[wisb] Re: Some general observations. Bluejays etc
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: orion0323@xxxxxxx, Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:14:45 -0500
As a reminder, feral cats are a "prohibited topic" on Wisbirdn. The previous
posts a day or two ago were not specifically about feral cats, but about bird
mortality causes in general and the difficulty of statistical analyses of said
causes.
Peter Fissel
Wisbirdn Admin/Monitor
On 10/07/13, DWIGHT ALTON wrote:
> Are the Blue Jays making a comeback? Have several in the back yard screaming
> for peanuts and have seen and heard quite a few in this area. Also heard a
> Catbird in our yard yesterday. Last one I saw was about 4 years ago and it
> was dead. Looked like a cat kill. Blue Jays and Catbirds
> were fairly abundant here until about 5-6 years ago.
> For the past several weeks I have heard Killdeer at night.
>
> I would like to comment about feral and domestic cats. The police in our
> village seem pretty cooperative when it comes to handling complaints about
> free ranging domestics. Apparently there is an ordinance here that makes it
> illegal for a neighbors animal to be in your yard. That came from an animal
> control officer. I have been trapping cats in my yard and if I know who it
> belongs to I call the police. The officer returns the cat with a warning and
> tells the owner that the next time the animal will go to the pound and the
> owner will have to pay to get it back. If I do not know who the cat belongs
> to but it is obviously domestic, I call animal control and they will pick it
> up. I am not a cat person but I have had cats around here that made me wish I
> was. When those cats go to the pound I tell them that if they cannot adopt
> them out to call me and I will find someone to take it. It takes a little
> work and you risk making an enemy but I always have some info for people to
> read
f
> rom the ABA about the damage cats do to the environment.
>
> Dwight Alton. Rockton, Winnebago Co. Il
>
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