Forgot to knock on wood

It has been a bad month for the birds. Shortly after the no-news-is-good-news comment, a bobcat killed a goose named Madonna. I scared kitteh away, but the goose was a goner. Then a guinea got nabbed out of the brush. Then a duck flat out disappeared, no signs or anything. And yesterday another guinea is gone, no idea when or how.

There is one very well fed bobcat around here.

Here's a survivor: