I had thought that I had gotten by easy, and the Coons hadn't had that much time to cause problems. I was wrong. What you see is only what they didn't eat. The birds on the floor would have provided Jessie with enough food for 20 days. Its hard to say how much 4 Raccoon's can eat at one sitting. So it is likely that they consumed a couple of months of Jessie's food supply.
I raise Pigeons for Hawk food, and because I have always had Pigeons. I don't seem to know how to stop raising them. They are about the best food available for a Falcon. There is enough there for two meals, and the meat is high in all the things that a high energy raptor needs. The bones are tough enough that they will help keep the birds beak in good shape as well as keeping the back muscles in tone. Too much soft food is not good for them. They need to tear and pull to get their food.
Ahh well, such is life in the high desert. I cannot blame the predators for trying. That is one of the realities of living here. I am up to the task, and willing to accept the risk.
