On 05/03/2019 22:20, jmcquown wrote:
On 3/4/2019 11:57 AM, Tina wrote:
On 24/02/2019 02:16, jmcquown wrote:
I had to bring the bird feeder inside tonight.Â* I heard a chittering
sound which could only mean one thing.Â* Raccoons.Â* Sure enough, when
I flipped on the outside lights there was a raccoon on the patio.

I don't mind if they eat fallen bird seed on the patio or the ground
around the patio.Â* But I've had enough of raccoons ripping bird
feeders to pieces over the years.Â* So I brought it inside.

I set the feeder just inside the door in the living room.Â* It's been
slightly dewy outside tonight.Â* I caught Buffy licking the top of the
bird feeder.Â* The dew?Â* But then she started licking at the bird seed
in the base, too.Â* Nope!Â* Not for you!

I put the feeder in the enclosed garage for the night.Â* Funny how she
doesn't pay much attention to the birds but she was interested in the
feeder.Â* It't not the first time I've brought it inside and set it in
that same spot.Â* It is the first time she ever licked the feeder like
that.

Jill


Now I have inside cats for the first time, I'm anxious that they don't
get bored, so my family bought me a bird feeding station for
Christmas. One of those that looks like a steel tree that you sink in
the ground. It came complete with seed feeder, peanut feeder, fat ball
feeder, flat suet slab feeder, mesh tray for birds that can't cling to
feed, and a tray for water.Â* It's a great present for me, as what
makes my cats happy makes me happy too.

Nice gift!

Nelli spends at least an hour a day, sometimes more, on her bedroom
windowsill birdwatching. Garfie has not noticed it yet unfortunately,
she prefers to sleep. That's her hobby, sleeping. I've been up for 18
hours several times, and she's never moved from her bed! Maybe she'll
notice the birdfeeder soon.


Garfie may never care.Â* Buffy really doesn't notice the birds at the
feeder or when they're splashing in the the small bird bath on the
patio.Â* She doesn't really notice squirrels, either.Â* The raccoons are
mostly nocturnal so are rarely seen.

However, if a small group of deer (usually four or five does, not enough
to call a 'herd', really) come to graze behind the house... she looks
like she's channelling her inner Cheetah.Â* She looks them over as if
gauging which one she might be able to take down if given the chance. LOL

Jill

I don't get deer here. However when a bird fell down my chimney a few
weeks ago, Garfie stalked it, with a view to killing it, and I think she
would have done. Nelli, OTOH, was afraid of the bird which is not
surprising as neither of them had seen a "real" bird before.
Fortunately I managed (after an hour) to get it out via the bathroom
window. Garfie was disappointed, Nelli was pleased.
Both my girls have never been outside, but Garfie was well up for
killing a bird.