Kitties!
We had some excitement here at the Lounge which we were NOT ALLOWED to witness!
Mommy was whaling relaxing on the sofa when Daddy burst into the kitchen from the garage..there was a HUMMINGBIRD in there and couldn't find his way out, even though the big garage door was open. Naturally we knew he wanted to come indoors to "amuse" us but the peeps, dense as they are, were determined to shoo him back out into the Great Outdoors.
What morons.
What ensued was ten minutes of inept hummer-hunting by two panicked peeps...involving brooms, mops, raising and lowering the garage door, and much frantic shouting. Eventually Daddy was able to trap the Hummer inside a big square plastic container butted up against the ceiling--and standing on his tippy toes he had to wait an eternity until Mommy got a ladder, set it up, and slid on the lid--but not before the hummer escaped and they had to repeat the maneuver all over again!
And then they set him free. OUTSIDE. After all that work.
Stunt Hummer courtesy of Wikipedia
Traitors.
Revenge will be had...
Happy Friday!
XX The Bitterly Disappointed Lounge Kats XX
What a waste of burd catchin effort!
ReplyDeleteI bet you guys would caught it faster, then they would been chasing you all over da place! We would offer up green papers to watch Dat!xoxo Bruce (who tooked one away from Misty) and Ollie who hates dem small flying ebil bastards with a passion!
ReplyDeleteI bet you guys would caught it faster, then they would been chasing you all over da place! We would offer up green papers to watch Dat!xoxo Bruce (who tooked one away from Misty) and Ollie who hates dem small flying ebil bastards with a passion!
ReplyDeleteOH! What a BIG disappointment. :-(
ReplyDeleteStunt hummer...stunt bummer more like. Darn it. And where's the gopro when the humans do something stoopy and funny ?
ReplyDeleteThe Shepherd uses his pond net, which is on a long pole, to catch wayward burdies who end up in the house by mistake. He is still in the hospital, BTW. :-( T.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, they should have consulted you guys as expert hunters, then they would have gotten it much easier and faster! (Though I am glad they got him back outside where he can entertain everyone with his beautiful flitting!)
ReplyDeleteSome of those hoomins are so cruel. Didn't they know you wanted a little playmate?
ReplyDeleteFancy your humans letting the bird go are they suffering from amnesia?
ReplyDeleteLuv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, traitors! Although, as many as you are, probably wouldn't be much to share about all of you.
ReplyDeleteWell, he might have been a fun toy, but really, there's no meat on those tiny things. You should hold out for a dove or something.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, they are pretty tiny. The outcome wouldn't have been worth the effort for you kittehs. Wait for something bigger...a roadrunner perhaps? Or a crow? Now THAT is a big burd!
ReplyDeleteNever a dull moment in your house!
ReplyDeleteOh but the video of the humans would have been amazingly amusing right??
ReplyDeleteAll that effort for nuffing? Man you should retrain your peeps.
ReplyDeleteEmma and Buster
We find the fact that they let the hummer go appalling but our mommy is giggling at the scent your peeps must have created!
ReplyDeleteWe can only imagine the scenes that transpired, but the thought of elebenty cats after a hummingbird sounds entertaining, too :)
ReplyDeleteWe were hoping that was the actual hummer. Did it look like that one? We've never seen one with that purple color. Gorgeous.Maybe he'll come back to visit again another time. Stop by, we're having a birthday party. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
ReplyDeleteWe think it would have been lovely to have a feathered visitor.
ReplyDeleteThe Mom person is glad it got safely outside again...they are traitors!
This is for your peeps: sorry kittehs ! Several years ago a hummy got in the neighbors garage and we could not get ot out either - until it dawned on me that hummies are attracted to red & orange, so I scooped up a basket of nasturtiums and hung it on the outside door handle. Once the hummer zeroed in on it, he got himself oriented and flew away. So you might want to keep a basket of nasturtiums (or some other red or orange flower - the neighbrs happened to have 'sturtiums) handy !
ReplyDeleteBarely a snack, those little birds! Not worth much effort for a cat, I'm thinking.
ReplyDeleteHow dare they take away your toy!!!! catchatwithcarenandcody
ReplyDeleteDang, They shoulda just let that hummer come inside the house and save themselves a lot of trouble.
ReplyDeleteCATZOWEY! Yur pawrents were having a HUMMMzatini meowment! DANGZATINI
ReplyDeleteWhat a wasted opportunity!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no, that's so unfair ! All these efforts for nothing ! Purrs
ReplyDeleteThe Crew totally agree with you. I've shoo'd two birds out of my garage over the years, and they were certain the bird came to offer itself to them.
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