LOL! Our front door is open, - Democratic Underground

ulysses

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Sun May-16-04 07:40 PM
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LOL! Our front door is open,

and there's a bird that's periodically coming to sit on the porch outside the screen door and gripe - loudly - at the cat, who's been trying to take a nap in the living room. Mr. Kitty, who wouldn't know what to do with a bird if it landed in his mouth, has been highly interested. :D

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Gothic Sponge

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Sun May-16-04 07:46 PM
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1. When i was growing up a bird use to chase my cat.

I don't know if the cat killed any of the birds, but this one bird had nothing but hatred for my cat. The bird would swoop down towards my cat squawking away.

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Political_Junkie

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Sun May-16-04 07:56 PM
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2. There's a crow

that lives in my backyard who chases off the neighbors cats.

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demigoddess

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Sun May-16-04 08:06 PM
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4. birds do that when

they are protecting a nest. My old cat liked to sit in my garden and a bluejay would buzz him regularly. birds are not timid about protecting themselves, that is why cats have to sneak up on them.

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DarkPhenyx

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Sun May-16-04 08:16 PM
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5. Ever seen the "Funniest Home Video"...

...of the bird dive bombing that cat walking across the lawn, and the cat doing a complete backfilp every time trying to catch the bird?

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Pithlet

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Sun May-16-04 08:04 PM
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3. Growing up I had a cat who would catch birds

then release them into the house still alive, and they'd flap around the house until someone chased them out. One time the door was closed, so she "knocked" on it. When I came to the door to open it, she looked up at me, released a bird into the house, meowed, then walked away. It was like "Here's a present for you. Bye bye now."

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blm

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Sun May-16-04 08:52 PM
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6. Is it a jay? Jays used to divebomb my cats in LA.

The cats learned to stay away from the babies in their nests.

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ulysses

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Mon May-17-04 02:57 PM
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7. it wasn't a jay

although we had one a couple years ago who thought Mr. K had stolen his hatchlings from a tree that had been cut down (we watched another neighborhood cat do it) and dive bombed him for days whenever he went out.

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Renew Deal

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Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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9. Blue Jays are pretty rough.

I sometimes wonder if they want to fight.

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m-jean03

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Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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8. Yeah, the jays used to intimidate our late Fluffy

They were nearly as big as her, used to yell at her and eat her food (she was an outside cat.) :(

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