Camouflage & the Cat

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

The bird most likely sees the cat. But I wonder if it recognizes a slow moving grounded object like a cat as a threat.

Squirrels on the other hand when they see a cat will alert the entire neighborhood to its presence with a cacophony of sound.

There was a young lady in my complex who walked her dog every day past a tree at the end of the block; the dog would rush up to the base of the tree and growl and woof a bit; a squirrel then would climb down the tree trunk and stop just beyond the reach of the dog; the two of them would taunt each other, the dog woofing at the squirrel, the squirrel chattering at the dog; this would go on for a bit until the young lady would pull on the leash and start to walk away; they did this every time I saw them; the young lady has moved away (shame, she was very easy on the eyes), but the squirrel still occasionally wanders down the tree trunk as if looking for the dog to come back...










<O>