who hoo?

The boys had a museum class on owls yesterday, taught by the awesome Ms. Sarah. Here she shows the class (all boys!) some photos of the various species of owl. She also played the calls from them, and the kids had a chance to practice sounding like owls. (My two are the 2nd and 3rd from the left.)



The kids painted with owl feathers as their brushes. (J in the foreground, Zoo Boy at the end of the table.)








Then they got to hang out with the resident Barred Owl.








And then the very BEST part of the class -- they dissected owl pellets (you know, the furball that owls cough back up after swallowing and digesting their prey, which contains all the hair and bones of that critter). Here J picks fur off a small skull so he can compare it to other skulls.

Zoo Boy works on identifying a bone that he found in one of his owl pellets with the help of a poster that shows various bones of various owl prey species.

Zoo Boy enjoyed it so much, he decided to bring home the bones he found in a little plastic baggie. All day he's been pulling it out to look at the contents and talk about the owl class. HUGE hit!