Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:51:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Magnusson, Nancy C." Subject: Re: Keeping Cats Indoors MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Actually gray squirrels are pretty efficient predators of songbird eggs and nestlings. And humans have upset the balance in that arena as in so many others... Nancy Magnusson Ellicott City, MD -----Original Message----- From: Gail Frantz [mailto:Guineabird@AOL.COM] Let's see if I have this right now? In areas populated with humans: House cats (& presumably free-running dogs) are right up there with Raptors, Crows, Grackles, Bluejays, Starlings, House Wrens, House Sparrows, 'Possums, Raccoons, Chipmunks, Squirrels & Fox as part of nature's attempt to keep a balance between predator & excessive numbers of prey? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================