Owl Pellet Data from Nazareth IS 25 January 2010

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

Kimble – 11 pellets dissected contained 26 mice, 1 shrew, 0 moles, 0 birds
Veleki – 12 pellets dissected contained 32 mice, 9 shrews, 1 mole, 0 birds
Thomas – 11 pellets dissected contained 30 mice, 3 shrews, 0 moles, 0 birds
Emrick – 12 pellets dissected contained 23 mice, 5 shrews, 0 moles, 0 birds
Roth – 12 pellets dissected contained 25 mice, 5 shrews, 1 mole, 0 birds

A total of 58 pellets were dissected containing a total of 161 animals eaten by barn owls. That gives an average of 2.8 animals eaten per pellet. Compare this to data from previous owl pellet investigations described in the blog.

I will update our findings with tomorrows results.