Opossums, raccoons, hawks (acipiters probably), owls, feral housecats . . . the list is long and devastating to ground-nesting birds. This is a very common phenomenon in the Northeast too around population centers where there is no such thing as predator control, the discharge of firearms being illegal within the city limits of many, many towns and it seems every other household has at least one cat. In our lifetimes it will never be like it once was not so very long ago.
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