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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Award for the connection with the natural world. Melissanthi Sommers-Kontoleon (College of Science) Barn owls, like many other birds, produce pellets that contain all the undigested parts of their ...

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 ...

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 ...