Bird watching hasn’t been quite as good this year. Around this time last summer, you could look out our south-facing living room window at any point in the day and see a variety of birds doing the hard work of seed swallowing and bug chomping in the grass, garden, and pond areas. The same species are back this summer, but are mostly seen on the wing or on the fences. The reason is likely due to the savage predator that moved into the area last spring: KiKi Shrewslayer.