Hello Tweeters,
Yes i know what killed the Band-tailed Pigeon reading Dennis Paulson's
message. I also had my yard look white with feathers every where.A-cat
would not plug all the feathers so there beeing strewing all over the yard.
But since a Hawk got this Pigeon i think it was proable already sick.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
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> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> To: tweeters at u.wahington.edu
> Subject: CAT or Hawk????
> Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 8:48 AM
>
> Hello Tweeters,
> There is a big mystery incident happen in my yard yesterday what kind of
> upset me.
> I live in an area where we have big flocks of Band-tailed Pigeon. Some of
> this birds comming in to my yard , as i reported before there could be on
> 50 at one time feeding on feeders or on the ground or sitting in trees
to
> get on to feeders. I got used to this birds and know not every one one is
> privileged even have them in the area.I remember that in the past there
at
> one time was verry much declining, showing the record from Christmas bird
> counts.
> Yesterday when i came home from work there was masses feathers from a
> pigeon laying in my yard, not hidden but right in the open. I had a
pigeon
> taken before from a coopes hawk, but he carrying his prey in to a bush
and
> than start pulling it apart.I wonder now do i have a cat what will take
> such big prey and eat it right on the spot.Band-tailed Pigeon are verry
> aware of there surounding. If thre are in my back yard for instance,all
> what i have to due step outside on my patio, there all fly off in an
> instance.If there on my feeders on the patio only if there see my shadow
> in the window there will fly off. Is ok if a hawk will get the a Pigeon,
> but the think of having a cat what can kill a big bird like this making
me
> verry angry. My thoughts about such cat is i must trap it and turn it in
to
> the Human Society, hopefull no one will pick it up. I put out some cat
> repellent, if this is a cats doing,it does not work.We having way to many
> cats loose and there have to be something done about this.DRASTIC ACTION
is
> necessary to saving our birds
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma.
> godwit at worldnet.att.net
>