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Re: Pellet Ideas?

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"George M. Jett"

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:03:07 -0400

Denise
You could also check Bird Tracks & Signs by Mark Elbroch.
Good luck.
George

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise Ryan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:21 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Pellet Ideas?


I came across an intriguing pile of pellets recently that looked nothing
like any owl pellets I have ever seen.  So, I'm hoping for some ideas as to
what kind of bird or critter might have produced them.

I'm used to owl pellets looking very gray and everything all mushed up in a
jumble.  The pile that I found had at least 12 pellets and they all seemed
to be made up of a brown/black furry mammal.  I imagine many of our finest
city rats could be compressed into such a form.  In some cases, it was like
the tail was intact and easy to make out sticking out of the end of the
pellet.  They were about the size of my thumb (I'm large boned), and perhaps
a bit longer 2 1/2 - 3 inches long.  They seemed to be encased in something
that reminded me of a thin sausage casing.

I didn't take any of the pellets with me, as I was in a National Park.
There were no large roosting trees above, but there were certainly branches
where a raptor could perch.

Any ideas?

Denise Ryan
Washington, DC
Denise_ryan at lcv.org

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