Have been out of town for 4 days. Got home late this afternoon, went out to fill the feeders 1st thing, and discovered bluebird feathers scattered all around a patch in the front yard.

I suppose it could have been a sharpy, but suspect that with the feeders empty in my absence, the birds were scavenging more heavily on the ground, and the neighbor's cat got one of them. I'll know if I find the carcass. If I do find the carcass, my neighbor and I are going to have another talk.

Some of you will remember from the 2009 thread that for the longest time I was dealing with 4 of her cats. I think three of them must have died, as I have only seen the white one for several months. I'm sorry she lost three of her cats, but also think it likely they would still be alive if she had kept them inside where they belong and taken care of them.

I will also say that one cat allowed to roam loose is not nearly as hard on the birds as were 4, but I am still unhappy. Our cat stayed with my ex when we divorced. While I was there, she never went outside. My son tells me she goes outside at will now to stalk the birds. I keep her when ex goes out of town, and she stays inside then, where this non-native predator belongs.

I've turned 180 degrees on this issue over the years. Ignore most of my rant. It is actually off-topic. Needed to get it off my chest.

Have noticed both here and at my parents' in WV where I have been the last several days that several species songs are changing to spring mating songs, cold weather and snow be damned.