Category

Scat

• 02.06.10
  Owl Pellet Souviners
  Bones, Scat (2)

  Grandma Mattie and Grandpa Charlie took a trip to Redding CA to attend a wedding a week ago.  They returned with rather unusual souvenirs for the grand kids - owl pellets.  Apparently the museum in Redding has a resident Great Horned owl.  The museum sells the pellets - 3 for $5 - Mattie bought 6!  I was a little shocked when I arrived home from work to find the kids fed and demanding not ice cream, but owl pellets!  These kids were unable to contain their budding naturalist natures, bursting at the seams to get at some scat. Seth's pellet yielded ...
  
  
• 01.16.10
  Back to School with Bones
  Birds, Bones, nature study, Scat (3)

  This week Seth brought his small animal bone collection to school, and fed everyone "doggie bones" at cooking time.  It all started because our class was scheduled to hike at Russian Ridge on Wednesday.  Russian Ridge is a wild mountain top of wind swept grass and steep oak edges, home to many a coyote.  Seth and I got to talking about coyotes, and more interestingly their scat.  Little boys, as you know are fascinated with scat (and so are some moms).  Since Seth was also the cooking boy we discussed snacks.  We batted around different seed ideas because I thought ...