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Buffy has gotten more interested in watching the birds on my patio.
(For a while she paid no attention to them.) For some reason the northern bluebirds have been having a party today in the birdbath on my patio. https://s13.postimg.org/glm4vl8dj/bluebirds.jpg Take a bath, get the dust off! https://s12.postimg.org/jtey6ghl9/splash.jpg I love watching birds so it's a win-win. :) Jill |
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 12:09:08 -0500, jmcquown
wrote: Buffy has gotten more interested in watching the birds on my patio. (For a while she paid no attention to them.) For some reason the northern bluebirds have been having a party today in the birdbath on my patio. https://s13.postimg.org/glm4vl8dj/bluebirds.jpg Take a bath, get the dust off! https://s12.postimg.org/jtey6ghl9/splash.jpg I love watching birds so it's a win-win. :) Jill For several years I had a heated birdbath in the backyard and I loved to watch the birds using it during the winter. Unforunately, they seemed not to understand the old adage about not pooping where you drink (or bathe). Because it was warm, it evaporated quickly in the cold so I would have to fill it every day, which was a bit of a pain. Now I'm in Florida so not much need for a heated bird bath here - besides, most of the birds are way too big for that bird bath. |
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This was a number of years ago, but you will enjoy this:
http://people.eku.edu/styere/Bird-Watching2.jpg Gene |
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On 11/11/2016 9:49 AM, dgk wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:10:29 -0800 (PST), wrote: This was a number of years ago, but you will enjoy this: http://people.eku.edu/styere/Bird-Watching2.jpg Gene I always thought that it was sort of unfair to the bird to have to live with cats trying to figure out how to get in. I used to try to put birdseed out after the cats were inside, but sometimes the logistics just worked out that the cats were outside while there was still birdseed in the feeders. Now that is a conflict of interest, but the birds almost always got to eat in peace anyway since my cats weren't really great hunters. I've only ever been owned by two cats. Persia, whom someone had front de-clawed before she came to live with me. And now Buffy, fully clawed. Doesn't matter. They're indoor-only cats. The hunting instinct is satisfied by play. I've got tons of toys and Buffy loves batting golf balls around even when I'm in another room. No cat of mine will ever be an outdoor cat. The birds are safe, she just watches. It took a while before she even showed any interest. I was just posting pics of the bluebirds. Didn't mean to start a debate about indoor-out. Jill Jill |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:59:55 -0500, jmcquown
wrote: On 11/11/2016 9:49 AM, dgk wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:10:29 -0800 (PST), wrote: This was a number of years ago, but you will enjoy this: http://people.eku.edu/styere/Bird-Watching2.jpg Gene I always thought that it was sort of unfair to the bird to have to live with cats trying to figure out how to get in. I used to try to put birdseed out after the cats were inside, but sometimes the logistics just worked out that the cats were outside while there was still birdseed in the feeders. Now that is a conflict of interest, but the birds almost always got to eat in peace anyway since my cats weren't really great hunters. I've only ever been owned by two cats. Persia, whom someone had front de-clawed before she came to live with me. And now Buffy, fully clawed. Doesn't matter. They're indoor-only cats. The hunting instinct is satisfied by play. I've got tons of toys and Buffy loves batting golf balls around even when I'm in another room. No cat of mine will ever be an outdoor cat. The birds are safe, she just watches. It took a while before she even showed any interest. I was just posting pics of the bluebirds. Didn't mean to start a debate about indoor-out. Jill Jill That's one advantage about living in Florida. I am (slowly) working on getting a fence put in so I can let the cats out without them roaming away, but almost all of the birds are the size of the cats so I'm not thiinking that they're going to be killing any of them. The Ibisis travel in large flocks, and the Egrets are just too big for anything less than a really hungry cat to try attacking. But I do worry a bit about the little lizards. Those are big enough for the cats to show an interest, and small enough so they present no danger. Well, most of them. There are a few real monster lizards around the lake but they stay by the lake. And we do have poison frogs and snakes, and those do concen me. The frogs mostly only come out at night and hang around the lake, but snakes to travel around. Most are harmless but one isn't. I'm thinking of maybe having a patio built. The house originally had a patio but the original owners had it enclosed and now it's the Florida room. All glass. So maybe a new patio would be nice for the cats - Marlo loves the one at Mom's house, but they're not really outside, not really on the ground. Maybe I'll have a patio but leave some real grass amd a few plants instead of having all of the floor tiled? |
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On 11/12/2016 2:38 PM, dgk wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:59:55 -0500, jmcquown wrote: The hunting instinct is satisfied by play. I've got tons of toys and Buffy loves batting golf balls around even when I'm in another room. No cat of mine will ever be an outdoor cat. The birds are safe, she just watches. It took a while before she even showed any interest. I was just posting pics of the bluebirds. Didn't mean to start a debate about indoor-out. Jill That's one advantage about living in Florida. I am (slowly) working on getting a fence put in so I can let the cats out without them roaming away, but almost all of the birds are the size of the cats so I'm not thiinking that they're going to be killing any of them. The Ibisis travel in large flocks, and the Egrets are just too big for anything less than a really hungry cat to try attacking. I see lots of "shore birds" but they aren't the ones I see in the back yard. But I do worry a bit about the little lizards. Those are big enough for the cats to show an interest, and small enough so they present no danger. Well, most of them. There are a few real monster lizards around the lake but they stay by the lake. Alligators? I had one of those wander into my back yard once. No idea why since there isn't a pond nearby. They do travel. The anole lizards and blue tailed skinks are common here. A skink got into my house once and buffy and I both tried to chase it down. Cute little things but no, I don't want them inside. And we do have poison frogs and snakes, and those do concen me. The frogs mostly only come out at night and hang around the lake, but snakes to travel around. Most are harmless but one isn't. We have venomous snakes in the area but for the most part the ones I see are harmless black snakes. I'm thinking of maybe having a patio built. The house originally had a patio but the original owners had it enclosed and now it's the Florida room. All glass. I call that an atrium. Sounds like a nice enough place in the house for the cats to play. Weren't you asking about plants not long ago? So maybe a new patio would be nice for the cats - Marlo loves the one at Mom's house, but they're not really outside, not really on the ground. Maybe I'll have a patio but leave some real grass amd a few plants instead of having all of the floor tiled? Sure, you could do that. Jill |
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I'm thinking of maybe having a patio built. The house originally had a patio but the original owners had it enclosed and now it's the Florida room. All glass. I call that an atrium. Sounds like a nice enough place in the house for the cats to play. Weren't you asking about plants not long ago? Good memory, yes I do have an atrium, about 6 feet by 12 feet. And that is open all the time for the cats. It's open at the top to the weather, but the cats can't climb high enough to get out. It's the biggest litterbox in the world. |
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