Red-whiskered bulbul looking for ivy berries
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It has a mohawk!
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Yup - moderate amounts will be fine. When urban birbs suffer from too much human food, itâs usually because simple carbs (bread etc) are taking the place of the protein they need. Cat food is relatively high in protein because cats are obligate carnivores, so it should be fine for birbs.
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The good thing is I can tell who has been eating it. The cats are fairly neat, but the birbs scatter it everywhere.
ETA: The kitty showed up this morning with her boyfriend, Botas (a grizzled tuxedo tom with some battle scars). She got a tuna tin full of food and some fresh water.
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In fairness, bitey kitten merely looks perplexed. 
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I couldnât get pictures, but last night orange kitty was making a ruckus in my office. I went to see what was up, and there was a flying squirrel at my window-mounted tray feeder!
(No fear! Window was cracked a tiny bit, but screen was down.)
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Crap.
Our kitties canât catch a break. This gal came to us about 13 years ago. She was found in a yard that was occupied by a couple large dogs who wanted to eat her. The person that found her posted on a local forum so we said weâd take her.
She came to us with cuterebra larvae in her neck, donât google photos at diner time. You can see her neck in the first photo where they removed them and patched her up.
In the last 36 hours sheâs had 3 seizures, there is no vet that can see her for a couple weeks so our only option is the ER but they are at least 12 hours out. Weâre in a a wait and see situation but she will probablly end up in the hospital very late tonight if she has anymore.
Once she calms down we are going to test her blood sugar just in case itâs the simple thing first. Weâve had diabetic cats so we know the drill.
All of our cats like to sleep on my wife, sometimes 4 at once so I made her that blanket with a spot for each one.
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A moorhen! They spend most of the time in the reeds, itâs difficult to get a decent picture.
I donât know if these two were engaged in courtship or having a domestic row, but it sure involved a lot of screaming:
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Ask about the possibility of epilepsy, too. My momâs cat has it, but they finally found a medication that has been helping him immensely.
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Migrant birds or just neighbours paying a visit?
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This is orange. Heâs not my cat but I enjoy when he shows up randomly and crashes. I also worry whenever I hear coyotes at night. I donât know where orange comes from or where he goes, but I hope he belongs to a neighbor.
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Theyâre in the area year round, but in the springtime they start pairing off and thats when they visit my yard. Usually its just two at a time.
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Apparently, your yard is for duck date night⌠
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My baby bees are hatching!
ETA: More hatched today. I estimate maybe 40 bees in these 5 or 6 blocks. Not sure but I think a filled hole can house several baby bees. They pop out, act confused for a while (drying wings, perhaps), them buzz off.
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Another side effect of the damn covids. Not sure where all the vets and vet techs went but there is a huge shortage.
All the ERs within 50 miles are either paused or wait times into tomorrow. We found one that weâve used in the past who will take her in right away but itâs hours wait time in the parking lot because they are still curbside only and filled with patients.
She had a Regan, as in The Exorcist, seizure that had her literally coming a few inches off the floor for about a minute.
Her with her new brother a few weeks ago.
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Iâm sorry you and your kitty are going through that. I hope for the best.
Counter to what I had thought before a quick google, the AVMA says itâs not an unusual number of adoptions or drastically increased numbers of appointments, but lower productivity and higher staff turnover (including from stress). Iâd like to adopt a critter, but Iâm reluctant do do so knowing my local vets are hard to get into.
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