Lola: all eyes on the birds

This is Lola, at her favorite spot. (Thank you Ann for catching her in this photo!) I can't tell you how many times she bangs her head against the glass when she is making a lunge at the birds. And when the window is up, I keep an eye on the screen to make sure she doesn't break through that either. Of my two cats, Lola is the especially enthusiastic and dedicated birder.

We have a new clock in our home: every hour it sings different bird songs.  My cats were confused in the beginning, but now I think they see it more as an annoyance; did I really think they would be so dumb as to fall for that?! They might look around, but nothing tears them away from the real thing when there are birds at the feeder. As for me, I love the chirping of the 12 different birds. I'm trying to learn to recognize each one. So far my favorites are the Carolina Wren at 7 o'clock and the Eastern Bluebird at 8 o'clock. 

And I love the website of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, full of all kinds of cool things about birds. Here is the link for the video gallery - The first time I played some of these, the cats were circling around the computer very confused!  I'm obsessed with birds myself right now - it has something to do with the book I'm working on!

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