I’m sitting here with Bug on my lap preening as we play Minecraft, and I hear…. scribble scrabble scribble scrabble out in the kitchen. Bug stops and watches, and I stop to see what I can see, thinking maybe it’s a mouse that got in the house.
And then a bird goes zipping past us to land on Bug’s crate.
It’s a Carolina wren that looks as confused as I am. How did you get in here? The doors and windows are all closed. The only door that we go in and out of is an atrium setup, though, it would have to go through 2 doors to get into the house proper.
So I get up and go to see if I can grab it, and Bug leaps to her feet in excitement.
The wren sees me coming, panics, and tries to fly back to the kitchen
Except
She has to get past Bug, and Bug is a hunter.
So this wren flies, and Bug leaps into the air, and karate kicks this wren out of the air.
Right into a nearby granola bar box
Trapping it when the flap falls shut behind it
Absolutely flawless capture.
Of course, I fucking dropped the bird while carrying it to the door to let it go, because I was untangling dust bunnies from its feet, and had to spend 15 minutes chasing it around before it could go out. But that wasn’t Bug’s fault. She performed flawlessly.
amhrancas 