Flappitty

[suzie_shooter]

Got home this evening, and opened the front door to discover the hall and kitchen was awash in a sea of black feathers. Further investigation revealed the sweetpea plants on the kitchen windowsill were now in the sink, apparent victims of feline pursuit. Also, the kitchen was covered in bird crap. Nice.

A search failed to turn up a corpse, so assuming they'd disposed of the remains I went into the living room (sans feathers) and turned on the light. A few seconds later, there was a scuttley rattley noise, and I looked up to discover a rather bedraggled blackbird dancing about on top of the light fitting (essentially going "ow-ow-ow-ow" as it heated up, I presume).

Eventually, it twigged that I'd opened the window, and made its escape. The cats are now looking at me irritatedly, wondering where I've hidden it...

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[nimnod.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha. Similar thing happened with us once - lounge full of feathers, no corpse, and I assumed the birdie has been killed outside. Only about an hour later did I look up and see a completely naked dove on top of the curtain rail looking chilly. I caught it and freed it, but no idea how long it lasted sans most of its feathers.