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In reply to the discussion: If you know anything about catbirds swooping down on people and dogs, please stop here [View all]haele
(12,645 posts)70. A group of us were sitting at an outdoor patio restaurant - a guy had just gotten his T-bone steak -
- only person at his table - and he decided to get up and go to the bathroom right after the waiter put it down in front of him.
As soon as the door closed behind him, two sea-gulls from a nearby lamp pole swooped down. One got the entire baked potato, the other got the steak that was probably a quarter of his weight, and they both flopped off to the rockwall with their friends and their booty.
I figure it was about a 10-12 ounce T-bone. The waiter hadn't even left the patio yet, and, like the rest of us, was laughing his ass off on his way back to the kitchen.
Moral of the story - take care of business before you get your food.
Haele
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If you know anything about catbirds swooping down on people and dogs, please stop here [View all]
Samantha
May 2012
OP
FWIW, catbirds only stay in the nest for 10-11 days after hatching, so you might not have this
Arkansas Granny
May 2012
#2
I have been carrying an umbrella, one of those pop up things, with my hand on the button
Samantha
May 2012
#6
The big thing about the hose is that I have to crawl into the bushes between the two nests
Samantha
May 2012
#12
I thought about a baseball bat, but I am only 5'1" and don't have much of a good swing upwards
Samantha
May 2012
#7
I think my neighbor was wrong telling me these were catbirds; I think you are correct
Samantha
May 2012
#22
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Samantha
Jun 2012
#54
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May 2012
#29
No, the back door is a side door that is contained within a separate apartment I rent out
Samantha
May 2012
#36
Well. I had a bird actually snatch a french fry from me as I was eating it.
alphafemale
May 2012
#38
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Jun 2012
#70
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Jun 2012
#73
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May 2012
#40