Barn Owl Pellet Interactive Study

Students can interact with our Barn Owl online database to see how the contents of their pellets compare with those of other Barn Owl pellets from all over the United States. After your students have examined their pellets, they can enter the information, one pellet at a time, into the form below. Click here to view the current results.

Bone charts for owl prey species identification  
• Bird skeleton chart
• Mole skeleton chart
• Rat skeleton chart
• Bone identification chart
• Skull identification chart

Additional resources  
• On the Cutting Edge: Owl Pellet Inquiry

1. Please enter your two-letter region code from the owl pellet packaging: 
2. The pellet exterior consisted of:
   fur
   feathers
Other: 
  
3. Number of vertebras found: 
4. Number of scapulas found: 
5. Number of ribs found: 
6. Number of tibias/fibulas found: 
7. Number of humeri found: 
8. Number of femurs found: 
9. Number of pelvic bones found: 
10. Type and number of animal skulls found from dissected pellets of that region:
Number of rat skulls found:  Number of shrew skulls found: 
Number of mice skulls found:  Number of mole skulls found: 
Number of vole skulls found:  Number of bird skulls found: 
  
Other animal skulls found:


  		   
Number of skulls:


  
11. Additional observations: