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Yesterday, my female cat Shiva caught a bird as I was walking outside the
house. She got excited when she saw me and came over quickly to do her offering. She put it down in front of me and it was uninjured enough that it managed to fly away immediately. I was relieved. It was only because she didnt have time enough to play with it that the bird got out of it. My male cat, Chaka, has never ever did any offerings in all his 13 years. He even runs away with his prey to make sure he keeps it for himself. Offering depends on the cat personality. I would tend to think that females do it more, because they have the mother instinct. I can't know that for sure though. Elaine -- My cats: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid906206 Article français sur le dégriffage http://chakashiva.tripod.com/degriffage.index.htm "Kuisse0002" a écrit dans le message de news: ... I cannot believe it but I think my cat killed a bird. She sleeps 23 and a half hours a day and spends the rest of the time eating and sitting like a spinx before sleeping again. This morning was as per normal but I noticed a sorta dead bird about two feet away from her favorite sleeping spot on the flower bed and bird feathers all over her sleeping spot. Could she have killed the bird? But she did not bring it up to me as an "offering" which birds usually do for their owners. I had to pick up the dead bird and put it in the trash. Yucks to think that I would cuddle her and nuzzle up to her face, etc. |
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The crows usually scavenge very quickly what is lying around dead.
Elaine "MacCandace" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Or it could have died of an illness. Not too long ago I remember reading a news article telling people to report to the "authorities" if dead birds were found. I cannot remember the details (sorry), but it was regarding a virus moving west. Wet Nile Virus, pretty much over most of the U.S. now, including most western states. If the bird had feathers all around it, though, it sounds like it was killed. You can usually tell the difference between a bird that just dropped dead and a bird killed by a cat. Personally, I wonder why we don't see more dead birds laying around. There are zillions of birds and they only live a year or 2 naturally, so where are their bodies? In rural areas, I suppose predators get them but in big cities, etc., I don't know where they go. I seldom see a dead bird in my neighborhood but there a ton of living ones. I don't think cats generally eat an animal that has died of natural causes and we don't have any natural predators in our neighborhood. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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"Cathy Friedmann" a écrit dans le message de news: ... "MacCandace" wrote in message ... I'll bet you don't prowl around on roof tops too much. They probably huddle down somewhere, not feeling well, and then die in place -- on the aforementioned rooftops, on cornices, under overhangs, in the same kind of places they'd nest. Priscilla Hmmm, well, I suppose there are some up there but a lot of birds nest in trees so they oughtta drop outta them if they die in them. Actually, here in AZ, we're up on our roof fairly often as the a/c, the evaporative cooler, and the furnace are up there (common here for some reason) and we've never seen any. I've seen a couple of dead ones in my yard that appeared to die of natural causes. One day, a few minutes after I came home from work, there was a dead flicker in my driveway. He hadn't been there when I came home. My neighbor said she had heard him singing up in the tree earlier that day and he was right under "his" tree so I guess he probably was fortunate enough to just drop dead suddenly. We should all be so lucky. I see your point, Priscilla, but the sheer quantity of birds would seem to indicate there should be more dead ones laying around. IMHO, anyway. Never thought about it much, except on the rare occasion when I've seen one. Do crows eat dead birds, besides other carrion? We have a large crow population here (where I live) - they could explain part of the clean-up if they're not adverse to eating other expired birds. Otoh, what about dead crows (besides those reported for WNV testing)? Where do they disappear to? Other crows. :-) One died in my backyard a few of years ago. I came home form work & there was an obviously ill crow on back lawn, poor guy (or girl). He wandered into the garden & I guess died in there someplace. 'Cause about an hour later I heard a large amount of cawing that lasted perhaps 30 minutes - lots of other crows gathered in a sort of circle around the place I'd last seen the sick one - I think they were holding a wake or funeral. Cathy A little sympathy before the feast. :-) |
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"Cathy Friedmann" a écrit dans le message de news: ... "MacCandace" wrote in message ... I'll bet you don't prowl around on roof tops too much. They probably huddle down somewhere, not feeling well, and then die in place -- on the aforementioned rooftops, on cornices, under overhangs, in the same kind of places they'd nest. Priscilla Hmmm, well, I suppose there are some up there but a lot of birds nest in trees so they oughtta drop outta them if they die in them. Actually, here in AZ, we're up on our roof fairly often as the a/c, the evaporative cooler, and the furnace are up there (common here for some reason) and we've never seen any. I've seen a couple of dead ones in my yard that appeared to die of natural causes. One day, a few minutes after I came home from work, there was a dead flicker in my driveway. He hadn't been there when I came home. My neighbor said she had heard him singing up in the tree earlier that day and he was right under "his" tree so I guess he probably was fortunate enough to just drop dead suddenly. We should all be so lucky. I see your point, Priscilla, but the sheer quantity of birds would seem to indicate there should be more dead ones laying around. IMHO, anyway. Never thought about it much, except on the rare occasion when I've seen one. Do crows eat dead birds, besides other carrion? We have a large crow population here (where I live) - they could explain part of the clean-up if they're not adverse to eating other expired birds. Otoh, what about dead crows (besides those reported for WNV testing)? Where do they disappear to? Other crows. :-) One died in my backyard a few of years ago. I came home form work & there was an obviously ill crow on back lawn, poor guy (or girl). He wandered into the garden & I guess died in there someplace. 'Cause about an hour later I heard a large amount of cawing that lasted perhaps 30 minutes - lots of other crows gathered in a sort of circle around the place I'd last seen the sick one - I think they were holding a wake or funeral. Cathy A little sympathy before the feast. :-) |
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Cathy Friedmann wrote: "Cheryl" wrote in message ... In , Cathy Friedmann composed with style: Then there was the crow who found a Styrofoam cup in a street & got inside of it & rolled down the hill - the street was on a hill. When other crows saw him/her doing that, they took turns - getting into the cup & rolling down the hill & bringing the cup back up to the top of the hill again to repeat the process - just having fun, I guess. Funny!! I've observed birds quite a bit (hope to soon again, once the strays are all adopted) and they *are* smart. I love bluejays. My dad calls them trashcans with wings but I like them. Oh, I like Bluejays, too. Besides their good looks - pretty spots of color in nature, when they yell their heads off because of potential danger, I figure they're acting as warning systems for all of the other birds in the immediate locale, too. Supposedly (I've read) they 'take over' feeders, but I've not seen that happen. They take turns w/ the finches, chickadees, whoever else happens to be around. Same here. I have lots of different birds at my feeders. I've found the jays like the squirrel feed I put down, so maybe they're duking it out with the squirrels and leaving the finches alone. K Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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Cathy Friedmann wrote: "Cheryl" wrote in message ... In , Cathy Friedmann composed with style: Then there was the crow who found a Styrofoam cup in a street & got inside of it & rolled down the hill - the street was on a hill. When other crows saw him/her doing that, they took turns - getting into the cup & rolling down the hill & bringing the cup back up to the top of the hill again to repeat the process - just having fun, I guess. Funny!! I've observed birds quite a bit (hope to soon again, once the strays are all adopted) and they *are* smart. I love bluejays. My dad calls them trashcans with wings but I like them. Oh, I like Bluejays, too. Besides their good looks - pretty spots of color in nature, when they yell their heads off because of potential danger, I figure they're acting as warning systems for all of the other birds in the immediate locale, too. Supposedly (I've read) they 'take over' feeders, but I've not seen that happen. They take turns w/ the finches, chickadees, whoever else happens to be around. Same here. I have lots of different birds at my feeders. I've found the jays like the squirrel feed I put down, so maybe they're duking it out with the squirrels and leaving the finches alone. K Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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If you're in an urban area, the local carrion/disposers of the dead
are likely -- rats. Yes, it's yucky. Kate sitting with her cat Baku on her lap while Baku nurses her armpit |
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If you're in an urban area, the local carrion/disposers of the dead
are likely -- rats. Yes, it's yucky. Kate sitting with her cat Baku on her lap while Baku nurses her armpit |
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