I've watched the local bobcats and coyotes eat mice. The coyotes watch
a tuft of grass with ears forward, then leap up and land on the mouse
with both paws. They they toss it back in one gulp.
Bobcats stalk the mice and when they catch one, they carry it to a handy
dining spot, eviscerate it and eat the good parts.
We had a lot of mice in the barn a couple years ago but they all
disappeared in the last year. I think that the bobcats figured out
that there's food (mice) in there, and since one side of the barn was
colapsed and we leave the door on the other end open, they must feel
like they can wander in and catch mice without getting caught themselves.
Not that they're very worried by humans- one walked up to within 30
feet of me, looked at me for a while and then growled at me to see if
I'd run away. I laughed at him and he ran away instead.
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