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.... birds. I bet you thought I meant Shamrock.
![]() tonight I went back out to put out something for a Freecycler who was coming by. While out, I went to see how some of my flowers were doing since we haven't had much rain lately. While walking down *MY* sidewalk to *MY* driveway, I saw a baby bird. I started talking to it. Aww, cute baby. Where's your mom? Then mom appears, AND dad. Then another baby. The babies were hopping toward me; oh no, that's not good. I walked in the opposite direction of where babies were hopping but, no, that wasn't good enough for mom and dad. One parent went to check on babies, and the other kept diving at me and keeping me in my place. It was really windy and about to rain (long overdue rain, in fact, and as it turns out, not enough) so I told mom/dad that I needed to go inside. Nope, he/she wasn't having any part of that. As the rain started, and I wondered if I could warn the freecycler about the attack birds, I made a break for the front door. I could feel wings touch me as they chased me in. lol When I was safely inside, I watched them from the inside looking out and they were mad. Really mad. And they let me know it. There was no way they were letting me back out. In the meantime, they had a very attentive furry audience wondering why meowmie was so afraid of a couple of birds. Freecycler came by before the catbirds left to go find the hopping babies but they let me out to bring the item to the driveway rather than assault a reacttack on us both at the front door. She laughed because she'd recently suffered the same attack. |
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Hmmmm, maybe something like that was Hitchcock's inspiration! ;
-- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net "Cheryl" wrote in message . com... ... birds. I bet you thought I meant Shamrock. ![]() tonight I went back out to put out something for a Freecycler who was coming by. While out, I went to see how some of my flowers were doing since we haven't had much rain lately. While walking down *MY* sidewalk to *MY* driveway, I saw a baby bird. I started talking to it. Aww, cute baby. Where's your mom? Then mom appears, AND dad. Then another baby. The babies were hopping toward me; oh no, that's not good. I walked in the opposite direction of where babies were hopping but, no, that wasn't good enough for mom and dad. One parent went to check on babies, and the other kept diving at me and keeping me in my place. It was really windy and about to rain (long overdue rain, in fact, and as it turns out, not enough) so I told mom/dad that I needed to go inside. Nope, he/she wasn't having any part of that. As the rain started, and I wondered if I could warn the freecycler about the attack birds, I made a break for the front door. I could feel wings touch me as they chased me in. lol When I was safely inside, I watched them from the inside looking out and they were mad. Really mad. And they let me know it. There was no way they were letting me back out. In the meantime, they had a very attentive furry audience wondering why meowmie was so afraid of a couple of birds. Freecycler came by before the catbirds left to go find the hopping babies but they let me out to bring the item to the driveway rather than assault a reacttack on us both at the front door. She laughed because she'd recently suffered the same attack. |
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Cheryl wrote:
... birds. I bet you thought I meant Shamrock. ![]() tonight I went back out to put out something for a Freecycler who was coming by. While out, I went to see how some of my flowers were doing since we haven't had much rain lately. While walking down *MY* sidewalk to *MY* driveway, I saw a baby bird. I started talking to it. Aww, cute baby. Where's your mom? Then mom appears, AND dad. Then another baby. The babies were hopping toward me; oh no, that's not good. I walked in the opposite direction of where babies were hopping but, no, that wasn't good enough for mom and dad. One parent went to check on babies, and the other kept diving at me and keeping me in my place. It was really windy and about to rain (long overdue rain, in fact, and as it turns out, not enough) so I told mom/dad that I needed to go inside. Nope, he/she wasn't having any part of that. As the rain started, and I wondered if I could warn the freecycler about the attack birds, I made a break for the front door. I could feel wings touch me as they chased me in. lol When I was safely inside, I watched them from the inside looking out and they were mad. Really mad. And they let me know it. There was no way they were letting me back out. In the meantime, they had a very attentive furry audience wondering why meowmie was so afraid of a couple of birds. Freecycler came by before the catbirds left to go find the hopping babies but they let me out to bring the item to the driveway rather than assault a reacttack on us both at the front door. She laughed because she'd recently suffered the same attack. Wow. That's a little creepy. Sounds like an outtake from the Hitchcock movie. I've never heard of catbirds. They wouldn't be in the corvid family, would they? I've heard of crows never forgetting someone who made them angry, and giving them a hard time the next time they see the person (or dog, cat, whatever) even if it's weeks later. I hope this family decides to move on! Joyce -- "Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles." -- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings |
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![]() Cheryl wrote: On 6/29/2011 12:13 AM, wrote: I've never heard of catbirds. They wouldn't be in the corvid family, would they? I've heard of crows never forgetting someone who made them angry, and giving them a hard time the next time they see the person (or dog, cat, whatever) even if it's weeks later. I hope this family decides to move on! I see catbirds don't live in CA so maybe that's why you aren't familiar with them. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/gray_catbird/id However, California has mockingbirds, which can be equally territorial! My next-door neighbor had to stop parking in his driveway, because of the mockingbirds nesting in the bushes by my porch. Got so his kids were afraid to leave the car to go indoors! They'd attack ANYONE (including the postman) who came anywhere near those bushes - more than once I was startled by a sharp rap on top of my head from an aggressive beak when I cut across my front yard to the neighbor's door. |
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On 6/30/2011 4:17 PM, hopitus wrote:
Any tiny chance, maybe holding an umbrella close to your head, you might lure the entire killer bird family over to yard of Tanked Lawnmower Rider (see, already he has a name other than Neighbor). Charge up your vid cam at the ready if you get this done......good vids sure to follow. You could send them to that show "Funniest Home Vids" maybe for money. LOL! I like that. Tanked Lawnmower rider. TLR. ![]() Actually yesterday one of the parents was watching me closely when I got home from work and I could see a bug in its beak so it was doing feeding duty. It didn't attack me so maybe the babies learned to take flight. It still followed me from where it was perched on the fence to the tree in my front yard and was making just a soft calling voice at me, so it wasn't as angry as the other night. |
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On Jun 28, 11:18*pm, william.hamb. wrote:
On 2011-06-29, wrote: Cheryl wrote: ... birds. *I bet you thought I meant Shamrock. * ![]() tonight I went back out to put out something for a Freecycler who was coming by. *While out, I went to see how some of my flowers were doing since we haven't had much rain lately. *While walking down *MY* sidewalk to *MY* driveway, I saw a baby bird. *I started talking to it. *Aww, cute baby. *Where's your mom? *Then mom appears, AND dad. *Then another baby. *The babies were hopping toward me; oh no, that's not good. *I walked in the opposite direction of where babies were hopping but, no, that wasn't good enough for mom and dad. *One parent went to check on babies, and the other kept diving at me and keeping me in my place. *It was really windy and about to rain (long overdue rain, in fact, and as it turns out, not enough) so I told mom/dad that I needed to go inside. *Nope, he/she wasn't having any part of that. *As the rain started, and I wondered if I could warn the freecycler about the attack birds, I made a break for the front door. *I could feel wings touch me as they chased me in. *lol *When I was safely inside, I watched them from the inside looking out and they were mad. *Really mad. *And they let me know it. There was no way they were letting me back out. In the meantime, they had a very attentive furry audience wondering why meowmie was so afraid of a couple of birds. Freecycler came by before the catbirds left to go find the hopping babies but they let me out to bring the item to the driveway rather than assault a reacttack on us both at the front door. *She laughed because she'd recently suffered the same attack. Wow. That's a little creepy. Sounds like an outtake from the Hitchcock movie. I've never heard of catbirds. They wouldn't be in the corvid family, would they? I've heard of crows never forgetting someone who made them angry, and giving them a hard time the next time they see the person (or dog, cat, whatever) even if it's weeks later. I hope this family decides to move on Joyce Catbirds are like mockingbirds. Mockers also will swoop on prowling cats. *They defend their nests. Bud How well I remember my old Toopy, Manx brown-striper from the 70s and 80s in Miami; she never climbed the trees to get at the mockingbirds (man, were they *loud* squawking) but when one swooped down to buzz her stumpy tail fur.....end of story, it was over; she would flip on her back in a fast flash of fur and have her old self a tasty fresh snack of gray bird. she would always leave me the *feet* which i would find on front steps after getting home from work. Ditto with bluejays there. Flying is not always the winning battle mode when cats are the opponent. |
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Cheryl wrote:
On 6/29/2011 12:13 AM, wrote: I've never heard of catbirds. They wouldn't be in the corvid family, would they? I've heard of crows never forgetting someone who made them angry, and giving them a hard time the next time they see the person (or dog, cat, whatever) even if it's weeks later. I hope this family decides to move on! I see catbirds don't live in CA so maybe that's why you aren't familiar with them. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/gray_catbird/id I haven't seen them, no. I listened to the recording of their call, and for most of it, I didn't hear a "catty mew", as the site described it. Just sweet small-bird song. But toward the end, it did make some screechy sounds that I guess could be like a screechy meow in an older cat. Joyce -- It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. -- Unknown |
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On 7/1/2011 6:38 PM, wrote:
Cheryl wrote: On 6/29/2011 12:13 AM, wrote: I've never heard of catbirds. They wouldn't be in the corvid family, would they? I've heard of crows never forgetting someone who made them angry, and giving them a hard time the next time they see the person (or dog, cat, whatever) even if it's weeks later. I hope this family decides to move on! I see catbirds don't live in CA so maybe that's why you aren't familiar with them. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/gray_catbird/id I haven't seen them, no. I listened to the recording of their call, and for most of it, I didn't hear a "catty mew", as the site described it. Just sweet small-bird song. But toward the end, it did make some screechy sounds that I guess could be like a screechy meow in an older cat. Their songs can vary, just like mockingbirds. They didn't meow at me when they were attacking. It was the screechy sound. The funny thing was after I was in the house looking through the storm door at them on the front porch, they not only screeched, but it looked like they were banging their wing tips on the ground. It was a very territorial posture. |
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