On 6/14/2011 3:00 PM, JeanineAlyse wrote:

> Outside my living room window is a large cottonwood tree that the
> birdies like to nest in, and they quite often give a try at flying
> themselves right through the window. Makes a heck of a clatter,
> leaving an all feathers dusting of them on impact.
> Drives new roomie bonkers, so there is an in-process build going on
> that will make him quite pleased, methinks. Roomie is Bob-cat, the
> one-plus year old tiger stripe. I gave my thought to a crafty friend
> that has the tunnel, ramps and "cage" built (needs another roll of 1/2-
> inch fencing wire to finish the top platform). The 12x18" tunnel goes
> from my front used-to-be doggie door (that is simply a cut-out in the
> screened security door), along side house under the window, straight
> across through the rocked tree basin, up the trunk and across an
> angled tri-fork (of the tree trunk) and into a 10" hole on the
> platform bottom.
> All so Bob can have a great place to talk to the birds without being a
> danger to them, and so he cannot run risk of being dive-bombed by them
> or just run off into troubles somewhere else.

What a neat idea! You've given me some ideas for the outdoor enclosure
I had built for my cats. I think they need a catwalk that extends
beyond just the space they have now. It'd be easy to do.