Anyone any good at identifying birds- this one was on the bird table last week.
Nope don’t know this one.
If I didn’t know better I’d say it was a cat bird.
If so it may have been responsible for the pile of white feathers near the neighbours car, which may explain why I’ve not see the magpies recently! What do you think?
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Thanks for the laugh and yes that is a cat bird! This makes me think of a bird feeder I saw when on a stroll in my old neighborhood – on either side, slightly concealed by shrubbery were two cats waiting for a completely clueless bird to eat his last meal!
I suspect the pile of feathers were left by a fox. The only bit they ever leave is the feathers. The good news is, if you have a local fox, they also love to catch and eat rodents 🙂
Definitely a catbird! 😉
That is an adorable picture of the bird in the birdhouse, LOL
Isn’t it just- a cheeky one for sure.
Funny and tragic at the same time. If he hangs around, you might just have yourself a familiar! 😉
He/She stops and looks at me- maybe one day I will get to stroke him/her.
That is an optimistic cat!
Isn’t he just. I came back from shopping ten minutes ago and he prowling around on magpie duty.
How cute, our neighborhood squirrels frequently get in our bird feeders.
I have a squirrel bird too! He makes me laugh when he bounds up to the table to have a nibble.
And the acrobatics they do
Absolutely- he fell through a tree last week!
Very sneaky! Does she think the birds will be fooled.
I think she is certainly of an optimistic disposition.
I think it’s a lesser-spotted black bird catcher, known to frequent suburban gardens, has many perches above ground and makes its nest in covered bird tables 🙂
I think you could be right Eunice!
I think the cat is hoping that if they’re quiet and still enough, a bird will just fly straight into their mouth. To be fair, it’s up high and sheltered so also makes a great feline lookout. ☺️ I think a lot of people in our area have been keeping their cats inside during the pandemic, great for the local bird population but I was hoping cats might take care of the family of rats living under our next door neighbour’s decking. 😬
How horrible rats under decking- all that BBQ and party food I suppose encourage them.
😂
I’ve got a photo somewhere of two of my cats wedged side by side on a similar bird table. I’m not sure who they thought they were fooling.
Two of them in there, must have been a squeeze!