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Buteo lineatus
Jumbled collection of hair, insect parts, sand and vegetable matter. Large grasshopper legs were distinguishable.
vegetable garden
Found this on a shelf in our garden. Under a pole where these hawks often sit. It had been rained on. This time of year they are in the garden most every day. They sit on poles, fences and power lines frequently flying to the ground to capture prey which they pin down with their feet. Sometimes bringing it back to their roost where they again hold it down with their feet as they pick it apart.
Spotted on Jan 29, 2021
Submitted on Jan 31, 2021
2 Comments
Thanks for the suggestion. I knew owls made pellets but not hawks.
Neat find! This is most likely a pellet, rather than scat. Many species of predatory birds will regurgitate the indigestible parts of their prey (fur, bones, teeth, exoskeletons). It's usually in a neat oval pellet, often found where they roost.
I moved this to the Birds section for you since it is created by/from a bird. :-)