Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Owl pellets wanted

                                                               Field Vole lower jaw
Common/Pygmy  Shrew lower Jaw bone
 
 
A selection of Tawny Owl pellets at a roost site in Queensbury top photo(thanks BS).If anyone knows of any other sites for Owl pellets or finds any this year.I would be more than grateful to take them off there hands.

4 comments:

David Sutcliffe said...

Good to see some photo's of jaw bones Andy! Will look out for some but struggling to find any roost sites lately. Were there any bird skulls in the pellets? or are you still wading through them !

AndyC said...

Still wading through um,but they look like 95% Field voles..No feathers.

Brian Sumner . said...

Will keep getting them for you Andy

heavy birder said...

I think the shrew is a Pigmy Andy, common shows more red on the lower mandible.