Steven David Miller / Sand bubble patterns created by Sand bubbler crabs (Scopimera inflata), Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland, Australia. September.
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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female feeding her young with part of a pellet it has regurgitated. Estonia, May.
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick coughing up a pellet, Southern California, USA, June.
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Steven David Miller / Sand bubble patterns created by Sand bubbler crabs (Scopimera inflata), Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland, Australia. September.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) pellet of worms coughed up by cormorant International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California
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Eric Medard / Sparrowhawk (Accipter nisus) male regurgitating pellet, in forest, Pays de Loire, France
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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female and chick at nest, female regurgitating pellet. Southern Estonia. May.
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Philippe Clement / Close up of regurgitated pellet from great skua (Stercorarius skua) showing seabird prey remains like bones and feathers, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Close up of regurgitated pellet from great skua (Stercorarius skua) showing seabird prey remains like bones and feathers, Scotland, UK, May.
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Oscar Diez/ BIA / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) regurgetating pellet, Andalucia, Spain
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Dave Bevan / Male Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a branch, disgorges pellet before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Adrian Davies / Barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets, contents of approximately six pellets containing skulls and bones of voles, mice and shrews, and cockchafer beetle. UK. March.
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Markus Varesvuo / Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) regurgitating pellet before eating vole prey, Helsinki, Finland, December.
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Alan Murphy/ BIA / Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) regurgitating pellet, Texas
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Philippe Clement / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) regurgitated pellet containing the remains of birds and mice, Scotland, UK, May
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Merlin (Falco columbarius) coughing up a pellet, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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Charlie Summers / Northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) regurgitating pellet, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.
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Frederique Olivier / South polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) chick at nest site, regurgitates pellet, with parent in the foreground, Antarctica.
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Ingo Arndt / Rat bait, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia 2011
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Sven Zacek / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) regurgitating a pellet on the shore of a small lake in Southern Estonia.
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Sven Zacek / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) regurgitating a pellet on the shore of a small lake, Southern Estonia, May.
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Loic Poidevin / European roller (Coracias garrulus) regurgitating pellet perched on barbed wire fence, Alentero, Spain, April.
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Loic Poidevin / Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) regurgitating pellet, Le Teich, Gironde, France, September.
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) feeding twelve day old Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chick at nest and removing faecal pellet, Norfolk, England, UK, May
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Roger Powell / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) opening its beak wide before ejecting a pellet from it. Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, May..
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Michel Poinsignon / Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) pellet containing remains of its prey, Luxembourg. March.
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Loic Poidevin / Common bee-eater (Merops apiaster) regurgitating pellet, Bouches du Rhone, France, May
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Walter Soestbergen / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) regurgitating pellet, France
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Laurent Geslin / Great tit {Parus major} flying from nest hole in tree trunk carrying faecal pellet, UK
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Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) coughing up a pellet, France, July
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Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) coughing up a pellet, France, July
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Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) during the day on a wall, coughing up a pellet, France, October
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Eric Medard / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) male coughing up pellet, France, June
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Michel Poinsignon / Great tit (Parus major) flying flying from nest carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France, March.
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Todd Mintz / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) male expelling pellet on the Canadian prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, March, sequence 3/3
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Todd Mintz / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) male expelling pellet on the Canadian prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, March, sequence 2/3
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Todd Mintz / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) male expelling pellet on the Canadian prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, March, sequence 1/3
Ingo Arndt / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) coming out of old pipe to feed on bait at whaling station for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, Grytviken, South Georgia Island
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Ingo Arndt / Rat bait for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia Island
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Pete Oxford / Faecal pellet of Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos
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Andy Sands / Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) coughing up an owl pellet. Lincolnshire, England, UK, February.
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Andy Sands / Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) coughing up an owl pellet. Lincolnshire, England, UK, February.
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Murray Cooper / Ghost Crab (Ocypode sp) on beach surrounded by sand pellets which are by-products from the crab's feeding, Ecuador
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Gerrit Vyn / Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) ejecting a pellet of indigestible insect parts. Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA
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Adrian Davies / Regurgitated pellet of Tawny owl (Strix aluco) showing remains of prey, Sussex, England, UK
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Tom Marshall / New Zealand / Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sancta vagans) ejecting pellet by regurgitating, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Donald M. Jones / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) spitting up pellet, western Montana
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Michel Poinsignon / Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying from nest hole carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France
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Michel Poinsignon / Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying from nest hole carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France
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Michel Poinsignon / Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying from nest hole carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France
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Michel Poinsignon / Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying from nest hole carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France
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Michel Poinsignon / Great Tit (Parus major) coming out of nest hole carrying faecal pellet, Lorraine, France
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Pete Oxford / Regurgitated bones of mammals from Harpy eagle nest (Harpia harpyja) Ecuador
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Jose B. Ruiz / Fan-tailed warbler removes fecal pellet from nest {Cisticola juncidis} Spain
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Jose B. Ruiz / Orphean warbler removed fecal pellet from chick {Sylvia hortensis} Alicante, Spain
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Elio Della Ferrera / Common shrew bones {Sorex arabeus} found in pellet of Eurasian pygmy owl {Glaucidium passerinum}
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Philippe Clement / Regurgitated Great horned owl pellets on taiga forest floor {Bubo virginianus} Denali NP, Alaska, USA.
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Philippe Clement / Owl pellet showing wing cases of beetles, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Tawny owl pellet {Strix aluco} showing remains of mouse skeleton, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Tawny owl pellet {Strix aluco} showing remains of mouse skeleton, Belgium
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Kim Taylor / Beetle {Byrrhus pilula} mimicing rabbit pellet. UK.
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Kim Taylor / Kestrel {Falco tinnunculs} pellets containing mouse remains. UK.
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Kim Taylor / Dor beetle {Typhaeus typhoeus} male with rabbit dropping / pellet. UK.
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Pete Oxford / Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) recently regurgitated pellet from fledged seven month old wild chick containing claws and fur from a Two-toed Sloth, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador
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Konrad Wothe / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) owl pellets made of regurgitated bones and fur, Germany
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Mike Read / Regurgitated Pellets of Barn owl, Tawny owl, Short eared owl, Long eared owl and Little owl side-by-side for comparison
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Niall Benvie / Common buzzard pellet {Buteo buteo} Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland, UK
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Mike Read / Contents of regurgitated Barn owl pellet {Tyto alba} UK. remains of woodmouse, vole, birds and short-tailed vole
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Agustin Esmoris / Lesser Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus) pellet, Argentina
Michael Quinton / Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) pellets, Alaska
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Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) regurgitating pellet, western Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) regurgitating pellet, western Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) regurgitating pellet, western Montana, sequence 1 of 3
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Sumio Harada / American Pika (Ochotona princeps) collecting scat pellet from a Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata), Glacier National Park, Montana
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Ingo Arndt / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) pellet containing fish and dragonfly larva remains, Hessen, Germany
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Premaphotos / Communal sphecid wasp (Trigonopsis sp) adding a pellet of mud to the outside of its communal nest on a tree in Amazonian rainforest, Brazil
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Philippe Clement / Barn owl (Tyto alba) regurgitated pellets showing close-up detail of mouse skull, hair and bones found inside. Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Barn owl (Tyto alba) regurgitated pellets showing close-up detail of mouse skull, hair and bones found inside. Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Barn owl (Tyto alba) regurgitated pellets on hay bales in barn. Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Barn owl (Tyto alba) regurgitated pellets showing bones and skulls of mice. Belgium.
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Brian Bevan / Little owl (Athene noctua) coughing up pellet whilst perching on branch in meadow at dusk, Bedfordshire UK, June.
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Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) perched. The animal regurgitates a pellet of indigestible insect parts. Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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Steve Gettle / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) regurgitating pellet, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
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Markus Varesvuo / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) pellet, Canada January.
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David Weiller / Bagworm moth caterpillar (Psychidae) defecating fecal pellet (frass) from its lower opening. The larvae lies hidden within its coccon casing, decorated with pieces of leaf to protect and disguise itse...
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Matt Roseveare / White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) stretching wings then regurgitating food pellet, River Kennal, Cornwall, UK, January.
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Doug Gimesy / X-ray of a Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) showing ulna bone in wing shattered in 2 places from single pellet shot at Lake Leaghur in opening of hunting season. Bird rescued by Coalition Agains...
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Eric Baccega / Long-eared owl chick regurgitating pellet (Asio otus) perched in tree. Alsace. France.
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Alex Hyde / Owl pellet showing various rodent bones. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.
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Michel Poinsignon / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) female perched on branch regurgitating pellet, with bokeh and flare affect on river in the background, Lorraine, France, April
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Andy Sands / Filamentous fungus (Phycomyces blakesleeanus) beginning to form on mouse dropping. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.
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Guy Edwardes / Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) pair perched on branch, one coughing up pellet. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Edwin Giesbers / Researchers examining Raptor pellets to identify eaten prey. Part of a 60 year long-term study led by Fred Koning to monitor raptors and their nests in a 3,400 hectare area of coastal dunes. Near Amst...