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Espy gets a bird (happy ending)
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If I may be pardoned for turning simplistic here.....cats are smarter than birds, if not faster. This is evened out and balanced by the fact that birds have eyes on both sides of their heads, which cats don't.My last: cats can't fly. My cats either were piggish or didn't love me as much as most do (whole bird offering) All I ever got from my cats was a gift of bird *feet*. But at least, as they say, the thoght is what counts. Cats and other predators tend to catch birds that are on their own. Birds in flocks or numbers of different species around feeders, tend to be safer because there is always at least one to raise the alarm when a predator is present. -- Adrian |
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Espy gets a bird (happy ending)
hopitus wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:01 pm, Adrian wrote: hopitus wrote: If I may be pardoned for turning simplistic here.....cats are smarter than birds, if not faster. This is evened out and balanced by the fact that birds have eyes on both sides of their heads, which cats don't.My last: cats can't fly. My cats either were piggish or didn't love me as much as most do (whole bird offering) All I ever got from my cats was a gift of bird *feet*. But at least, as they say, the thoght is what counts. Cats and other predators tend to catch birds that are on their own. Birds in flocks or numbers of different species around feeders, tend to be safer because there is always at least one to raise the alarm when a predator is present. -- Adrian Makes sense. I really believe due to our mutual experience with that big black condrum (or whatever the word is) bird on our deck a few months ago, Snag is not too interested in bird prey out there. He does enjoy his airborne bug snack prey. ***** I've forgotten also. Was it cormorant? MLB |
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Espy gets a bird (happy ending)
hopitus wrote:
On Jun 10, 12:01 am, MLB wrote: hopitus wrote: On Jun 9, 5:01 pm, Adrian wrote: hopitus wrote: If I may be pardoned for turning simplistic here.....cats are smarter than birds, if not faster. This is evened out and balanced by the fact that birds have eyes on both sides of their heads, which cats don't.My last: cats can't fly. My cats either were piggish or didn't love me as much as most do (whole bird offering) All I ever got from my cats was a gift of bird *feet*. But at least, as they say, the thoght is what counts. Cats and other predators tend to catch birds that are on their own. Birds in flocks or numbers of different species around feeders, tend to be safer because there is always at least one to raise the alarm when a predator is present. -- Adrian Makes sense. I really believe due to our mutual experience with that big black condrum (or whatever the word is) bird on our deck a few months ago, Snag is not too interested in bird prey out there. He does enjoy his airborne bug snack prey. ***** I've forgotten also. Was it cormorant? MLB Uh, yeah. We met him. We didn't like him. I don't think he liked us either. Snag and I just about knocked each other over retreating to the living room. Bird flew off....he was not wet. We don't live near water. I don't know WTF he was doing on our deck. http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/great-...-photo-15.html You have these over in SLC? Maybe he came from there. I really don't know whether they are in UT or not. There is a very large bird refuge in Brigham City where migratory birds gather in the spring but I haven;t been there since I was 17 = a hundred or two years ago. Yesterday I saw a few quail ans some starlings and a duck! MLB |
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Espy gets a bird (happy ending)
"hopitus" wrote in message ... On Jun 10, 12:01 am, MLB wrote: hopitus wrote: On Jun 9, 5:01 pm, Adrian wrote: hopitus wrote: If I may be pardoned for turning simplistic here.....cats are smarter than birds, if not faster. This is evened out and balanced by the fact that birds have eyes on both sides of their heads, which cats don't.My last: cats can't fly. My cats either were piggish or didn't love me as much as most do (whole bird offering) All I ever got from my cats was a gift of bird *feet*. But at least, as they say, the thoght is what counts. Cats and other predators tend to catch birds that are on their own. Birds in flocks or numbers of different species around feeders, tend to be safer because there is always at least one to raise the alarm when a predator is present. -- Adrian Makes sense. I really believe due to our mutual experience with that big black condrum (or whatever the word is) bird on our deck a few months ago, Snag is not too interested in bird prey out there. He does enjoy his airborne bug snack prey. ***** I've forgotten also. Was it cormorant? MLB Uh, yeah. We met him. We didn't like him. I don't think he liked us either. Snag and I just about knocked each other over retreating to the living room. Bird flew off....he was not wet. We don't live near water. I don't know WTF he was doing on our deck. Poor babies.. Jill just had an alligator in her yard! |
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