It could have been a hawk. They do that sort of thing. They prey on
animals that size and smaller, and the northern hawks have already migrated
south.

--
Elizabeth of the Tudor Tarts
http://www.tudortarts.com/

"Gae Xavier" wrote in message
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Yep, that is what it looks like. Oh... I am so sorry for what happened to
it.
I wonder if that big tree-top nest was its nest and what sort of predator
could have gotten to it way up there.

http://www.bestfriends.org/sanctuary...lcat041302.htm

The ring tail cat and the nest seem to have come down and landed together,
but what chewed the cat up and killed it from up there? A bobcat? Geez...
Animal Planet in my yard!

I am starting to understand why neighbors are finding their house cats
killed
and mutilated in their yards...but by what bigger animal?

Thanks for the replies. I had no idea that we had such a critter here
since
the info says it is the state animal for Arizona -- a few miles away from
its
home base I would say. :/