It's always a fun activity to dissect owl pellets - if you've never done it before, you really should give it a try, you can learn a lot about owls and what they eat. Here's a few pictures from our grade 7 owl pellet lab:
We could not find any really good bone guides on the Internet, so the following pictures are from our grade 7 class to help you identify bones (hopefully we got them all right!) The bones are from the most common of the Owl's "victims" the pocket gopher.
Click on any of the images for a larger view
Here are some great owl and owl pellet lab and information sites:
Kidwings Owl Pellet Dissections - A good virtual dissection - NEW AND IMPROVED! The site provides a very impressive and fun Flash-based virtual dissection.
OwlPages - Wow! This page is a hoot! (Sorry, I couldn't resist) An amazing amount of owl information.
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