This months' zoo school topic was owls. We learned lots of owl facts, got to look at an owl feather and had an owl visitor. And though we didn't get to pet an owl, we did get to do something very cool: disect an own pellet! An owl pellet is the undigestable hair & bones that an owl eats and then later spits up. (Yes, I know that it sounds gross, but most of life has a yuck factor to it and we try to focus on the wow! more than the yuck! whenever we can. And these owl pellets came from a company that sanitizes them so there aren't any germs or bugs or anything.) You can take an owl pellet apart to find out what the owl has eaten. Kyrie was excited for this science project, and I was excited for her to have this scientific opportunity! Not only did Kyrie learn a lot during zoo school, but she came home eager to share what she had learned with Darren.
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| Our owl visitor! Isn't he cute?! |
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| Kyrie with her owl pellet. |
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| Carefully, she pulled apart the pellet and seperated the fur & bone. |
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| Her first big discovery was this rodent skull. It was fully intact. She would find two more skulls, as well as several ribs, leg bones and vertebrae. She identified the bones on a chart and used that chart to figure out what the owl had eaten. |
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| Kyrie inspects a leg bone using the magnifying glass. |
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