Day 3 Owl Pellet Analysis at Nazareth Intermediate School

Here are the results for the third day of the Owl Ecology program for 4th graders at the Nazareth Intermediate School in Nazareth, PA.

Fatsinger’s class – 12 pellets dissected contained 23 mice, 2 shrew, 0 moles, 1 bird
Genua’s class – 13 pellets dissected contained 27 mice, 1 shrew, 0 moles, 0 birds
Reynolds’ class – 13 pellets dissected contained 28 mice, 9 shrews, 1 mole, 0 birds
DeBoer’s class – 13 pellets dissected contained 30 mice, 1 shrew, 0 moles, 0 birds
Reed’s class – 12 pellets dissected contained 27 mice, 0 shrew, 0 moles, 1 bird

A total of 63 pellets were dissected containing a total of 151 animals eaten by barn owls. That gives an average of 2.4 animals eaten per pellet. Compare this to data from previous owl pellet investigations described in this blog.