Owl Pellet Dissection

        We've been learning A LOT about owls, their habitats, their diets and so much more.  The best way to learn about their diet is through an owl pellet dissection.  Owls are a type of raptor.  They're birds that will eat their pray whole.  Since their body cannot use all of the parts of their prey (fur and bones), they have to get rid of that somehow.  Birds have gizzards and an owl's gizzard is the way that those unnecessary parts are gotten rid of.  Inside the gizzard, the fur and bones are packed together into a pellet.  Once the pellet has filled the gizzard, the owl spits it out.  By dissecting the owl pellet, we can learn about what the owls eat!