Owl pellets can be hard to find but you can do it if you employ some investigative skills. The pictures above demonstrate some places you might look if you have some extra time on your hands. All of these locations should be strategically located on the edge of open fields where the owls can locate their prey.
- Palm trees. If you separate the fronds of date palms, you'll find
pellets laying in the tree. The owls roost and sometimes nest in these trees because they provide good protection from the rain and wind.
- Cut banks. Ever drive across the countryside and notice holes in the side of an enbankment? There's a whole hierarchy of prey and predators here.During certain times of year, swallows will migrate and take up residency in these cutbanks. One of the more wise decisions an owl would make would be to live in the penthouse suite at the top of the sometimes hundreds of holes in the bank. Easy pickens. And tastes like chicken.
No, really, they taste like chicken!
- Other places similar to cutbanks are rock walls or high cliffs that provide the owl a great position. This position is considered a vantage point and allows the owl to maintain its perspective over its prey. Some of these positions look like the picture on the right.
