I know what outdoor kitties do to songbirds, but Bambi?

[pnwmom]

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/news/press/ontape.htm

Biologists taking advantage of the latest advances in surveillance technology are recording big game animals doing some pretty wild things these days, like elk eating sage grouse eggs and white-tailed deer preying on songbird nestlings.
So what's going on in the wilds of North America? Has El Nino driven our cervids mad?

No, say biologists, these things have probably been going on a long time. Only now, with technology such as miniature video cameras allowing biologists to monitor nests, have they been able to discover and document such behavior.

"You come up with stuff that just surprises you because nobody's documented it before," says Wyoming Game and Fish chief biologist Reg Rothwell.

While probably not common, biologists say, the predaceous behavior of deer and elk is probably not that unusual, either. The animals are simply taking advantage of a quick, easy, nutritious meal.

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[sadoldgirl]

1. Some of our left over song birds

try to nest in my big maple, but hardly any of them
survive due to crows and squirrels. Even the wood peckers
have trouble. So, yes, animals live from animals, just as we do.

[blondie58]

2. Nature is brutal

It does whatever it has to - to survive.

I am a big cat lover and believe they should be kept inside. Away from the songbirds and critters like foxes and coyotes. I don't blame them for eating a cat- they're just hungry.