On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:03:24 -0700, "Anonny Moose"
opined:

You are mistaken about bird digestive physiology. Birds do have intestines.
The cloaca is a multi-purpose structure at the end of the intestinal tract.
Anyway, the ground dwelling birds of the family Phasianidae eat a fibrous
diet including seeds and nuts, and their droppings look very much like those
in the photos. The Phasianidae family includes grouse, ptarmigan, bobwhite,
quail, chukar, partridge, pheasant and wild turkey.
Check these photos of grouse and ptarmigan scat....
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/scat.htm
Another photo of grouse scat ...
http://www.ontariowildflower.com/wil...cat.htm#grouse

Squirrel and rabbit droppings are rounder and more pellet-like.


What we have does look a lot like grouse scat. We definitely have an opossum at
night. It's a rather large one and we believe it lives on one of our brush
piles. However, I doubt this is the scat of an opossum. I am going to set up a
video camera today. This is baffling to me!

Victoria





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