Results - The Maine Owl Pellet Project

Map of pellet locations

Results batch for 4-23-23: Count of owl prey items identified from pellets submitted thus far.

Prey items identified from owl pellets submitted to the Maine Owl Pellet Project:

Pellet ID	Vole	Mouse	Shrew	Insect
ZACK1	1	0	0	0
KERC1	1	0	0	0
MAEG1	0	1	0	1
MAEG2	1	0	0	0
JADF1	1	1	1	0
LAUO1	1	0	2	0
ZACO1	0	0	0	0
ZACO3	0	0	2	0
BONC1	1	0	2	0
ALAG2	2	0	0	0

For those that want a deeper dive into our results, please check back soon for a link to the full dataset, including taxonomic assignments for each prey species recovered from the pellets.

The Maine Owl Pellet Project is a collaboration between Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the University of New England. The project is funded by a grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund.