Skulls, bones and hair are all that’s left as Bert Corales shows what he keeps finding on the Sequim property he shares with his partner, Candace Fagerhaugh.

No, it’s not a crime scene; these are owl pellets, and they’re all over the couple’s backyard. Owl pellets are made up of fur, bones, teeth and/or feathers — none of which owls are able to digest. The nocturnal raptors, which tend to swallow their prey whole, regurgitate what their digestive systems cannot break down.

Bird lovers Corales and Fagerhaugh retired to Sequim in 2019 from Northern California, buying five acres for gardening. They have a horse and a donkey, but they didn’t expect to become caretakers for two baby owls.

Fagerhaugh said she wanted to attract birds, maybe even an owl, to the property and a local woman named

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