On 7/4/2020 2:52 PM, GM wrote:
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itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
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>> On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 11:37:44 AM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
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>>> On 6/28/2020 10:08 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>> I am heartbroken. I've always kept Buffy indoors, but with the way she
>>>> looks out the window, I thought I'd treat her to being in my back yard.
>>>> At first, everything was fine. Buffy hesitantly walked to about the
>>>> middle of the yard and sat down. She looked back at me and I smiled
>>>> lovingly. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a huge bird came swooping into my
>>>> yard and grabbed Buffy. I could hear Buffy howling in agony as they flew
>>>> away. I learned later from a neighbor that it was a white-tailed hawk.
>>>> The thought of Buffy being ripped to pieces has been too much for me to
>>>> handle. I am in a state of shock and will be grieving.
>>>
>>>
>>> So sorry for your loss, Jill. My cousin had a similar experience in
>>> Wyoming. In that instance an eagle grabbed her little Maltese. It was a
>>> bloody horror I heard. My thoughts are with you.
>>>
>> WHAT?!?!? That's terrible, simply terrible. That must have been a very
>> large hawk to swoop in and carry off an adult cat.
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> The post is a forgery, Joan, it was recently posted on "CatBanter" and Jill mentioned it here recently. I am in *no* way involved in this particular kerfuffle...I dislike Jill - or at least her online persona - enough to annoy her ocassionally (the silly "Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar" thread), but I would not post something re: the loss of a pet unless I *really* loathed them, and Jill does not fall into that category. Anyways, the forged post is pretty lame, Jill has stated repeatedly over many years here that her cats absolutely *never* go outside...she is a very responsible pet owner, all here know that. And the forged post's style is an immediate tip - off, that is not the kind of syntax Jill would use...
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Plus the fact that this species is only found on the Gulf coast of
southern Texas and part of Mexico ... ref: Stokes Field Guide to North
American Birds page 172 . We call this book The Bird Bible .
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