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Poor cat! Poor cat!....Poor bird!!

post #1 of 12
4/4/11 at 10:41pm
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Anyone see this video? I hate to say it, but that bird had it coming. Man cats are awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDqjX7gRyA
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post #2 of 12
4/4/11 at 11:24pm
Its surprising how awesome those cat reflexes are!

Although, I kinda feel sorry for the bird. I think she was probably just defending her eggs/chicks nearby.
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post #3 of 12
4/5/11 at 4:59am
The cat could claim self defense

Poor bird, that's what you get for annoying a cat
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post #4 of 12
4/5/11 at 7:44am
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Originally Posted by Ducman69 View Post
I think she was probably just defending her eggs/chicks nearby.
She was, and now those poor eggs and/or chicks will die

This is an example of why I feel people should keep their cats inside.
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post #5 of 12
4/5/11 at 7:51am

the person who catch this in video SHOULD to take the cat inside or make something for cause a distraction ......
so this way boths would be safe and happy....
I´m disagreee with the video.....
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post #6 of 12
4/5/11 at 8:33am
It was a mocking bird. Males and females, mated and unmated, eggs or no eggs, will all try to go after cats. They also attack other birds and people simply for being in their territory. The king birds around here do this, too, though usually leave people alone. I've seen both drive other birds off of their nests once they decide that they want a territory to themselves.

I have no mocking bird nests anywhere on my property, so the mocking birds fight over the "real estate". One year I had 6 of them dueling it out over the backyard. Either they decided they wanted to take a chance at MewMew and Boo, or they were knocking each other to the ground during those fights. The cats ended up catching 5 of those mocking birds. I still wonder if the remaining bird didn't intend it that way... the remaining mocking bird leaves the cats alone and doesn't land back there.

I'm not terribly fond of mocking birds... Their numbers, along with starlings and cowbirds, aren't suffering.
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post #7 of 12
4/5/11 at 8:37am
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I don't think the person was expecting that to happen. I guess the bird had been doing that for a bit before they even started filming, so maybe they just assumed the cat would leave eventually.

Its sad for the eggs/babies but cats catch birds, mice and other wildlife all the time. I just think its sort of interesting to see just how fast they can catch them. Ninja kitty, for sure.

Edit: Just read strange_wings post. So they are pesky birds either way? They are just brave and sometimes pay the ultimate price. lol
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post #8 of 12
4/5/11 at 9:13am
Just amazing what cats are able to do! He made such a leap without even a running start, and he actually caught the bird!
Thank you for sharing the video - I loved it (especially since the bird really did have it coming)
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post #9 of 12
4/5/11 at 9:17am
I was not expecting that and it made me laugh out loud cause that cat got fed up, took flight and got the bird! Was that a mocking bird??? Those are nasty birds when defending the nest/chicks and have been known to attack humans (if I'm thinking of the right kind of bird)

We have blue jays here and they will annoy,stalk,chase away any predators that get near the nest.
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post #10 of 12
4/5/11 at 9:21am
My first thought was a nest too. But then strange wing's reply made me remember a news article from here a few years ago. I do believe it was mocking birds that were attacking anyone who tried to go into this physician's office one summer! Like they were becoming a real problem because no one could get by without being dive bombed and pecked at!
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post #11 of 12
4/5/11 at 9:23am
Sorry, but my sympathies are all with the bird. Yes, mockingbirds (the state bird of Texas) can be aggressive. And yes, the circle of life, and all that. Still, the cat should be indoors.

Nothing good can come of a domestic cat catching/killing/eating a wild bird.

And, personally, I love to hear the mockingbirds singing.
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post #12 of 12
4/5/11 at 9:46am
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Originally Posted by LuvMyParker View Post
So they are pesky birds either way? They are just brave and sometimes pay the ultimate price. lol
They're territorial to start with and usually have a territory that's a block or so in size. Once they do have a nearby nest they're even worse.
I simply don't like them because of how they treat other birds. When there was 6 of them in the area they would try to attack the resident cardinals (who nest in the neighbor's yard), the robins, and the doves that nest in the tree behind my house. Sorry, but I prefer the gentle birds that nicely ask for food (the robin will snatch up worms I toss at it).

That said, I really don't want the cats to catch any birds - they can get parasites that way and I always end up having to clean up what's left. If I see any birds in the back yard I shoo them out, and in warmer weather will hose them (rarely hit them).

And if anyone wants to assume I let my cats run loose… I have a cat proof fenced back yard. There's no way to tell from the video whether the cat in the vid was within a fence or only let out supervised with a person.
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