Snowy Owl Pellets were abundant at most all perching sites along  Boundary Bay, evidence that the birds were eating well, However we did come across 3 Snowy Owl carcasses from owls that perished. The Owls mainstay of food was shorebirds and waterfowl along the slat marshes of Boundary Bay!
Gruesome but interesting 
A nice close-up using our USB microscope and showing a whole jaw lodged in one of the barn owl pellets we've been collecting from  Newport site.
Owl Pellet / dissected
Can't remember when I took this - but it was many years ago!
Snowy Owl Pellets were abundant at most all perching sites along Boundary Bay, evidence that the birds were eating well, However we did come across 3 Snowy Owl carcasses from owls that perished. The Owls mainstay of food was shorebirds and waterfowl along the slat marshes of Boundary Bay!
Snowy Owl Pellets were abundant at most all perching sites along  Boundary Bay, evidence that the birds were eating well, However we did come across 3 Snowy Owl carcasses from owls that perished. The Owls mainstay of food was shorebirds and waterfowl along the slat marshes of Boundary Bay!
Snowy Owl Pellets were abundant at most all perching sites along Boundary Bay, evidence that the birds were eating well, However we did come across 3 Snowy Owl carcasses from owls that perished. The Owls mainstay of food was shorebirds and waterfowl along the slat marshes of Boundary Bay!
See photo in original gallery.