Sighting 4562335
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| Unverified | 23 Mar 2024 | AndyRoo |
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GPSed. Looked like a (mammal) scat? Was quite dry, light and low density. Scaling off pencil in first pic length =42mm, thickness = 19mm.
6 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
23 Mar 2024
Depending on location of scat and what plant parts those are in the scat, probably Black Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
AndyRoo
wrote:
13 May 2025
Thanks Don. Given its very low density and lack of powdery residue I'm wondering if might instead be a regurgitated bird pellet?
DonFletcher
wrote:
13 May 2025
Hi @AndyRoo, What I thought were plant parts might be insect parts. So what were they?
If insect, its a bird pellet, and yes they have lower density than dung.
If insect, its a bird pellet, and yes they have lower density than dung.
AndyRoo
wrote:
14 May 2025
Sorry Don, I can't tell and I don't have the expertise. I assume you have access to the original photos I uploaded rather than the lower res versions that appear on the sighting webpage? In retrospect I should have (a) got higher res and more close up pics and (b) broken the pellet/scat up more and separated out the fragments - as I was travelling with a group I didn't have time to do this. The thing that struck me was the lack of its mass/density and how easy it was to break.
DonFletcher
wrote:
14 May 2025
Hi @AndyRoo, a bird pellet is generally lower density. Sorry I couldn't do any better for you.
AndyRoo
wrote:
15 May 2025
Thanks Don. I'd be tempted to delete the sighting but probably best to leave it up just in case someone else posts a sighting of the same faunal scat that can be readily IDed.
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