I, however, was a bit saddened to get this gift on the back porch this morning. A female woodpecker, probably a Northern Flicker, who was likely looking for breakfast on the ground when she became food for one of my cats. Mother Nature seems dreadfully cruel to me, and like most humans, I resist the natural course of events. I love my feline family (and family they are, being childless). They just do what is natural - hunt - and I like that they keep the rodent population down, but I don't like that they occasionally go after birds. My neighbor who puts feeders and bird baths out, doesn't like cats at all and that worries me a bit more. The potential human cruelty is more worrisome than anything animals mete out.
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Or maybe it's the male... there's a much smaller woodpecker in the tree working away. Must do some more research, I guess.
Dani
This aspect of feline behavior is one of the only things I dislike about the furry little ones. Every time I've had one specifically to do mouse control, they just play with them. And when I don't have them for doing what comes naturally (hunt)they bring unwanted gifts like this to my doorstep. Sorry....
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