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ditches and medians. They also get hit by cars while feeding on insects that are on the highways.
Another interesting characteristic of the screech owl is its eating and digestive system. The screech owl eats its prey quickly, perhaps to avoid interactions with predators or competitors. It gulps its prey down where taken and then flies back to cover, rather than sitting in the open and eating slowly as hawks are more likely to do.
Sibley points out that rather than grinding or dissolving the indigestible mateHals, the owls digestive system compacts the fur, bones and skeletal remains into a “pellet.” Each day the owl ejects one or two pellets out through its mouth. It is through the examination of these pellets that naturalists learn of the diet and the foraging habits of the screech owl.
So in the spring, when you hear a soft whinny in the
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