Tuesday was a wonderful night to observe Flaco, but it was also a frustrating night, as the gates to the North Meadow were left open instead of being closed at dusk. This meant lots of folks ended up flushing Flaco moving him around and disrupting his hunting and eating.

When Flaco was able to catch a Brown Rat, he didn’t kill it immediately. It was almost as though he was surprised it was still alive. (Cats will play with prey, but I don’t think this was the case here. I think Flaco might have been more concerned with figuring out how to safely kill the rat without getting bitten.)

He ended up having folks disrupt him multiple times while trying to eat and once had to leave his prey. He waited 45 minutes before returning for it. Even after midnight, he hadn’t been able to eat much of it.