My wife, Linda, does most of our Christmas shopping, but occasionally I’m inspired to buy a few special gifts. A few weeks ago I introduced my grandson, five-year old Garek, to owl pellets. I had been ...

Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, a barn owl has just eaten a mouse. Twelve hours from now, give or take, it will regurgitate a compact mass of fur and bones known as an owl pellet. The pellet will ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Cache Creek Nature Preserve biologist Felicia Wang examines a ...

Cheaper and more humane than frog dissection, the study of owl pellets has exploded since the mid- to late-1980s. Pellets, a trove of eco-diversity, yield lessons for all ages — from basic prey ...

Owls puke up a grayish pellet that contains undigested critter parts filtered through the bird’s gizzard. Think hairball, with bones -- perfect for bored kids to dissect. Biologist Pete Bloom gathers ...

My wife, Linda, does most of our Christmas shopping, but occasionally I’m inspired to buy a few special gifts. A few weeks ago I introduced my grandson, five-year old Garek, to owl pellets. I had been ...

My wife, Linda, does most of our Christmas shopping, but occasionally I’m inspired to buy a few special gifts. A few weeks ago I introduced my grandson, 5-year-old Garek, to owl pellets. I had been ...