Possible Powerful Owl - East Maitland

[Jim Smart <>]

Hello Hunter birders,

In my back yard in East Maitland I have a large Yellow Box tree which is now in 
full blossom.
At night Fruit Bats, presumably Grey-headed Flying Foxes feed on the blossom.

On Saturday morning there was a lot of white bird droppings on the paving under 
the tree
plus a skull, mandible and probably, a humerus bone. Their anatomy closely 
matched that shown
on various web sites for Fruit Bat.

Powerful Owls certainly eat Fruit Bats. Can I assume a Powerful Owl is living 
in the East Maitland
area or are there other Fruit Bat predators that could explain this find?

Cheers,

Jim Smart
East Maitland
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