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One Native American story holds that if one cardinal dies, its mate isn’t long for the world either, for their spirits are joined forever. They are two bodies but
one spirit.
Even the towhees may recognize you, and one day, while you’re cleaning the barbecue grill, a female towhee feeds just five feet away. Now that’s a rite of passage. You’re accepted as a neighbor—not a predator, not an intruder, not a stranger. It’s a sweet feeling. And because the birds
This is just about the most common question about bird-predator behavior, and the law of conservation of energy answers, Just far enough. As I’ve noted, ground birds will not overreact to a cat. They know its “predator reach” and will fly up to a branch five feet, maybe ten feet (but not fifty feet), high. That would accomplish nothing, expose them to danger from wake feeders, and waste energy.
