Even though we now live near Lake Ontario and are close enough to various forests to have seen Foxes, racoons, squirrels, mice etc. scurrying around our back yard, we're both very urban people, and this whole 'wildlife' thing can be at times mesmerising.
Other folks here talk about 'birds, mice, and worse' being brought into the house almost as a matter of course....but when either KATE or ALLIE (They were already named after the TV show before we got them!) drag live flapping or squealing critters in, we PANIC!
.....and that makes the cats panic....hence their prey hobbles off behind (or inside!!) a couch or closet. That's when Heather and I start blaming each other for leaving the screen door open.
So how DO you catch a bird who's inside hiding? Or a mouse?