Hair Trigger
US Veteran
There is a concrete bird bath in my Mom's back yard in a flower bed. The dish part of the bath is fluted around the edges, is about three feet across and weighs about 70 pounds, I guess. It simply sits on top of the pedestal which fits into a depression on the underside.
I noticed last week the dish part was upside down on the ground and lying next to the pedestal, but didn't think much more about it, I figured I'd get it next time I mowed. My Mom's sitter (Mom is 98) mentioned her 10 year-old son was out in the yard a couple of days ago, saw the birdbath and thought there was something sticking out from under it. I went out there yesterday afternoon to check it out and sure enough, looked like the tip of a tail. Maybe a squirrel or even a rabbit had maybe dug under the bath for a burrow?. I got a shovel and pried the birdbath dish up and flipped it over.
No squirrel, no rabbit. It was a cat! and it was spread-eagle and well into becoming fertilizer. I can only imagine it had been stalking a bird that was in the bird bath and when the cat pounced, it landed on the edge of the birdbath and flipped it over on top of itself. That'll teach it to sneak up on those defenseless little birds.
I scraped up what was left and buried it in the edge of the woods. Man, it was ripe.
I noticed last week the dish part was upside down on the ground and lying next to the pedestal, but didn't think much more about it, I figured I'd get it next time I mowed. My Mom's sitter (Mom is 98) mentioned her 10 year-old son was out in the yard a couple of days ago, saw the birdbath and thought there was something sticking out from under it. I went out there yesterday afternoon to check it out and sure enough, looked like the tip of a tail. Maybe a squirrel or even a rabbit had maybe dug under the bath for a burrow?. I got a shovel and pried the birdbath dish up and flipped it over.
No squirrel, no rabbit. It was a cat! and it was spread-eagle and well into becoming fertilizer. I can only imagine it had been stalking a bird that was in the bird bath and when the cat pounced, it landed on the edge of the birdbath and flipped it over on top of itself. That'll teach it to sneak up on those defenseless little birds.
I scraped up what was left and buried it in the edge of the woods. Man, it was ripe.
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Besides, gluing the dish to the pedestal would make it too hard to move. The dish weighs about 75 pounds and the pedestal is at least that much more. We usually turned the dish upside down during the winter to keep water from freezing in it.
