Three weeks ago one of my cats came in through the catflap carrying a largish dark coloured bird in his mouth. When I shouted at him he dropped the poor thing in the hall and ran off upstairs. I could see then it was a female blackbird. I picked her up giving her a quick visual once over. She didn't seem in any way injured...no blood to be seen, no drooping wing etc...understandably scared but not panicking either.In fact not doing anything really. No flapping of wings or resistance at all. Just sat there quite docile in my hands. Probably in shock I thought.
It was 5pm or thereabouts...can't be exactly sure of the time but it was dark outside. Unusual that it was caught in the dark and also unusual in that my cats rarely catch birds even in daylight, the two youngest being the only ones that catch anything...49-50 in cat years...usually catch rodents and even they are few and far between these days. I didn't want to release her in darkness only to be captured again so made a decision to put her in the greenhouse overnight and check how things were in the morning. I knew from experience that if she survived overnight she was in with a chance, but didn't really hold out much hope. To be continued...
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Have edited this message out as I thought the first one had gone astray so typed it out again.
Thank you all for the lovely comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed the story.
LOL I don't for a minute think that Mozzie harbours any fond feelings toward me or the greenhouse, perhaps a sense of relief at her eventual 'escape' would be more appropriate :)
There is always plenty of food in the garden, I make sure of that, so she and her friends never need go short of a meal :)
Sheila, If I hadn't had the greenhouse to put her in I would have put her the shed overnight in a large bird cage I keep for that purpose, then decide what best to do in the morning. However, as it turned out, the greenhouse was ideal.
GREAT RESCUE, GREAT STORY!!!
Thank you Diane. Glad to be able to do it and glad you enjoyed reading about it :)
Fancy missing this last year !!!!! What a delight.
Thanks Cirrus, glad you enjoyed it. It was brilliant the way it turned out :)
ChloeB said: Thanks Cirrus, glad you enjoyed it. It was brilliant the way it turned out :)
The other copy with different comments is here
I guess Mozzie was one of the nine lepers! :)
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Thanks Tiger. Have now replied to the latest comment from Sarah.
Yes she certainly was an ungrateful little bugger wasn't she? :)
ChloeB said: Thanks Tiger. Have now replied to the latest comment from Sarah. Yes she certainly was an ungrateful little bugger wasn't she? :)
I would have thought she was terrified of your cats! :)
Well one of them :)