Pile of Feathers

[nwfloridafalconfan]

We woke to this in the back yard this morning.  It had to be one of our large doves.  The workings of a bird of prey or a ground-based hunter?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CBaqRYWYtm7wXwSf8

[Dot_Forrester]

Don't know if this will help, but the raptors in my yard (mostly red-tail hawks and kestrels) immediately pluck only the longest feathers from the prey and fly off with the rest of it.  Your pile looks like it was completely de-feathered right there where it was killed. If I had to guess, I'd suspect a 4-legged predator like a cat.

Dot in PA

[Kris G.]

We’ve had piles of feathers like that when Cooper’s Hawks get one of the Mourning Doves at our backyard feeder.