I spotted the Black Phoebe I found at the Fremont County Sewer District property in Florence as it was casting a pellet-yes, the same process as owls casting pellets. I have previously posted here when I uploaded photos on my blog of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher casting a pellet <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-was-quite-surprised-to-see-what.html>(actually a series of photos). This time I only got one photo but I have finally uploaded it to my Birds and Nature blog<http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/>. These flycatcher species cast pellets to get rid of the indigestible parts of the insects they consume. In the hundreds of hours I have observed Black Phoebes this is only the second time I have observed this behavior.
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