Vandals_handle@lemmy.world to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoRed-tailed Hawk, Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, Californialemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
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minus-squaredirthawker0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThere’s a urine component (white liquid) and a fecal component (black/dark solid matter). In raptors, nearly all excretions will have both, and will only lack the fecal when the bird hasn’t eaten for a while, like 24 hrs or more.
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoTIL, thank you. Can see both components. What about owls who regurgitate pellets? Is the pellet just the indigestible bits and the rest excreted?
minus-squaredirthawker0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThat’s correct. And fyi not just owls but all the raptors regurgitate pellets.
There’s a urine component (white liquid) and a fecal component (black/dark solid matter). In raptors, nearly all excretions will have both, and will only lack the fecal when the bird hasn’t eaten for a while, like 24 hrs or more.
TIL, thank you. Can see both components. What about owls who regurgitate pellets? Is the pellet just the indigestible bits and the rest excreted?
That’s correct. And fyi not just owls but all the raptors regurgitate pellets.