Sorry. Didn't realize there was a raptor forum here. Thanks for telling me.

I was worried about foxes and cats, but they really do not hunt them. As I did research, I found that foxes don't want anything that fights back. I had a 6 lb manx Kitty that looked like a little bunny and I worried and worried about her when I spotted my first fox here. One day, she was sleeping on a small deck in my back yard (no railings) and I saw the fox approaching from the forest behind the house. I watched to see what would happen, (I was in the house but near the door to the deck and her) believing I could save her if he looked like he might grab her. She saw him approach and raised her head, but did not move from her spot and did not appear alarmed. He saw her when she raised her head and they looked right at each other, while he just kept on walking around the house. She went right back to sleep! It appeared they had an agreement of some kind. Another time she was lounging under my chair in the garden, with me in it. The fox saw her (maybe a different one) and tried to figure out how to get to her without her seeing (he seemed to be ignoring me). She wasn't asleep but was rolling around on her back looking for tummy scratches. He was walking up from the side; she flopped over and saw him and shot out after him - he flew out of the yard with her in pursuit. She came back to her spot and he tried it again, and she took off after him again. He then took a very circuitous route around the house, avoiding the area she was in. After that I never worried and she lived to be 18. I also saw a fox chase the neighbor's young cat around my house. That worried me until I heard a big fuss and here they came back around with the kitty chasing the fox. So I don't think you have to worry about cats and foxes. It's the coyotes and owls that are the worry...and cougars if you have them nearby.

Wow. I've only heard one and it was in the big maple tree late one night years ago when I was returning home from a gig. As I stepped up on my back porch I heard it calling, mesmerizing.

Fitness summit from some years back - our city recreation program brought kids from all the city's summer playcamps together at Al Lang Field for a day of fitness activities. This is just a small section - there were 12 elementary camps and an almost equal number of middle school camps too. They were also trying for a world record of the largest soccer lesson. Not sure if they succeeded, but the entire field was filled with kids and staff.