Rural Gardening: An Owls meal, 1 by LoraK

LoraK wrote:
I lost a whitish guinea (either Opal or Olive) to something yesterday, I heard the alarms and saw the feathers and some blood. It was an attack from the sky. I couldn't find a body.
My dogs have been barking beasts most of the day. So when I let them out this last time I watched them and they scared and "tree'd" this owl. Before I could get out there he was back standing on the guinea.
It appears to be a barred owl. This my first loss to a wild predator. Was it the owl or a hawk that got the guinea and then the owl found a free meal? If it helps her neck and head were picked clean and found about 25ft from where that picture was taken.
Everyone else spent the day in the house to stay safe.