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Baby Blue Jay in my cucumbers
May 22, 2020 08:33:12   #
Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana
 
It’s that time of year, baby birds are leaving the nest, and some a little too soon! This little guy was safe, we have no feral cats.




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May 23, 2020 09:35:33   #
LoisCroft Loc: Jonesborough, Tennessee
 
How sweet! This spring I have had a bluebird family, and two Carolina Wren nests. I was able to see two of the Carolina Wren chicks fledge, but missed the others. Great shot!

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May 23, 2020 10:09:12   #
Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana
 
LoisCroft wrote:
How sweet! This spring I have had a bluebird family, and two Carolina Wren nests. I was able to see two of the Carolina Wren chicks fledge, but missed the others. Great shot!


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May 23, 2020 11:33:26   #
EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace
 
Sirsnapalot wrote:
This little guy was safe, we have no feral cats.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.

Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.

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May 23, 2020 11:59:22   #
Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana
 
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.

Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have ... (show quote)


Don’t blame you, if they can’t be more responsible for their own

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May 23, 2020 12:26:36   #
hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA
 
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.

Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have ... (show quote)


So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.

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May 23, 2020 12:26:49   #
hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA
 
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.

Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have ... (show quote)


So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.

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May 23, 2020 12:31:27   #
David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA
 
How will that baby survive? Can it fly? Is there anything there to eat?

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May 23, 2020 14:11:33   #
Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana
 
David in Dallas wrote:
How will that baby survive? Can it fly? Is there anything there to eat?


It’s parents weren’t far away, they were still caring for it. Saw him later fly into a low shrub bush.

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May 23, 2020 14:13:18   #
LoisCroft Loc: Jonesborough, Tennessee
 
The fact is, it won't survive. People used to drop off their unwanted pets in my neighborhood in Florida. The man down the road took in the dogs and I got the cats. People seem to like to live with the fantasy that they will live happily with all the other forest creatures but by the time I saw them (those who survived long enough to make it to my house), they were injured from fights, starving, covered in parasites and terrified. Have a talk with the owners and let them know you are offended. If that doesn't work, take it to the shelter. Not a really nice place to be but much, much better than putting it in a position where you know it will die a very unpleasant death.

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May 23, 2020 23:44:54   #
EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace
 
hassighedgehog wrote:
So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
I thought by putting that after the comment would indicate I was joking but it looks like some people weren't bright enough to get it. Sorry about that.
As it is my signature line at the bottom kicks in again.

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May 25, 2020 23:39:51   #
EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace
 
hassighedgehog wrote:
So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
The street isn't either when people let their cats roam free where they can get hit and killed by a car or they become dinner for a coyote family. That's what my daughter thinks happened to her cat, coyote got it.

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May 26, 2020 06:32:36   #
Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana
 
EdJ0307 wrote:
The street isn't either when people let their cats roam free where they can get hit and killed by a car or they become dinner for a coyote family. That's what my daughter thinks happened to her cat, coyote got it.


Coyotes got my daughter-in-law’s cat this past December

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May 26, 2020 12:31:20   #
David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA
 
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Coyotes got my daughter-in-law’s cat this past December
My 6 "indoor" cats stay inside. The 2 "outdoor" cats I feed don't spend much time on the ground.

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