Bone charts
Six labeled charts: vole, shrew, mouse, mole, rat and bird.
Download →Short science stories about owls, bats, bears and the food webs they live in. Each one turns a question students actually ask into something you can teach tomorrow.
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How to Dissect an Owl Pellet
A step-by-step owl pellet dissection guide: the tools you need, how to open the pellet without breaking bones, and how to sort and identify what you find.
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Owl Pellet Bone Identification Chart
A practical guide to identifying the skulls, jaws and bones you find in an owl pellet — rodent, shrew, mole or bird — and how to read a bone chart.
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What Is an Owl Pellet?
Owl pellets are the compact bundles of fur and bone an owl coughs up after a meal — not droppings. Here is what they are, why owls make them, and what you can learn fr...
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Habitat, Habits & Prey, the full 48-page guide.
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