Cats and Hummers

Maka Lea (our most recently-acquired feline, with a neurological problem but otherwise a very nice cat) is watching hummingbirds — albeit a little differently than usual…

We have several hummingbird feeders hanging in our north-facing windows, and they are especially busing in the early mornings and evenings of summer. Our cats all love to sit and watch the hummingbirds. They’ve long since learned that they can’t get to the hummingbirds ('cause of course they’d just love to catch one!), but they never seem to tire of just watching them. Maka Lea, however, is contemplating the shadows of the hummingbirds, cast on our hallway wall by the early morning sunlight slanting in the window…