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Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)

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Canon 300D and Sigma 135-400mm lens (un-cropped) below

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Barn Owl at roost hole
The above picture is available as a print up to A3.

Below 3MP crop of the above

Barn Owl pellets

Barn Owls (along with other Owls) swallow their prey hole and regurgitate the indigestible pieces such as in this case, the fur and bones of their rodent prey.

The below photo shows a dissected Barn Owl pellet and two whole ones, there are four skulls of different rodent species contained in this one pellet. A close up of the skull fragments and lower jawbones found in this Owl pellet is shown below.

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