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    Just thought this was interesting to see.

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    Yes, interesting Denise! Nice capture. I have seen this behavior in a number of other bird species (thrushes, mockingbirds and waxwings) and we know that owls do it.

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    Excellent capture. Birds usual gives some clues that they are about to cast off a pellet but it still happens pretty fast and you have to be on your toes to capture it.

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    Wow! You really have perfect timing, Denise! If you didn't see the pellet, you'd almost think he was sneezing.

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    That is too funny...check out the link below - from a while back ;-) Same behaviour, same species, same angle! Yours is a "cleaner" image, and I like the closed eye and projecting tongue!

    http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=20636

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    Daniel, That is awesome! It looks like your bird was working it out slowly-unless it just appears that way.This one happened in 2 frames.The frame before you can see him working it up.

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    Shorebirds do sometimes eject pellets of larger prey remains, but there's an even cooler phenomenon in a Dutch note published about 30 years ago, in which is was found that whimbrels periodically eject the keratinised lining of the gizzard! That would be quite some photo. :-)

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    Phil, Thankyou for the info. It is very interesting!! I'll have to look into that.

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    nice picture Denise,I have seen common sandpipers,on my local river do this,we call it casting here in the uk.thanks.

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    Christopher, Thanks for looking in. I was happy to capture it for my files.

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    Wow......do you suppose that's what this Whimbrel is doing? I just caught the "plop" of the action.

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    I imagine that most whimbrel pellets are regurgitations of larger crab remains.

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    Lana, Great shot! The tongue looks amazing!

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