I'm perplexed. I'm fairly certain northern Minnesota has both raptors and coyotes (and even wolves where I'm hunting). Heck, I've even personally seen at least two Fisher cats on the trails up there and yet...the birds seem to be doing quite well. I would venture to guess that West Nile is even up there as well. What am I missing here? I have read that certain species require a minimum population density to propagate successfully, a "tipping point" of sorts. Is that a possible explanation? I do know that Minnesota birds are the Canadian varient (Bonasa ????, which is slightly bigger and more grey-phase dominant) could that be a factor?

Last edited by Lloyd3; 02/25/20 05:51 PM.