I had the dog out for a brief walk this morning when we came upon a pile of Dove feathers on the Boulevard in front of my neighbours house.
I suspect  a Coopers hawk did it, I have spotted one on numerous occasions in the last few weeks.
The feeder is very busy and now we have House sparrow visiting which is uncommon as they usually hang out closer to the small mall down the street.
I counted 7 doves under the feeder last week.
Napper

Isn't that a female, so it would never "find" its long tail?

Happy holidays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyAx6ASqAcU

You seem to have a lot more activity in Milton.  My feeder was empty for a couple of weeks but I refilled it three days ago and since then not a single bird has appeared, not even a chickadee.  I don't hear anything bird wise in the neighbourhood either.  Here in Pickering I can only hear the wind and the delivery trucks and passing trains.  It's depressing.

I went for a walk today because it's been awhile and I immediately decided that it wasn't going take place through the subdivision.  A path at the bend in the street leads into the woods and that option seemed far more appealing.  It was wind-still and very quiet, save a few chattering chickadees.

Near the end of my trek I heard a woodpecker above me, somewhere, and its hammering was feeble so I assumed that it was a Downy.  Then another joined in.  After a few seconds a third woodpecker started drumming, maybe even a forth on the downbeat.  From eerie silence to what sounded like roofers from a distance.  I'd never heard that percussion fest before.  That got me thinking, which is always a mistake.  What if I were to install three or four hollow trunks in the backyard and cut them to length so that lumen diameter and trunk length became a Helmholtz resonator corresponding to a given frequency.

Then invite the local Downy clan to visit.  Each drumming peckerhead would create a predetermined tone depending upon which hollow trunk they chose to percuss.  If enough woodpeckers drum on enough hollow trunks will a musical beat ensure?  Welcome to my world of the imagination.