Feathered Friends

I am delighted that my dog and cat get along so well, but this week I learned that my cat has friends of other species too.

Gunnar LOVE to birdwatch. He will sit at a window, wag his stump of a tail and chirp at the birds. It's so cute. I've seen him chirp to his bird friend when he is walking on our upstairs porch. And when I take Mojo out to sit on the porch in the evening, Gunnar will sneak out with him. The bird will stand on the neighbor's roof and exchange pleasantries with my chirping cat.

I'm hesitant to take Gunnar out on on the porch. (Matt would freak out if he knew.) The cat is a little on the crazy side, so I worry about him doing something hairbrained. I also think he's too fat to fit through the porch rails. Right now his head only fits through. So when he is outside, I keep him at arm's length, (where I could grab him if he decided to leap).

These visits have been going on all week. The other day Matt was at home and he called me at work to tell me about the kids.

"I think we're going to have a nest soon," he said.

He went on to tell me that Gunnar had not one, but two bird friends, who seemed to be scouting nest locations around the trees and bushes in front of our house. The birds were flying down on to the porch, looking into the window and having extensive conversations with the cat. And Matt was insistent that they were having in-depth conversations, not just small talk.

The next morning I was leaving for work and Gunnar was sitting my the front door. His tail was going and he was chirping up a storm. So I got down on his level to see what he was looking at. One of the birds was hopping around our downstairs porch and the other bird was perched on the flagpole, chirping. SO CUTE!