Making Friends

My cat, Awesome, is the epitome of a "scaredy cat."  He runs from the sounds of cars, doorbells, and strange noises.  But he is absolutely fascinated by the birds who land in our backyard tree.  He loves to sit in the grass at the base of the tree and listen to them sing.  He loves it when they venture down to the lower branches or to the ground in search of bugs.  But I have NEVER seen him chase one or try to catch one.

So imagine my surprise the other day when I heard a strange noise in the living room.  As I rounded the corner to investigate I was hit in the knees by a bird!   And Awesome was right behind it, tail twitching in excitement.

Awesome loved it whenever the bird walked.

He kept poking at it to make it move, but the bird is really good at holding still.

At one point Awesome put his nose to the bird's beak, but the bird moved too fast for me to catch it in the picture.

Awesome moved quickly, too, anytime the bird flapped its wings.  Awesome wasn't sure what to make of that.

I don't know if Awesome did this or if it was injured already.  We have a LOT of stray cats in our neighborhood.  My guess is Awes isn't fast enough to catch a bird unless it was already injured.

The bird got tired of being poked and flew into the kitchen.  At one point, Awesome just laid down on the tile next to the bird, tail twitching but calm as can be.  I don't think he wanted to hurt it.  He seemed to just be curious.

The bird flew behind the piano instead of out the back door, which was just this side of that cord.  Silly bird!

I also found bird feathers all over my bedroom and bathroom.  ???  That means they started their tussle there.  Crazy!  I heard nothing from the other end of the house.

Not a very positive First Friend experience for poor Awesome!