Cats – domestic, stray and, at the end of the day, feral – caused the extinction of the Stephens Island Wren, a small, flightless bird. It took under two years. Yes, cats made this bird extinct in around 20 months. … please continue reading
There is a product on the market called Birdsbesafe®. They are fluffy cat collars in very bright colours. They are deliberately bright because songbirds see bright colours especially well. You can immediately understand the idea. The cat stalks a bird. … please continue reading
Posted by Irene Williams Rice on October 14, 2018 Foreword by Elisa: I ran across Irene’s post on Facebook and thought it interesting. Although PoC is primarily a cat site, I wanted to show there’s disharmony in most areas of … please continue reading
Here are two interesting instances when smart birds – in these cases crows and a woodpecker – took revenge on cats. The smart birds are part of the crow family (corvids) which includes . The woodpecker is part of the … please continue reading
Libby Watson writing on splinternews.com coins a term which I like: birdheads. It’s a derivation of ‘petrolheads’ (car lovers) and it is very apt. It applies to ornithologists and people such as Jonathan Franzen, an American novelist and essayist, who … please continue reading
Perhaps it is time for cat owners/lovers to do something which pleases people who like birds; to stop the war of words and try to ameliorate the situation and the situation is that cat owners are criticised for letting their … please continue reading
The South Essex Wildlife Hospital have presented, online, a grisly photograph of birds killed, it is implied, by domestic cats. The photograph is published on this page. What they say, and the photograph that they have published, has sparked off, … please continue reading
The cats in this household are somewhat frightened or at least a little bit uncertain about their parrot friend who has, through observation, learned to meow just like them and in doing so intimidates them. I suspect he does that … please continue reading
I’ll keep this fairly short because I am not too sure how relevant it is to the cat/bird debate. There are two facts that relate to it which might interest some people. It concerns America because it concerns the coyote. … please continue reading
Myra likes finches and she keeps them in an aviary. She found that her aviary attracted outdoor, stray and feral cats. Unsurprising is a word that comes to mind. The cats were frightening the finches. They were climbing over the … please continue reading
