Re: What Birds Are In Your Yard Today?

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:42:24 -0500, Jerry Avins <""jya\"@ieee,org">
wrote:

Ron Hardin wrote:
I still have seven white leghorn roosters. Cats and hawks have made no
dent in the population in the month they've been there.

And having seen both species up close, I'd rather fight off seven
roosters than seven vultures.

We have a few feral cats in the neighborhood. Birds gather under a
squirrel-proof feeder that hangs from a tree at the edge of the woods to
peck at the spilled seed. Last year, a wild turkey would occasionally
join them in peace. Once a cat approached the group and the smaller
birds, instead of fleeing, positioned themselves so the turkey was
between them and the cat. Cat and turkey had a brief staring match, then
the cat left. I don't suppose that a turkey vulture is any less
formidable than a turkey.

Jerry

Maybe I should buy a turkey!! One if the neighborhood cats has
recently discovered my bird feeders and thinks they are his own
hunting preserve!

Mary Ann
Barnwell. SC
.

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    (rec.birds)
  • Re: Humans as scavengers
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