Scene Of The Kill

It’s one of those “circle of life” things. (Insert “Lion King” song here.) CSI-SFV, critter division.

From the color and size of the feathers, I’m guessing it was one of the many mourning doves that live here. Or I guess it could be a mockingbird. The sparrows are more brown and small, and the crows are much bigger and black. Yep, mourning dove or mocking bird. Probably mourning dove.

There wasn’t any blood or other icky signs about, which makes me think it might be one of our local hawks that made the kill, not one of our local cats. A dive, a strike, feathers flying everywhere, then the hawk takes its trophy back to the next or to a safe perch where it’s not going to be stolen.

Jessie thought the scene of the kill was interesting. She did a thorough job of sniffing everywhere nearby. Her analysis of the DNA and olfactory evidence has yet to be written up. (She’s lousy with paperwork!)