Winston and Marshall looking at a bird on our front yard

Great pictures everyone. :)

I love bird-watching-from-the-window pics - they're so funny! :) And the best thing is: the birds are still safe! :)

Kirsten

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Originally Posted by Laura's Babies

Chester was sitting at the front door this morning doing that "ack, ack, ack" thing at a bird. Just as I grabbed the camera, he stopped. His mouth works so funny when he does that.. Do they do that when they see birds?

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According to the book "Catwatching" by Desmond Morris, the chatter of the cat's teeth when watching a bird, is known as 'vacuum activity'. I'll quote from the book, "The cat is performing its highly specialized killing-bite, as if it already had the unfortunate bird clamped between its jaws."

So, cats watching birds might be cute to us, but to a cat it is serious and deadly business.

Brian

I was going to mention that, Brian...shows the killer instincts are very much alive in our babies, though they certainly don't need the outdoor food!

When I was growing up, we called the sound "going rackety-rack" because of the vibration caused by rapid repeats.

My guys don't do that when they see a critter outside the window...hmmm...they MIGHT be too spoiled! :D