Controlling cats as bird predators

[L&L Knight <>]

Presumably cats that are out at night are also out at dusk and dawn, 
when birds are active in low light.
On Sunday, July 16, 2006, at 05:55  PM, Philip Veerman wrote:

> I'm curious about this "keeping cats in at night" issue. Why at night? 
> Is this for the safety of birds or maybe small native mammals or 
> safety of cats from cars etc? As bird predators I would think that 
> cats are as much or more dangerous to birds during the day as at 
> night. On the basis that most birds are day active, so cats being 
> mostly visual predators, are better able to hunt birds during the 
> daytime than at night. I have not seen this book. I don't have 
> evidence either way. Does anyone?
> Philip