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Owl Pellets Anyone buying owl pellets has many choices. Just try searching “owl pellet” and the options are baffling! Who to choose? Mountain Home Biological has been supplying pellets since 1994. All pellets are sorted, dried, heat treated and wrapped in our facility in Bingen, Washington and monthly samples are submitted to an independent lab for testing to ensure your safety. Our pledge to you is complete satisfaction, from the time your order is received by our knowledgeable staff to the arrival of your carefully prepared specimen. Thank you! Just were do owl pellets come from? Take a look... |
| Item | Description | Price | |
| PIA | Extra Large Pellet: 2 in +, can contain up to 6 prey. Our finest owl pellet! |  |
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| PI | Regular Pellet: 1.5 - 2 in, usually contain 2-3 prey. Our best selling pellet. |
$1.90 100+ $1.80 |
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| P2 | Small Pellet: 1.25 - 1.5 in, will contain the remains of at least 1 complete prey. | $.95 | |
| PIM | Natural Mix:Save money with a mix of pellets. Contains 70% Regular, 20% Small, 10% Extra Large. Order at least 10 please! | $1.65 100+ $1.55 |
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| P1B | Bird Pellets: Occasionally barn owls will consume other birds. The resulting pellet provides a unique opportunity to explore the skeletal anatomy of a bird. | $4.95 | |
| P41 | A Gallon of Possibilities: Small pellets and fragments, heat-treated and unwrapped. We found over 100 skulls in an average gallon. | $25.00 | |
Handling Guidelines These pellets have been professionally heat-treated in our in-house laboratory for your safety. As with all dissections, it is still recommended that students wear gloves when handling owl pellets and clean hands and work area when finished with the dissection. On rare occasions students who are allergic to pets may have a reaction from owl pellets which do contain hair of the prey. It is a good idea to excuse students who are allergic to pets form the dissection. Click here for SAFETY SUPPLIES
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Pellet Dissection Tools Three useful tools, just right for dissection owl pellets:
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| Item | Description | Price | |
| P16 | Plastic Forceps | $.50 | |
| P15 | Bamboo Probes (15 pk) | $1.00 | |
| P34 | Hand Lens | $.75 | |
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Owl Pellet Classroom Kit A great value for teaching with owl pellets, this kit contains everything you need for up to 30 students working in pairs. Kit contains: 15 heat-treated, wrapped Barn Owl pellets, Owl Pellet Teachers Guide, one Teeth of Small Mammals Poster, one Food Web Poster, one Vole Skeleton Poster, 30 bone sorting sheets, and 30 bamboo probes. P3 $ 42.50 |
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Owl Pellet Student Kit Designed for one or two students, this attractive kit contains three heat-treated Barn Owl pellets in foil, 2 bamboo probes, a hand magnifying lens, forceps, two 8 1/2" x 11" bone-sorting sheets, and an eight-page illustrated Student Owl Pellet Guide. An ideal tool for home-schooling, museums, or demonstration purposes. P4 $ 12.95 |
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Owl Pellet Teacher’s Guide This guide was developed by Mark Bechard, Professor of Biology with emphasis on raptor biology and a trainer of teachers in this field. Illustrations are by award-winning graphic artist Randy Swope. This guide features background information about the Common Barn Owl, pellets, prey species and pellet analysis, as well as guides for classroom use of pellets. Included are teaching objectives, teaching methods, and reference materials. Worksheets on Barn Owl food habits, the food web, inquiry sheets, skeletal anatomy, and common objects found in pellets are also included. P5 $ 9.00 |
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Bone Sorting Sheets
An excellent teaching tool for identifying prey found in owl pellets. Taken from the Bone Sorting Poster, each sheet contains drawings of a mole, shrew, rodent, and bird, their skeletons, and a series of identifying bones. Sold in packs of 15. P14 $ 3.50 |
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Posters Magnificent posters printed on heavy weight paper, measuring 18 x 24 in. These posters will greatly enhance the study of owl pellets, and are also available in transparencies. |
| Item | Description | Price | |
| P6 | Food Web Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P6T | Food Web Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P7 | Bone Sorting Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P7T | Bone Sorting Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P8 | Mole Skeleton Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P8T | Mole Skeleton Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P9 | Shrew Skeleton Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P9T | Shrew Skeleton Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P10 | Vole Skeleton Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P10T | Vole Skeleton Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P11 | Bird Skeleton Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P11T | Bird Skeleton Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P12 | Owl Characteristics Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P12T | Owl Characteristics Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P13 | Owl Hunting Adaptations Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P13T | Owl Hunting Adaptations Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P17 | Teeth of Small Mammals Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P17T | Teeth of Small Mammals Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P18 | Typical Raptors Poster (Click to View) | $3.00 | |
| P18T | Typical Raptors Transparency | $3.00 | |
| P45 | 10 Poster Set | $27.00 | |
| P45T | 10 Transparency Set | $27.00 | |
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Hoo Eats Who?
In response to requests from teachers of kindergarten and elementary grades, here is a project for the younger set. It can be used alone, or as a great activity for enhancing Barn Owl pellet studies for various ages. This easily-transportable activity set would also be ideal for home-schooling, summer camps, Scout groups, science clubs, etc. Materials include 15 artfully-designed sets of black and white stickers depicting the Barn Owl and its prey. Students construct their own food-webs, drawing the ground with vegetation and seeds, arranging stickers and drawing arrows leading from the lowest levels of food to the owl at the top. Directions for use are provided, including a key to each prey species’ diet, a sample food-web, and a simplified lesson for the youngest students. One packet can accommodate up to 30 students working in pairs. P35 $ 17.80 |
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Owl Puke
Book and Owl Pellet
By Jane Hammerslough Kids love science, especially when it’s the hands-on, and especially if it is the yucky stuff! The Owl Puke Book brings the best of the two worlds together in one unique package. The package contains one owl pellet and a tray to hold the bones, as well as a chart to help identify the pellets contents. Regular price on this kit was $15.50, save 30%! WP01 SALE $10.85 |
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The Barn Owl - Video or DVD The Barn Owl... An Introduction to Owl Pellet Labs describes the habitat and life-cycle of the Barn Owl. Computer animation is used to show the adaptations which allow the owl to find prey in darkness and process the prey into pellets. The final portion of this video is an overview of classroom techniques with owl pellets, including dissection and identification of prey and their skeletal parts. 15 minutes. |
| Item | Description | Price | |
| P31 | Barn Owl Video | $49.95 | |
| P31D | Barn Owl DVD | $49.95 | |
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Barn Owls A book by Wolfgang Epple • Photos, Manfred Rogle (Kindergarten and up) This very appealing book tells the story of a pair of Barn Owls who nest in a barn loft near a European village. The amazing close-up photos show the owls hunting, courting, nesting, and caring for the young. Seldom have the ghostly beauty, and the hunting skills and adaptation features of this owl been so strikingly depicted, making this book a treat for all ages. This book was chosen as a 1993 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the NSTA-CBC Joint Committee. P39 $ 27.95 |
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Barn Owls A book by Iain Taylor 304 pages of text, photographs, graphs and charts. Facts from record longevity (34 years!) to long distance travel (New Jersey to Bermuda!) this book will prepare you for nearly any question your students may have. P42 $ 44.95 |
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Owl Pellets & Common Prey Display Mount Featured are a complete pellet, a partially dissected pellet showing skeletal prey remains, and the skulls and mandibles of the 5 most common owl prey. The labeled skulls included are pocket gopher, rat, vole, mouse and shrew. Display size is 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" RM03 $ 74.00 |
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Owl Pellet Display Mount This display features one complete owl pellet, one partially dissected pellet showing mammalian prey and one partially dissected pellet showing avian prey. All have been treated with casting acrylic to assure quality and many years of use. Display size is 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" RM04 $ 40.00 |
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Blank Display Mount Here’s a chance for students and teachers to create professional looking scientific displays of their own. Mounts related to owl pellet projects are only one of many possibilities. Well-constructed of heavy cardboard, and filled with white polyester padding which supports even fragile specimens safely against the glass top Add displays of various other biological, mineral, and man-made items; the potentials are unlimited! 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 11/16 P40 $ 12.20 |
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