Re: [mou-net] Birding from a patio chair.

Frank - cats do not belong outside, especially in the yard of a birder I am afraid. The bird, once wounded by the cat has virtually no chance of survival - things caught by dogs have a much better outlook, due to the variety of organisms found in the mouth of a cat. A bell does no goo, as Liz

Re: [mou-net] Birding from a patio chair.

Thanks for sharing your sightings. The migrants are on their way south. As far as the cat goes, I don't think that a bell on the collar will help much. My next door neighbor had a bell on her cat's collar and it was still catching birds and mammals constantly. I think they figure out a way to

[mou-net] Birding from a patio chair.

I woke to a nice day Saturday and sat down outside, on my patio, with my ipad and was writing a friend about the birds I saw and heard. I had Chickadee, Tennessee Warbler, Red Start, White and Red Breasted Nuthatch, Red Bellied-Downy-Hairy Woodpecker, Goldfinch, House Finch, Robin, House Sparrow,

Re: [mou-net] Birding from a patio chair.

. Minneapolis, MN 55403 cell: 612-730-7435 www.coyotepoet.com -Original Message- From: J.caddy j.ca...@hotmail.com To: MOU-NET MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 3:36 pm Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding from a patio chair. Thanks for sharing your sightings. The migrants are on their way

Re: [mou-net] Birding from a patio chair.

The cat isn't ungrateful, it's just following its predatory instincts which unfortunately means that if let outside to roam freely, then it will be hunting, regardless of how well fed it already is. The bird would have bee helped much more by not having been put in danger in the first place.