How they come in is still a mystery but it is definitely the back balcony. I was in the living room all morning and afternoon and I saw the cat carrying the poor thing in from the back balcony.
I noticed another bird of the same kind -it’s mate?- lingered a while by itself close to the balcony, too.
This is the third time in 2 years the cats have killed this type of bird at my house. First one lasted a year, second one about six months…this one only a few months.
That’s an owl. So sad
An owl? I would expect it to have a more curved beak.
I was thinking it could be one of this:
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Their standard quick do a throat dance and walk really fast defense would probably not be the most effective against cats.
mmm. my bad. don’t post while not wearing glasses at 3 am.
yes, not an owl but most likely a bittern.
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A dead birds here lately…
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It’s neither.
Yes, that’s the bird i meant. it is also known as one of the bitterns, a tiger bittern.
“The Malayan night heron, also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in southern and eastern Asia… Wikipedia”
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She’s lucky that the bird hit her only during the beginning stage of the acceleration. Fabio did much worse.
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How it started…
How it’s going…
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Hello Kooky!