10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. I’ve yet to see an English pine marten, but I once watched one hunting red squirrels in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland. The post Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks first appeared on 10,000 Birds.

Fur 176

Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

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.

Bats 199

Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

Graceful Honeyeater ( Meliphaga gracilis ) Metallic Starling colony ( Aplonis metallica ) I got my Platypus just before dark; it was much smaller than I expected but utterly enthralling as it hunted along the river bank. The highlight of the night was a Striped Possum, a large squirrel sized possum with black and white striped fur.

Possums 170

Possums Guinea Marsupials Rats 170