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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007The birds were taunting Vino!
I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went on and on and on. Looked outside and there were a couple of black and white birds sitting on the fence (7 ft high) and Vino was crouched in the grass staring at them. Now, it had rained and also the reticulation had been on (why is it that the retic always comes on on days that it rains?!?). So the grass was very wet. But Vino obviously didn't care. We continued watching out the open door and suddenly the birds began dive-bombing Vino! Squawking the whole time. Vino leapt up after the birds but they were always too fast. Vino chattered at them agitatedly but they just laughed at him from the safety of the high fence. This went on and on until finally the birds had enough of their little game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet undercarriage.  SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the > back yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. Hmmmm. Might not have been a game to the birds. I don't know about Australia but even in late fall where I live some bird species still have young hatchlings. It's possible they see Vino as a threat to a nearby nest. Birds can be quite bright but not bright enough to know that Vino can't easily get out of his enclosure to go after their young. And most birds do recognize felines as a threat. I'm still not happy that poor Vino was traumatized by them, though. Shades of Alfred Hitchcock ;) Jill >> I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the >> back yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jill I don't know about nests with young ones. Pretty sure there isn't one in our yard. Vino has no enclosure, just the whole fully fenced back yard. These black and white birds don't even usually come round here, the normal ones are the ringneck parrots, bright green with a yellow ring around their neck. They sit at the top of a very huge tree and totally ignore Vino. These other birds came in and taunted him and left and I never saw them before or since! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back > yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. That sounds like Magpies. I hate Magpies. FYI they go for the animal's eyes, so don't encourage the cat to fight them. MLB >I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back >yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went on [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. Vino, your mommy and daddy are building you a new house. Then they will get a kitten to help you kill the mean old birdies. One of youse sits and watches them, and the other sneeks up and grabs them. Molly and Jake. >> I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the >> back yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > them. > Molly and Jake. Heh, if only it was that easy to convince Vino of the joys of additional cats in the household! I guess we'll hope for the best. Saw an ad in the local paper for ragdoll kittens...<melt>. Maybe next year! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > Heh, if only it was that easy to convince Vino of the joys of additional > cats in the household! I guess we'll hope for the best. Saw an ad in the > local paper for ragdoll kittens...<melt>. Maybe next year! Snowball the Ragdoll (nearly 4) would like you to tell Vino what wonderful kitties Ragdolls are and how nice and friendly and non-annoying they are as bitties (hoomin note - NOT!) Anything you'd like to know about us Raggies - I have 2 more as neighbours - please let us know :) Purrs Snowball (& Gordon the hoomin) > I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back > yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. For a minute I thought you were going to say that Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet *dignity*. :) Poor Vino! He needs more accessible prey. Joyce >> I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the >> back yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Joyce Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The only thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and some flies. He is very, very poorly off ;-) SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The > only thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and some > flies. He is very, very poorly off ;-) Maybe you could find him some nice big moths to kill. <eg> SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The only > thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and some flies. > He is very, very poorly off ;-) Bugs - those are slim pickens for a cat! You don't have lizards in your yard? Joyce >> Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The >> only thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joyce No, definitely not. It is very suburban, just a small postage stamp of grass really and completely fenced in with a solid wood fence. Neighbours all around. When our new house is finished and we will have a whole 4 acres in the country, it might be a different story. However, the lizards that I have seen over here are quite a bit too large for Vino to attempt to hunt. I think he would be terrified of a foot long bobtail goana hissing at him from his black mouth! LOL! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson >>> Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The >>> only thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >hunt. I think he would be terrified of a foot long bobtail goana >hissing at him from his black mouth! LOL! Goannas-- eeeeeeeek! They get bigger than that, don't they? My Aussie ex once gave me an odd little ceramic of a couple of goannas-- a male goanna ogling a very glam-looking female goanna. ;) I wonder if I still have it. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>>> Yes, poor Vino indeed. His lizard huntin' days are long over. The >>>> only thing he has killed since leaving Thailand is a cricket and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > goannas-- a male goanna ogling a very glam-looking female goanna. ;) > I wonder if I still have it. I guess they could get a bit bigger than a foot, but not much I don't think. All the ones around here I've seen are around that size. Here's a pic of one we saw one time before we even moved here: http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1515565205066505032PhZQfY There are these other lizards, skinnier with a long pointy tail, don't know the name of them but they are about 2 feet long. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back > yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. I've had crows and magpies taunting the cats when they're in the enclosure. The cats seem quite happy to stalk the birds and the birds to taunt the cats. There's netting between them, so no one gets hurt. :) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/ http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki sounds like mag pies they are very aggressive birds and attack anything with in a 1000 feet of their nest >I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back >yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went on [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > game and moved on. Vino retreated to the lawnchair to lick his wet > undercarriage. I know Australian magpies and these birds were not them. They were only about half the size and more white on them than black. Still, they were very obviously taunting him and he was loving every minute of it. Probably the closest to ever catching a bird that he will get in his life! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > sounds like mag pies they are very aggressive birds and attack > anything with in a 1000 feet of their nest [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> Check out pictures of Vino at: >> http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson >I know Australian magpies and these birds were not them. They were only >about half the size and more white on them than black. They were probably peewits then, proper name 'Australian Magpie-lark'. They're about the same size as blackbirds, but they don't seem to stay in any one place for long. >> I know Australian magpies and these birds were not them. They were >> only about half the size and more white on them than black. > > They were probably peewits then, proper name 'Australian Magpie-lark'. > They're about the same size as blackbirds, but they don't seem to stay > in any one place for long. Yes! I googled the magpie-lark and that's exactly what it was. All white belly, 2/3 the size of a magpie. Thanks! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:26:11 +0900, "badwilson" > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > They're about the same size as blackbirds, but they don't seem to stay > in any one place for long. Funny, I called my bridge partner a peewit the other day and she doesn't look at ALL like that. Could I have been in error? Will in New Haven -- "Win the easy ones; noisy confrontations are for d*gs." Feather (RB) in <Poker for Cats> >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:26:11 +0900, "badwilson" >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Funny, I called my bridge partner a peewit the other day and she >doesn't look at ALL like that. Could I have been in error? Ah, but did you call her that because of her distinctive call? > On 28 Feb 2007 06:52:30 -0800, "Will in New Haven" > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Ah, but did you call her that because of her distinctive call? Not too distinctive, certainly the most common call in the game. However, when one has bid the opponents suit to demand that partner bid something, "pass" is a fairly distinctive call. Will in New Haven -- All chnage for round twelve; slow pairs please go home Mean ole birdies, poor Mr Vino. Suz&Spicey > I was sitting here at the computer this morning and the door to the back > yard was open. Suddenly we heard this loud bird squawking and it went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > overflow. > Check out pictures of Vino at:http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson HOW WUDE! Barnabus |
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