Elvis is outside!And for outside cats, birds surely do count as weather. They are a natural phenomenon that comes from the sky and have a major effect on feline lives. Some of our local honeyeaters come round specifically to sit in a tree and squawk at She Who Is A Threat To Small Avians. They don’t live in the tree. They just come to annoy.
When we’re having heavy winds, all the small birds are grounded. The finches and sparrows disappear entirely, and slightly larger things like pigeons and mourning doves get around on foot.
But the grackles, ah, the grackles love a good hurricane. They’re out doing flying tricks that they can only do when the average wind speed hits 30mph or above. And making sure everyone else can see them.
Better get inside before they take off, or you could get caught in a downpour. I’ve seen that happen to a poor guy who was walking by a parking garage.
Has anyone else watched The Birds with their cats? Most of the cats I’ve had never paid much attention to television. But many years ago when my second pair were very young, they both sat on the back of the sofa and stared at the screen as Tipi Hedren smoked that cigarette and all those crows filled up the playground equipment behind her.
We lived in Louisiana many years ago. One of our cats, an occasional slayer of other birds, was harassed by the local mockingbirds, who would dive at her and drive her into hiding.
My kitty was glued to the window when a bunch of crows were flying animatedly around the parking lot a while ago. I was unable to resist making jokes about her witnessing a murder.
This was from very early in the original strip. Well before Tommy. The characters were still finding their personalities and duties. Think of it as another em remastered by Burt. http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/heres-elvis-with-the-weather/
I used to have one of those, and it’s adorable. The birds would get him started, then we would chatter at him, and he’d chatter back at us. Sometimes I’d watch birds and chatter with him. And sometimes he’d look at me like, “Hey primate, I don’t know what you think you’re trying to pull here.”
When Sylvester was still alive, my brother told me how this one crow kept picking on Sylvester. Well, the bird nose dived, Sylvester jumped, and from that day forward, the crows didn’t bother Sylvester again. :-)
LW over 7 years ago
LOL! I love this! My favorite from the BCN book.Pucky’s face palm in the third panel is priceless.Everything about this is just delightful.
butler2jc over 7 years ago
get elvis on the weather channel!
pete5083 over 7 years ago
I love how angry Elvis looks in EVERY strip
Robin Harwood over 7 years ago
Elvis is outside!And for outside cats, birds surely do count as weather. They are a natural phenomenon that comes from the sky and have a major effect on feline lives. Some of our local honeyeaters come round specifically to sit in a tree and squawk at She Who Is A Threat To Small Avians. They don’t live in the tree. They just come to annoy.
dadoctah over 7 years ago
When we’re having heavy winds, all the small birds are grounded. The finches and sparrows disappear entirely, and slightly larger things like pigeons and mourning doves get around on foot.
But the grackles, ah, the grackles love a good hurricane. They’re out doing flying tricks that they can only do when the average wind speed hits 30mph or above. And making sure everyone else can see them.
tricksterson over 7 years ago
How did Elvis get outside?
ChristineFoxdale over 7 years ago
Puck’s reaction in panel 3 is absolutely priceless !
Coyoty Premium Member over 7 years ago
Better get inside before they take off, or you could get caught in a downpour. I’ve seen that happen to a poor guy who was walking by a parking garage.
Nuliajuk over 7 years ago
Has anyone else watched The Birds with their cats? Most of the cats I’ve had never paid much attention to television. But many years ago when my second pair were very young, they both sat on the back of the sofa and stared at the screen as Tipi Hedren smoked that cigarette and all those crows filled up the playground equipment behind her.
nadinefd1 Premium Member over 7 years ago
This is the strip that hooked me to BCN in the original run. When I watch crows now I think “With a chance of cardinals”.
Kaputnik over 7 years ago
We lived in Louisiana many years ago. One of our cats, an occasional slayer of other birds, was harassed by the local mockingbirds, who would dive at her and drive her into hiding.
alisoncoad over 7 years ago
Aw, the appearance of one of my favourites! Yay!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 7 years ago
Replace the Cardinal with Steller’s Jays and you have my weather.
Lady Bri over 7 years ago
This is one of my favourites! I love how Georgia’s new method of inking really brings out Puck’s expression of frustration in panel 3.
A R V reader over 7 years ago
Cue Alfred Hitchcock.
lisamaesie over 7 years ago
My kitty was glued to the window when a bunch of crows were flying animatedly around the parking lot a while ago. I was unable to resist making jokes about her witnessing a murder.
SunflowerGirl100 over 7 years ago
We know Elvis is never allowed outside so we need to go with the fantasy or assume he’s actually on a screened in porch looking at the birds.
Edward over 7 years ago
This was from very early in the original strip. Well before Tommy. The characters were still finding their personalities and duties. Think of it as another em remastered by Burt. http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/heres-elvis-with-the-weather/
Clobbered by Science Premium Member over 7 years ago
I wonder if any of the boys is a chatterer.
I used to have one of those, and it’s adorable. The birds would get him started, then we would chatter at him, and he’d chatter back at us. Sometimes I’d watch birds and chatter with him. And sometimes he’d look at me like, “Hey primate, I don’t know what you think you’re trying to pull here.”
Gent over 7 years ago
All the cats I’ve known chased birds…
bluefinlee1000 over 7 years ago
You know how a lot of people say first comment but it doesn’t matter even some people say last comment
bluefinlee1000 over 7 years ago
Like that last comment didn’t make much of a difference comment if you agree
bluefinlee1000 over 7 years ago
Like that last comment didn’t make much of a difference comment if you agree
bluefinlee1000 over 7 years ago
What just happened
metagalaxy1970 over 7 years ago
When Sylvester was still alive, my brother told me how this one crow kept picking on Sylvester. Well, the bird nose dived, Sylvester jumped, and from that day forward, the crows didn’t bother Sylvester again. :-)
roberta.forbes.pyle over 7 years ago
I remember a mockingbird dive bombing a cat in the back yard. The cat did a backflip trying to catch the bird.
Dewsolo over 7 years ago
When I was a kid, my cat had a deep respect and fear of our blue parakeet. When she was outside, she would terrorize the blue jays
Fastfur07 over 5 years ago
My weather report from my window: Swarms of battling noisy mynah and magpie fronts, with a few pigeons and crows in the middle of it.
Lord Fluffernutter, Czar of the Universe over 3 years ago
Nope. Birds are weather.