Yes, there is some "wild' left but it is getting more gentrified every
year. Many of the places I used to walk the dog now have a trophy home.
The foxes along with the deer and raccoons seem to manage to survive
with the added population. In fact they are getting to be a problem for
anyone with poultry. I would guess the biggest predator would be cars
and 12ga shotguns in that order followed by starvation and then birds of
prey. A bald eagle is more of an opportunistic bully and scavenger. They
would rather steal their food than tangle with a scrappy fox of course
they wouldn't hesitate if the opportunity were presented. They do take
ducks and domestic cats.
mike
>Wow... I'm inspired now to try out the 2X-A/300/4.5 combo. Cute neighbors
>you have there. Nice to see there is still some wild on S.J. Is. May it ever
>be so. I would think the greatest threat to those wee ones would be the bald
>eagles. We lost several malamute pups to the eagles on Adak Is. Amazing what
>they can carry off.
>
>Rich
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