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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

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The hole-nesting population of peregrine falcons disappeared with the felling of the giant trees upon which they depended. Their nest is typically built with a base of bark strips and flakes with lumps of earth; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur.

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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

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It’s not fecal material, but parts that are not digestible like fur, bones and the exoskeletons of insects. For example, since eagles and hawks tend to rip their prey apart and have stronger digestive acids, their pellets look like wads of fur. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths.

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