Date: 7/14/25 4:53 pm From: Paula Hansley <plhansley...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Bushtit predation by cats
I have been amazed and disheartened at how many birders let their cats
outside. Most of my friends let their cats outside saying that they
deserve to be out.
Cats are not naturally wild animals like bobcats. I trained my feral cat to
walk while on a leash as has my stepdaughter in Reno. I now let him
outside and he stays in my fenced yard because he has arthritis and cannot
climb my fence or catch birds.
I had to stop feeding bird for the past few years because of a cat named
Thomas, who roamed freely every day and spent all of his waking hours in my
yard catching birds. His owner was unresponsive to my outcries about her
cat and threatened me with a lawsuit when I took Thomas to the Humane
Society. She had to pay a small fee to reclaim him.
I tried in vain to encourage the Louisville City Council to make it
illegal to let cats roam. Several cities do have laws regarding roaming
cats.
I’ve given up. It was absolutely amazing and disappointing to me to find
out that most of the people on Naturenet and CObirds that I know who own
cats let them roam.
Paula Hansley
Boulder County
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM Mike Britten <mikebritten25...>
wrote:
> Our cat would catch dragonflies in flight in our backyard. Her successful
> captures were within about 4 feet of the ground. And she would not eat
> them, just let them go and try again. Amazing predators!
>
> Mike Britten
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM <dgulb......> <dgulbenkian...>
> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me why Bushtits are subject to cat predation?
>> I never see them on the ground. They are usually at least 6' up
>> and moving fast. Or could it be that Magpies cause some to
>> fall out of the nest where they are found by a cat?
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