦉#OwlPellets
#STEM
#DoScience
#OwlPellets never get old, especially with 4th graders who couldn’t say “gross” enough during the directions, but then whined when we had to stop! 🦉🐁 #DoScience #STEM
#OwlPellets never get old, especially with 4th graders who couldn’t say “gross” enough during the directions, but then whined when we had to stop! 🦉🐁 #DoScience #STEM