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Hi Jo Ann (and critters!) Used to live in the far north...now have three cats and a dog...Iv'e sized down ! love birds too...used to bake bread at cabin property using an angel food cake pan...and cut into the centre to facilitate hanging it on the clothesline in the winter months..kept the cats from getting at the birds ...but it sure drove them crazy!!! the unconditional love my pets bring me along with the much needed "fun" exercise is a blessing in disguise for sure.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jo Ann Coen <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 6:10 AM Subject: Re: Non PD: Squirrels and Hedges and Avocados > Marjorie - I read with interest about your blue jays and the squirrels. > Yesterday, I went out to feed the birds some old bread (Since I live > alone, one loaf of bread spoils before i can use it up). Anyway, the > neighbor's cats were out there, and the blue jays attacked them. Three > birds and three cats. You should have seen the hullabaloo. > The original mother cat, belonged to my mother, but one day she tripped > and fell over her and got so bruised she threw her out. The neighbor > took her over. We call her Mama. She had a litter and the neighbors > found homes for all but one which they loved anyway. > They asked me if it was a boy or a girl cat and I said it has to be a > girl. So they named her Suzie. Three weeks later, Suzie grew equipment, > but it was too late because he/she was used to the name ( a boy named > Sue). Then she had another litter and this time one of the cats had no > tail, so they kept him and he is called Bear. > He is such a lover and talks to me and sleeps on the top of my car. > All three of them are black, with not a speck of white anywhere. Every > Halloween, the neighbors keep them inside the house, just in case. > Anyway, they were hilarious when the blue jays attacked. Believe me, I > stayed out of the way. There was a woodpecker the other day, who started > pecking and pecking and I went out to look and he was sharpening his beak > on the other neighbor's metal carport cover. > I know it was a male because his colors were so vibrant. Reminds > me of our male humans. So great, so virile and so well, just so. > Also, right after a rain three days ago, I looked out and there had to be > 50 black birds in the yard (my yard is 60 x 190) and some were drinking > out of the bird bath and some were feasting on the bugs that rose to the > top of the ground after the rain,. I enjoy watching my animals and foul. > They bring me an extra special pleasure and reminds me that God is good. > Jo Ann