by Anonymous So first, I would notice bluejays hop around my yard after the grass got mowed. So I started creating a little bath and other features for them to frequent their visits. This expanded to more features inviting finches, sparrows, junkos, flick ers, woodpeckers, starlings, and then a hawk. The hawk was neat at first then the realization that the little bird is prey to the hawk. So I had to figure out more deterrents for the hawk and safe spaces for the little birds. Which has for the most part been successful. And then the squirrel started coming around for the BJs peanuts. Some may think the squirrel is cute but the squirrel is a greedy, taunting and terrorizing creature. Sure survival of fittest but the squirrel is not my friend. It'll dig holes in perfect plantars, it'll wreck anything it wants to get what it wants, it'll eat flowering shrubs, it'll eat birdseed. It if got sick and flattened by tires, I guess I'd still be sad because violence is not the answer, but...circle of life. Then because of the birds, I've seen 3 outdoor neighborhood cats coming around. One of the cats and I have become buddies because of the food I give him. I could write a whole other excerpt just on him, and I may sometime. But one time, there was a very intense cat fight between my buddy and another cat I'd never seen before. My buddy was the aggressor and it made me sad. The fight was intense and very scary. I felt very sad for the cat being pounded on. It was very frightening. For the most part, I enjoy what I've created aside from the squirrel, hawk, and the cat fight. ...read more read less