we found two exciting discoveries this weekend - one just cool and one completely bizarre! the cool find was some owl pellets (aka poo) on our back stairs. we think that these are from a pair of barn owls that are apparently roosting in the redwood tree next to the house. we have been hearing them at night on a regular basis since january or february. we see them flying around the house every once in a while...their bright white wings being reflected by a full moon is magical. (on a totally different owl note, i found a dead burrowing owl while i was running a few weeks ago. so cool to know that we have multiple varieties around here.)
two owl pellets
close up on what looks like a scapula
lots of other bones in there too...pete and i are going to dissect them later and see what we find. i mean, really. is there a better way to spend a 4th of july weekend? :)
find #2 falls squarely into the bizarre category. yesterday morning i was pulling weeds and raking leaves when something caught my eye in the pile...
at first i just thought it was a ball of tape or band-aids. but then i realized that it was much more... the hair and the shape of the poo suggest that it probably came from a coyote. but what in the world did it eat?!?!
most bizarre coyote poo EVER.
thoughts anyone??
1 comment:
AWESOME! please post on your findings!
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