Owl Pellet Dissections
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Ramahlele Primary School is on board with Owlproject.org!
We visited Ramahlele Primary School and the children got to understand more about owls.
Pellet Dissection at Radford House
Educational talk and pellet dissection with the Grade 5 class of Radford House.
Educational Talk at Dainfern Nature Association
Our representative Sara Orchardson gave an educational talk to residents and members of the Dainfern Nature Association about the importance and benefit of owls.
In most of the 11 official languages in South Africa, all owl species are described with one name. For example, the Pedi name for any type of owl is Lerubise while the Zulu name for any owl is isiKhova. The owl naming project is a national learner led initiative to provide suitable names specific to each owl species within South Africa. Learners from different schools, cultures and languages have chosen names for our 12 owl species in their native tongue. In time, we hope that these names will become the names with which specific owls are described by children and adults across the country.
Below is the name given to the Pearl Spotted Owl in SeSotho/Sepedi : Sephookonyana
