When I feed the cats their evening meal, Jessie comes speeding into the
kitchen from wherever in the house she happens to be as soon as she hears
the familiar sound of supper being served.  However, she's not rushing in to
eat - she's rushing in to take up her favorite spot for squirrel watching
(http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnipped/Jessie20/).

The evening meal is when I toss out the uneaten dry food* to the outside
strays and other hungry animals.  The neighborhood squirrels have come to
associate my high-pitched "Kitty, kitty hungry?" call with a free buffet
(Ben once saw two squirrels racing through the tree-tops from four houses
away to come and get their expected snack!).

*They have Fancy Feast for their main meal twice a day, but I also put out
some Science Diet dry for occasional snacking between meals - they only eat
about a half a cup among the four of them, but I always put out a little
over a cup for them (being the psuedo-Jewish mother that I am).

Hugs,

CatNipped