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Every owl is an obligate carnivore — there’s no plant matter in this diet at all, a genuine contrast to the omnivorous jays. Beyond that shared trait, though, the five species covered here range from remarkably broad generalists to a near-total rodent specialist. Great Horned…

Few pieces of evidence reveal as much about a bird’s actual diet as an owl pellet does — a compact, regurgitated bundle of everything an owl couldn’t digest from its most recent meals. What a Pellet Actually Is Because owls often swallow prey whole or…

Owls Are Obligate Carnivores As covered in our diet guide, every owl species eats exclusively animal prey. Seed, suet, nectar, and fruit are simply irrelevant to this family’s biology — there’s no version of a nyjer feeder or peanut station that could ever attract an…