Imagine you're sitting in your backyard, sipping coffee and listening to the rustling breeze. A songbird perched at your bird feeder adds just the right element to complete a perfectly peaceful scene.But danger could be lying in wait for your feathered visitor in the form of a cat – yours, one belonging to a neighbor or a stray. The mere threat can give your backyard a bad reputation among the population, and your bird feeder could sit alone and unused.More than 50 million Americans have bird feeders, baths or houses for birds, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Birds bring color, song and liveliness to any backyard setting. In return, birds have a rest area to feed, wash and perch.This bucolic statistic has a darker side: Domestic outdoor cats are estimated to kill hundreds of millions of birds each year.
Ah, a quiet, peaceful Sunday morning. You go outside with your morning coffee to listen to the chirping of the birds as they bustle around the feeders so carefully placed.
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