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Old 08-17-2015, 11:33 AM   #7
jazzman
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Our cats don't hang out in the open and I don't know if an eagle can crash through the trees to catch prey. Fish are pretty easy lunch too.

That said, there was a huge racket at 6am one day last week. Sounded like a sea gull being ripped to shreds. We went outside and found a pair of very large birds squabbling in the next door yard. They weren't the bald eagles that live in the area, but they were extremely very large brown birds.

There was nothing on the ground and when they saw us they took off and squabbled in the air a bit (making the terrified seagull noise). All very odd.

I figure a small island is about as good as it gets for kitties that like to be outside (and the last thing we want is a cat box in a small house in the summer). We rarely let them out at home as there are all sorts of cat predators around (fox, coyote, fisher cats and other assorted weasel critters).
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