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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004new kind of birdy
A storm came though about 6 this morning. Not much rain, but enough so that I'm giving the lawns a little time to dry out before heading out to pick up the mowers. Actually, I have the weather channel on and may just not mow today. Another round of storms is due this afternoon. I'm sitting here clicking on the keyboard when I hear a thud over by the patio doors. When I look, I'm in time to see Sammy leap up about 6 feet and hit the glass door. When I take a closer look I notice a hummingbird hovering at the feeder which hangs about three feet from the door. She ended up jumping up three or four times before the hummer had finished and flew away. Guess it's hard work leaping that high from a standing start. ;-)) Little Bit is laying next to Sammy watching the other birds at the seed feeder. Sammy's zonked out with one eye open in case the hummer comes back.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html On Tue, 06 July, Steve wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >I'm sitting here clicking on the keyboard when I hear a thud over by >the patio doors. When I look, I'm in time to see Sammy leap up about 6 >feet and hit the glass door. When I take a closer look I notice a >hummingbird hovering at the feeder which hangs about three feet from >the door. She ended up jumping up three or four times before the >hummer had finished and flew away. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- I remember sitting out on our second floor balcony combing my Misty when a hummer came by and paused briefly just over the railing about three feet from the cat. I'm not sure if she had seen a hummer up close before, but I swear that cat came this close to leaping off the balcony in an attempt to get that bird. The expression on her face seemed to say, "Thank you mother nature for creating such a perfect thing. Now would you kindly make it come back and play?" Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon > On Tue, 06 July, Steve wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > face seemed to say, "Thank you mother nature for creating such a > perfect thing. Now would you kindly make it come back and play?" LOL - oh god yes! Too funny! > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon TBird <--- once got buzzed by a hummer in the mountains > I remember sitting out on our second floor balcony combing my >Misty when a hummer came by and paused briefly just over the railing [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >face seemed to say, "Thank you mother nature for creating such a >perfect thing. Now would you kindly make it come back and play?" How cute! They say that dragonflies similarly tease cats into jumping into ponds. I haven't seen any hummingbirds in my area (though people say they're around), but plenty of other types of birds like to visit the back yard. Betty watches them so intently and acks at them. I get the impression that she's whining, even though it's not a whining sound she makes. She loves watching birds. Awwwwwwwwww!!! What a strange birdie, huh? Kristi > A storm came though about 6 this morning. Not much rain, but enough so > that I'm giving the lawns a little time to dry out before heading out [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html LOL, such a clever kitty. I am so jealous about humming birds. We don't have them here. When I come back to the US I intend keeping an eye out for them. My cousin in LA always had feeders up for them. Bev -- <snip OP> >LOL, such a clever kitty. I am so jealous about humming birds. We >don't have them here. When I come back to the US I intend keeping an >eye out for them. My cousin in LA always had feeders up for them. I remember visiting the San Diego zoo many years ago. They had walk through avaries full of all type of birds, including at least one where the hummingbirds buzzed the people as they walked through. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > <snip OP> > >LOL, such a clever kitty. I am so jealous about humming birds. We [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > through avaries full of all type of birds, including at least one > where the hummingbirds buzzed the people as they walked through. Same thing happens on my front porch if we don't keep the feeders full. Jo ><snip OP> >>LOL, such a clever kitty. I am so jealous about humming birds. We [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >through avaries full of all type of birds, including at least one >where the hummingbirds buzzed the people as they walked through. Yes! They are nervy little mites! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >> A storm came though about 6 this morning. Not much rain, but enough so >> that I'm giving the lawns a little time to dry out before heading out [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >Bev We don't have them here, either, so it was quite a surprise to have one divebomb me in LA. It was just a litle blur. ;) It seemed too tiny for a bird, and very big for a bug, so I was a little disconcerted. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> artfully composed this message within <news:0mele0564eonpirsfdka1ks7mdn14pvorq@4ax.com> on 06 Jul 2004: > A storm came though about 6 this morning. Not much rain, but > enough so that I'm giving the lawns a little time to dry out > before heading out to pick up the mowers. Actually, I have the > weather channel on and may just not mow today. Another round of > storms is due this afternoon. We are getting more rain in the last days than I can remember ever! 3,4,5 inches at a time in about 4 days. My phones are acting up, my electricity is acting up. I swear they are all affected by the heavy rains, and it's scary. Electrician time. > I'm sitting here clicking on the keyboard when I hear a thud > over by the patio doors. When I look, I'm in time to see Sammy [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > three or four times before the hummer had finished and flew > away. I love hummingbirds! I can imagine they freak out Sammy and co. Once in my old apartment one was buzzing around me on the balcony and I thought it was a big bug before I realized it was a hummingbird. I'm glad I didn't swat it! SignatureCheryl |
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