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tblue37

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14. I have a Maine Coon girl kitty who is 13.5 pounds, a

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:19 PM

Jul 2015

shorthaired black boy kitty (15 pounds), and a (Siamese-looking) half-Siamese girl kitty (12.2 pounds). But my fine-boned little dilute calico lady is under 8 pounds at her heaviest, and is often barely above 7 pounds. They are all not just heavy, but large--i.e., tall and long. But my littleat girl kitty is both lightweight and on the smaller side of medium in length and height.

Besides, since birds fly, they are much lighter than mammals whose bodies have the same dimensions.

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FOUR young hawks were just standing around together in my backyard!! [View all] tblue37 Jul 2015 OP

If it would help anyone to identify the hawks, I live in eastern Kansas. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #1

I can't swear to it but I think the one on the left is Frank. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #2

If the birds were cat-sized I'm guessing they might be female red-tailed hawks. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #3

I was guessing maybe Cooper's Hawks, but I don't know much about birds. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #4

The seemed pretty small for hawks--about the size of large crows. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #5

Then maybe they could be Cooper's hawks, which are smaller than red-tailed hawks. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #6

I think they were maybe 7" or 8" tall as they stood there. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #7

Does this help? The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #8

It does. I think they might be Cooper's Hawks after all: tblue37 Jul 2015 #12

I have three large cats, but my fourth, my daintiest girl kitty tblue37 Jul 2015 #9

When I think of "cat-sized" I think of my cats, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #11

I have a Maine Coon girl kitty who is 13.5 pounds, a tblue37 Jul 2015 #14

Oh, dear. I just realized why the bunnies and squirrels tblue37 Jul 2015 #10

If the hawks have eaten everything they might move on. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #13

If they try, their talons could easily kill the cat--or injure it severely-- tblue37 Jul 2015 #15