Eric Stahlfeld writes:

<<My question: Does anyone know what kind of bird would/could kill cats? Both
cats were fairly large. >>

While living in an apartment complex on the Spokane River in Spokane, I used
to see lots of Osprey searching for fish in this section. Had a neighbor who
claimed that she had seen Osprey take cats (more than one) who wandered down
onto the river bank. Don't know if this was a made up story or not. I do
know that they can extract a very large fish from the river - have seen them
take large squaw fish, then make a loud screeching victory lap or two in their
territory, displaying the fish to other Osprey before landing and eating it.

Jim Brewster
Kent Washington
BrewsPad at aol.com