Earth Day

This beat-up skull comes courtesy of a Great Horned Owl. The owl chomped this down and then spit it back up after the bird’s battery acid stomach had a go at it. I think these might be the remains of a Grey Squirrel skull. Found with plenty of grey hair smushed into the cavities. Cleaned up a bit with toothpick and hydrogen peroxide, but it was already virtually bleached by the owl. Check out these incisors and molars.

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Forty-nine years since the first Earth Day. Here are forty years of measurable transformations in migrating birds: a new study finds warmer temperatures are decreasing body size and increasing wing length.

4 Responses to “Earth Day”


  1. 1 map195 April 22, 2019 at 7:49 am

    nice blog post as always keep it up

  2. 2 elwnyc April 22, 2019 at 8:45 am

    Squirrel?

  3. 4 Sherry Felix April 23, 2019 at 4:23 am

    Interesting study on changes in bird morphology.


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