"What's for Dinner?" Owl Pellet Analysis

Funded Nov 9, 2010

Our class project "What's for Dinner?" was a big hit. Students studied background information about birds of prey, owl pellets and energy flow in ecosystems before dissecting the owl pellets you provided for them.

Anticipation mounted as the day of dissection approached. As students started the dissection I heard comments such as: "Gross!", "I don't want to touch it.","Look! We found a skull." and many others. After students got past the "gross" part, they were using magnifying glasses to find the tiniest bones. They took great care to place the bones found to construct a skeleton of the animal the owl had for "dinner". From our discussions and their work I know they learned a lot.

I sincerely want to express our thanks to all of you for providing this opportunity. If not for your generous support, this project would not have been possible.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Orr