I hate birds!

@ElicBxn (63235)
United States
June 22, 2007 7:15am CST
I'm not talking about pet birds. I'm talking about certain pests outside. I have one outside cat and she's OLD. Every summer she is bothered by mockingbirds. Last year I had to put her food umder a cover so she could eat in peace. A mockingbird had set up a nest in one of the trees & would dive bomb my cat. She was nowhere near the nest, but that darn bird did it anyway. Blue jays can also be pests, but I haven't had any problem with them, just the mockingbirds.
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Mockingbirds are well known for dive-bombing not only other animals but people as well. Don't know what will stop them from pestering your poor cat cept to keep her indoors or in a garage or somewhere. Can't shoot em all.
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• United States
22 Jun 07
Is it just the one mockingbird pestering poor Mittens or several of them? If just the one, find a way to destroy the nest. I really feel for her but I feel that way about any animal that is being tormented for no reason.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Sadly, Mitten hates the inside cats. We don't have a garage. I'll probably have to cover up her food bowl again so she cat eat in peace.
• United States
22 Jun 07
a bird attacking a cat!that aint natural! I do love birds of all kinds but I know how some would annoy people. Poor kitty. Isn't bothering any and boom!Has she ever gotten hurt?I hope not.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I think she's gotten pecked a time or 2, but she does try & defend herself. Mostly she'll sit under something that the bird can't get at her. I think birds are interesting, but only when they are leaving my cat alone!
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• United States
23 Jun 07
that's good.poor kitty. those birds beaks can be quite sharp, I know that all to well as being the mom of two parakeets.
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• Canada
24 Jun 07
Is it just one mockingbird or a number of them ??? The bird may be trying to tell her something , like Your in My Territory , what if you move the dish to another location ??? Or what about feeding the bird while she`s out , throw some sunflower seeds out maybe that will keep it busy so your cat can eat in peace ...
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
24 Jun 07
She's a strictly outside cat so the darn bird built its nest in HER territory. I swear I'd take a "bird swatter" to it if I could. Not only does it bother Mitten, but it drive me nuts with its crying about the "cat."
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
22 Jun 07
I don't really love birds nor like birds yea after all they are the culprit for causing bird flu and sars yea
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
22 Jun 07
And West Nile virus! We've had a problem with that here. The birds bring it in, the bugs bite them, then bite us - & then we (humans) catch it!
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
26 Jun 07
Your poor kitty! Those mockingbirds are so mean and aggravating. The few around my house have stayed away, as I have a couple of cats that love to catch them, and both my dogs in the back yard will actually jump up in the air and catch the birds if they are low enough. I remember when I was a kid, there was this one mockingbird that had its' nest in a pyracantha bush in the back yard. He would not only wait for my cat and dog, but he would wait for me as well. The little bugger would actually dive bomb me when I would come outside. He finally got what he deserved when my cat caught and killed him. You would have laughed at how she was strutting around the yard afterward.
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• Philippines
23 Jun 07
wow, i haven't seen any mocking birds but i have heard of them so you do think that they are pest, maybe because that is what they do in nature,haha!!, maybe you can catch them and just make those mockingbirds as pet not pest, thanks..
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Jun 07
They'd peck you as soon as look at you. My poor old Mitten is 13, she's not chasing any birds any more. Those birds are just mean. The've been known to attack people too.
• Indonesia
22 Jun 07
I really liked birds. Moreover birds that sing. Although they were wild if hearing his chirping being felt by peace. Currently wild birds have difficully being seen especially in my country. I really love birds.
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• Indonesia
22 Jun 07
I really liked birds. Moreover birds that sing. Although they were wild if hearing his chirping being felt by peace. Currently wild birds have difficully being seen especially in my country. I .really love birds
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• United States
22 Jun 07
Oh, I know what you mean, I used to have an outside cat and the blue jays would dive bomb my poor cat and he did nothing (that I saw) to provote such behavior, there is not much you can do but keep your kitten away from where the birds nest, perhaps they have babies and just are protective.
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
23 Jun 07
Oh that is so mean! Those darn birds- You know you never hear this side of it- My cat is an indoor cat- so we don’t have any problems- but our 3 prior cats were all indoor/outdoor cats- and they were always chasing the birds- All of them were young cats- You don’t usually hear about the birds dive-bombing cats-
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
23 Jun 07
Inside of my apartment building there are palms trees. When I moved here two years ago, there were pigeons, they are gone now. Now we have to contend black birds and they are quite evil. They will swoop on you and scare you good. At first I thought they only did this when you got near their babies. I do not believe that this is still the case.
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• United States
23 Jun 07
i hate them too, they make people's cars look so nasty wen they just drop their crap.
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@yingtao (22)
• China
23 Jun 07
some are good
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• Indonesia
23 Jun 07
I agree with you, bcoz i have a bird and he goes whereever i don;t know
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@ackars (1942)
• India
22 Jun 07
Bird attacking a cat..Actually I had seen this many times but it was a crow attacking a small dog.It was very pathetic scene to watch out for as the dog was helpless as it couldnt catch the crow at all as it was always flying around.But I was just thinking about the condition of that crow if it was caught by the dog..