Birdwatching for kids is an amazing experience. Imagine giving them a field guide of local birds and a pair of binoculars and send them off to explore and find birds!
What an amazing Scavenger Hunt game that would be! And now, imagine going through an owl pellets dissection together to discover the animal that a farm owl ate.
Wow! Your little naturalists and ornithologists will have a field day with these!
Bird Facts for Kids
We got an amazing kit with books that taught us many facts about birds for kids and adults, alike. The binoculars and the list of birds for kids made it easy to just head outside to explore.
But our favorite was that taught us facts about owl pellets and we even got to dissect one!
Look and Learn Birds (PBS Kids)
Bird-acious (Science with Stuff)A Walk in the Woods: Into the FieldA Walk on the Beach: Into the Field
Owl Pellet Dissection Kit
You can find your own in nature or you can order owl pellets. We love that ours came with a book, so we got to learn facts about owls, and owl pellets.
It answered my children’s question, “Are owl pellets made to look like a fur ball or are they fur balls?” Haha! We discovered so much, just by reading about them.
But the best part was actually dissecting the owl pellet after our birdwatching expedition!
Owl Pellets for Kids
Some friends we know have found a tree by their house where some owl live. They readily find owl pellets at the bottom of the tree.
The ones we got are sterilized owl pellets, which means that we won’t have to worry about handling them and contracting bacteria or other things because, after all, there are dead animals in there!
Also, you can get owl pellets from different kids of owls. Ours were barn owl pellets, so chances were that we’d find the skeleton of a rodent in the pellets. And we did, actually!
Free Activity Download
We have a file with several pages of activities and crafts that you can download for free to do with your family. They all relate to birdwatching and birds in general in one way of another. Check it out!
Here is a beautiful downloadable set of bird activities that you and your kids will love. Click on the link below to download.
Activities from PBS KIDS Look and Learn Birds
Owls for Kids
Penguin Books for Kids & Activities {Printable Notebooking Pages}
Penguin Books & Activity {Free Printable Pages}
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Kristy R says
I remember disecting the owl pellets in school! It was so interesting to see what the owl ate!
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We would love to win this because we found real owl pellets in our woods, and are planning on doing an owl study!
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It’s not often owl pellets are just laying around…lol.
My kids would LOVE dissecting and investigating!!! What a great giveaway! Thanks SO much!
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We just signed up for birdwatching and will be studying birds the next few weeks. I am having difficulty finding books from our library system (small), and this would greatly.help us out!
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I’m always looking for ways to get my stepson outside and bird watching sounds like a fun activity he would enjoy. I’ve been wanting to dissect owl pellets with him. He loves science! Plus my 19 month old loves Owls and going owl watching with her would be such a great mom/daughter activity especially now that her little brother arrived.
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Thank you for the giveaway! I remember doing this as a child. It was so cool!
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Jennifer says
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Mary Beth Fratangeli says
I just took my kids to The National Aviary in Pittsburgh and they absolutely loved it! The penguins were their favorite but they also loved the eagles and the owls. There was even an owlet that was only a few weeks old!
I personally loved the sloth. His name is Valentino and he was just on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon!
NT says
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