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maxemulien

bird brains

Jun 25, 2006 09:50

The day after we got back from Oregon, I noticed that there were some funny smudge/scratch-type marks on the lower pane of a window at our house. At first I wondered what the cat had done to make them, but then I noticed that they were also on the upper pane, so he'd have to work pretty hard to do that. A closer look revealed that the marks were ( Read more... )

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Courtesy of our friends at Google... akakd June 25 2006, 18:58:32 UTC

http://www.uksafari.com/birds2.htm

Re: Courtesy of our friends at Google... maxemulien June 25 2006, 19:50:03 UTC

Attacking their reflection? Well, maybe. My personal guess, though, is that our cat got one of his friends, and now he's declared a vendetta. He hasn't figured out how to get the cat, so instead he has to settle for annoying us until he thinks of something better.

Re: Courtesy of our friends at Google... akakd June 25 2006, 22:15:53 UTC

Or perhaps the pecking on the glass is being done in an attempt to lure your cat outside, where he will fall into a Burmese Tiger Trap constructed out of twigs and birdseed.

akjdg June 25 2006, 22:56:48 UTC

I was gonna suggest the reflection theory, too. Calling all pets on NPR has discussed this occurance and the animal behavorist lady has explained it with that theory.

As to solutions? If helping the bird kill your cat doesn't work, Maybe toss a mirror somewhere out in the yard near the house but where you don't care about pecking and droppings? Perhaps the stronger reflection of a true mirror will present a more threatening competitor that picture glass does.

I'd also suggest birdie therapy, but I hear bird therapists are spendy, and they demand payment in hard-to-find gourmet bird-seed.

coldtortuga June 26 2006, 14:44:02 UTC

DEATH TO KITTY TWEET TWEET TWEET!