AgentOrange
05-10-2012, 03:52 PM
From the YardCrap blog
http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bc01970c-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bc01970c-pi)
Just snapped some Cat Bird photos. I call my favorite chair here on the deck - "The Cat Bird" seat. As a teenager I worked at a Drug Store. Our delivery guy was about 25 and his street name was "Top Cat" as he was a ladies man. I got to deliver on Wednesday afternoons, and I looked forward to getting out of the shop. TC was really just a Cat Bird. He was a hero among his crowd. He would make a run for me to buy booze as I was not of age, give me hints on dealing with women and was always there as my back up. Every evening he would come in and I would make him supper. We just did sandwitches at the Drug Store, so that basically meant all the ham and cheese not sold that day. He was my big friend and he looked after me. A couple times he even Waxed my VW to kill time.
Cat Birds are from the family of Mocking Birds and Thrashers. They are secretive but energetic. Most any call a Mockingbird can do (which is everything) a Cat Bird can. Gray Catbirds are not afraid of predators, just like Mocking Birds and are up for a good fight. One of the things I like about them is they destroy eggs of the Brown-headed Cowbird which is not a bird I like to see in my garden. http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bd9e970c-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bd9e970c-pi)
I am not sure I am supposed to have them year 'round, but I do. They take getting used to for a soft heart like me. Their "cat sound" sounds more like a cat or critter caught and needing help to get free. My Bride is always sending me out to run the sound down - "just in case". I associate colors with things and I see a Cat Bird as "NAVY BLUE".
http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe169883401676667e685970b-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe169883401676667e685970b-pi)
There is an excellent chance one lives near you. Most likely you hear it and never see it. Use your ears to find the guy.
http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bc01970c-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bc01970c-pi)
Just snapped some Cat Bird photos. I call my favorite chair here on the deck - "The Cat Bird" seat. As a teenager I worked at a Drug Store. Our delivery guy was about 25 and his street name was "Top Cat" as he was a ladies man. I got to deliver on Wednesday afternoons, and I looked forward to getting out of the shop. TC was really just a Cat Bird. He was a hero among his crowd. He would make a run for me to buy booze as I was not of age, give me hints on dealing with women and was always there as my back up. Every evening he would come in and I would make him supper. We just did sandwitches at the Drug Store, so that basically meant all the ham and cheese not sold that day. He was my big friend and he looked after me. A couple times he even Waxed my VW to kill time.
Cat Birds are from the family of Mocking Birds and Thrashers. They are secretive but energetic. Most any call a Mockingbird can do (which is everything) a Cat Bird can. Gray Catbirds are not afraid of predators, just like Mocking Birds and are up for a good fight. One of the things I like about them is they destroy eggs of the Brown-headed Cowbird which is not a bird I like to see in my garden. http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bd9e970c-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe16988340168eb69bd9e970c-pi)
I am not sure I am supposed to have them year 'round, but I do. They take getting used to for a soft heart like me. Their "cat sound" sounds more like a cat or critter caught and needing help to get free. My Bride is always sending me out to run the sound down - "just in case". I associate colors with things and I see a Cat Bird as "NAVY BLUE".
http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe169883401676667e685970b-500wi (http://yardcrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5528fe169883401676667e685970b-pi)
There is an excellent chance one lives near you. Most likely you hear it and never see it. Use your ears to find the guy.