Help me figure out this predator....

[Mtnboomer]

The area available for an aerial predator to enter is pretty small. Risky for expanded wings to pounce and take off again. Not impossible, but i would lean towards a terrestrial predator. Bobcat, fox, coon are more likely. Bobcats or foxes will often grab n go. Preferring to eat in the privacy of nearby cover often without leaving even a feather behind.

 

[ErnieBerley]

The area available for an aerial predator to enter is pretty small. Risky for expanded wings to pounce and take off again. Not impossible, but i would lean towards a terrestrial predator. Bobcat, fox, coon are more likely. Bobcats or foxes will often grab n go. Preferring to eat in the privacy of nearby cover often without leaving even a feather behind.

hmmm ...the fence is scalable easily i would assume. and we have lots of bobcats. But there's a small hawk hanging around screeching so I wonder if my hole was big enough. Oh well i have it covered now. She for sure was making a lot of noise for quite a while before I noticed her gone, so all kinds of things in the woods were attracted i'm sure. I live next to hundreds of NC mountain forest acres next to the french broad river.