Animal predators

[Alan A]

Anyone care to guess what did this?
Fox? Cat? Coyote?



Whatever it was dropped it when it heard the dog just now.

[john70t]

It killed the pigeon by its head and started eating that first.
If it was bigger than a cat, it probably would have ran off with it.

My guess is a hawk from above.

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by john70t

It killed the pigeon by its head and started eating that first.
If it was bigger than a cat, it probably would have ran off with it.

My guess is a hawk from above.

Except it was dark outside.
That’s what made me think animal rather than bird.

[GH85Carrera]

Cats are the predominant bird predation source. Cat kill a lot of birds. That was likely a cat kill.

[sc_rufctr]

It could have been a fox. We have lots roaming around at night... Recently I built a chicken coop that fits the description of a bunker.

[Alan A]

We are semi-rural.
Pet cats on my property aren’t really a thing. Deer otoh...
Foxes, avian predators of all kinds, coyotes and the occasional bear are common.
I suspect - from the lack of noise and the way the dog reacted - it was a fox, but wondered if anyone saw something in the way it was eaten that gave away what it was.

[ckelly78z]

When we have a chicken that ends up like that, it is generally a mink/weasel...they love eating the brain/blood only. A raccoon will eat the majority of the bird, and a fox will drag it away to eat in peace.

[Bigtoe32067]

Owl

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Bigtoe32067

Owl

[vash]

raccoons ate the heads and nothing else on my chickens. i vote raccoon.

birds of prey go for the organs first when i see them take down something.