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Magpies are growing up

Mummy says the magpies are now teenagers. They squabble with each other competing for mum and dads attention, and now they come to our place alone or in a group of 3 naughty birdies, squawking at my mummy for food.

I hide by making myself as flat as I can on the pavers and give them my best scary face. Doesn't seem to work yet, but it will.

They even get mummy up at 5.30am yelling at her from our patio table. They have lost their fluff and are getting very grown up looking.

Thank you for my birthday emails everyone and to Ka-Zar for my bunch of flowers. Thankyou I had a great day.

I'll keep you posted on those pesky birdies.

Love Riz

PS: Mummy went back to work so she can't spend as much time on Catster coz my daddy lost his job after 30 years at the same place. They closed down. Daddy is called a house-husband now, hee hee. I love it coz he is home with me all day.

OMC - Baby Magpies

Mummy has gone all mushy over her Magpies. Spotty Wing and Hook-beak are a couple, and have just brought one of their baby fluff balls to meet the family, squawking it's hungry little head off in a near by tree.

We first heard them a few days ago when the happy couple with beaks full of minced meat flew back to the nest. Now we have a fledgling, and every day he moves a little closer to the roof.

Today he was right next to us in the closest tree over the fence and daddy got a picture. Even daddy is mushy over Magpies. What's the big deal, it's not like they're cute or anything!

Keep ya posted.

Love Riz

PS Thanks for all my gifties, dear furiends.

I'm on surveillance duty! The Magpies are here.

Mummy's gone cwazy.
Since we moved to our new house a little over a year ago, she won't let me outside without supervision. Seems the one and only time I wanted to explore the front yard, I got sprung, yelled at and am now watched very closely. I was only checking out where "they" come from. Sheesh.

Even at 13 and a half I can still jump high fences, a skill not unknown to my mummy. (Hey, a girls gotta workout no matter how old she is, keeps me looking my gorgeous best).

But, there are evil things lurking around our house. What she doesn't realise is, we are surrounded by spies. The black and white feathered variety.

Mummy is paying them off with minced beef. They don't work cheep, (oops cheap) these sneaky birdies. They wake her up early by singing on the back patio, but what they are really saying is "Get up and feed us". It's sneaky Magpie brainwashing....and mummy is falling for it. Then they come back at dusk and sing their little birdie hearts out, hmm. Breakfast and dinner now. She actually thinks they're cute.

Hello! You've seen my photo, Duh! Compared to those feathery, flying fleabags? I know! You tell me...who is cute? Cwazy I tell you!

There's 9 of them. 7 family members and 2 single guys. They are weaving their evil cuteness magic on mummy. They even take food from her hand.

Magpies are very, very sneaky. They eat my outdoor kibble when mummy isn't looking. She doesn't believe me but I saw them through the window. I got a photo of 4 of the thieves settling in on the garage roof, waiting.....and watching my kibble. Take a look, they even look sneaky. Their leader is evil, he has dark hypnotic eyes, just right for brainwashing hoomans.

Watch out magpies because I'm watchin' ya. You know they eat bugs, eeuuwww...millipedes, beetles, stuff like that, yuk.

(Magpies are very common in Australia, especially where we live. They live in family groups and have the most beautiful warbling songs. They are very friendly and have been known to come to the same houses every day for food for years).

In spring mummy has to mix calcium powder and puppy food with the minced beef so the mummy birds and baby birds get vitamins and calcium, like they would from beetles and bugs, so their beaks, bones and feathers form properly. Mummy makes a point of not feeding them every day, coz they need the bugs, YUK. I just yell at them and tell them to go catch their own breakfast. Well, through the glass door I do. I don't trust 'em.

Watch this space cat buddies, I can't allow these food stealing maggies to steal my mummy's affection and total commitment away from...ME!

Rizza