Owls- owl pellets

After digesting the nutritious parts of the small animals they eat, they regurgitate all of the undigested parts in a small pellet, which usually consist of fur, feathers and bones.

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Owl Pellets

..............Owls are not the only birds that cast pellets, more than 300 species of birds cast pellets, such as hawks, robins, and tree sparrows................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Did you know….? Owls swallow their prey only to regurgitate them later?

Because owls don’t tear their prey to pieces, there is always a complete skeleton of at least one rodent in every pellet.