Bob Russell's Snowy Owl posts have been fantastic.

In one, he/you wrote:
> I have unequivocal evidence (from
> pellets) that the birds at Damon Point are taking some marine
> invertebrates (definitely crab, possibly razor clams and other mollusks).

Unequivocal? Any details? Isn't it possible the shellfish are part of a
grebe's or duck's diet and end up in pellets via that route?
Somehow I can't imagine a Snowy Owl directly "taking" a razor clam.
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Scott Richardson
northeast Seattle
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