Sentences with phrase «prey on deer»

«Los Angeles mountain lions hunt closer to human settlements than expected: While male lions prey on deer in riparian woodlands, females hunt on average less than a mile from human development.»

«If coyotes start hammering white - tailed deer, and deer start to decline, then (coyotes) can just eat rabbits or squirrels or garbage but continue to prey on deer, too.

Male mountain lions preyed on deer in areas of riparian woodlands, whereas females avoided these areas.

Not exact matches

Eastern wolves once roamed forests along the Atlantic coast, preying on moose, white - tailed deer and other hoofed mammals collectively known as ungulates.

He has studied the influence of carnivores on their prey — such as deer and elk — and on vegetation from aspen trees to willows.

Ecosystems are delicately balanced, and losing ecological roles throws a system out of whack: Think of a forest damaged when the deer population explodes because the wolves that prey on them are removed.

Mountain lions occur at far lower densities than deer, and so any loss of their prey can have disporportionate impacts on their reproductive rates and overall abundance.»

In addition to red squirrels, cameras also caught a hawk, a Blue Jay, and even a white - tailed deer preying on Rusty Blackbird nests.

Besides possibly leading to a substantial decline in scavengers that may depend on puma leftovers, one of the largest effects of losing pumas would likely be boom - and - bust population cycles in prey animals such as deer.

Unlike cats, which tend to go for small prey, the dogs often took on much larger animals, such as deer and boar.

They prey on the blood of dogs, horses, deer, birds, rodents and — yes — people.

These animals prey mainly on black - tailed deer and Roosevelt elk, only taking smaller game, such as squirrels, rodents, and beaver, when larger prey are scarce.

Island studies have shown that deer mice occasionally prey on eggs and nestlings of Scripps's murrelets on Santa Barbara Island.

Feral pigs on Santa Cruz Island and deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island were introduced almost 70 years prior to island fox decline, therefore, the golden eagle most likely did not seek these animals as alternative prey.

All animal were afraid of him since he did not just prey on week animal such as deer, goat or hare but also strong animal...