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Bert Hale wrote:

"I would like to have asked the question about feeding the bird but might hit 
a cat nest. 
I have noted that Rick Knight, Bob Sargent, Don Holt and Jeff Wilson do not 
usually
enter these word contests. Does that say something?"

     Sorry Bert, I haven't been paying attention to the fun and games, but 
since you pointed me out, I would hate to give the impression that I think 
I'm in the same league as the others you mentioned, :-)  so here's my take on 
mammals of the feline persuasion...My bird feeders are an open buffet for 
Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels...what's one more 
predator?  My only complaint is that when the furry idiots sit in ambush 
beneath the feeders, all the birds know they're there and I can't see said 
birds until my neighbor remembers to let her well fed and partially declawed 
darlings back inside (she lets them out on potty break then forgets).  On the 
other hand, if I was really intent on seeing birds, I wouldn't be sitting at 
home.  No, I don't have any problem with any kind of critter, even the 
big-brained biped primates.  Wouldn't make any difference if I did, anyway, 
except to my peace of mind (being Right is just too demanding).   That's why 
my favorite bird species is European Starling.  You just gotta love 'em!

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN

"...unconditional love and occasional irritation are not mutually exclusive" 
- D. Holt
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