I guess you learn something new everyday.... and I have pictures.
During my bird watching, I was shocked to see the way baby birds have a poo poo. I was not shocked to see mother and father bird eat it... but I was shocked that it does not look like "bird poop"...... it looks like a marshmallow! It must have some sort of membrane around it to hold it together. I hope you can see what I mean by these pictures as they are not that great.
This is daddy bird (I think) directly taking the "waste" from baby birds butt!
This is him holding it just before taking off with it. But I have seen them eat this more often than flying away with it.
During my bird watching, I was shocked to see the way baby birds have a poo poo. I was not shocked to see mother and father bird eat it... but I was shocked that it does not look like "bird poop"...... it looks like a marshmallow! It must have some sort of membrane around it to hold it together. I hope you can see what I mean by these pictures as they are not that great.
This is daddy bird (I think) directly taking the "waste" from baby birds butt!
This is him holding it just before taking off with it. But I have seen them eat this more often than flying away with it.