1. SWBAT analyze data from owl pellet lab
Bell ringer: What does this data indicate about the food chain where our owls live?
Type of animal
# eaten
Mouse
Rat 2
Vole 48
Pocket gopher 3
Bird 4

2. What owls eat

3. Shrew: related to moles (not rodents), have a longer pointed nose, weigh about 5-15g, teeth go all the way to incisors

4. Deer mouse: rodent, 20 g, rodent teeth have gap between incisor and back teeth

5. Vole: mouselike rodent, but fatter—up to 40g
Vole: mouselike rodent, but fatter—up to 40g. Skull has angled teeth vs lobed teeth of mouse skull (above)

6. Pocket gopher: rodent, similar in teeth structure to voles but much larger— g, burrowing animal

7. Rat: rodent, most closely related to mice but much bigger—200-300g