"How do you know what an owl eats if we can't see the owl hunt?" This question was posed to the 4th graders today as they began their investigation of the "owl pellet". The pellet is formed from the undigestible materials of the owl's prey, like bones, fur, and even feathers. The owl regurgitates this undigestible material in the form of a pellet. When the lab is completed, the students will be able to describe the food web that has the owl as its "apex predator". Students will also be constructing a skeleton of one of the owl's prey from the bones collected during the lab.