Saw something new to me this morning. Garfield was eating on the rear porch. A very large bird flew, in from the left banked and settled 15 ft from the porch. I thought at firstit was a Golden Eagle ...
Black vultures will go after weak, injured, small animals; turkey vultures will will not. Both are protected (as well as other migratory birds) and you cannot shoot them without a special permit.
Foxes will go after cats; we suspect one of our barn cats was chased by a fox and the cat scraped her side during the escape.