k4nil and Porridge - The "Daily Mail" really goes for sensational headlines. I smiled when I saw it and wondered just how "shocked" onlookers might really be. Not so much.
A few years of eagle watching has cured me of the "horror." I now look forward to those teaching moments when Mom and Dad show the little ones how to defeather and then watching the mice sneak off with a feather or two for their own nest.
Circle of life . . .