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[Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>]

On Fri, 06 May 2005 12:53:26 -0400, you wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>Just the circle of life.
>
>I have never seen a cat catch a bird, as in the countryside, birds are  
>much too wary when on the ground to be caught.

I have.  We live in the country.  Our cat *very
occasionally* catches a bird.  Again, I wouldn't know this
except that she brings all her catches to the front porch.

My estimate is that she maybe gets about five birds a YEAR.
The only birds I have ever seen her get are English sparrows
and young starlings. 

She probably gets 200 or so [voles+mice] per year.  There
are no other cats in the immediate area, so she has no
feline competition.  There are foxes, though, and I think
they must compete for the same prey.

Pat


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