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December 06, 2008
Today we were looking out into the backyard as we often do and one of the stray black cats that visits happened to be out there. He was particularly obvious due to the recent snowfall that we have had here. The yard is very white and he is very black.
The presence of the cat in itself is not very noteworthy. He was having a hard time walking through the relatively deep snow though, so we watched him to see where he would go. He walked up to a clump of Canada wild rye stalks that were heavy with seed heads. After sniffing them for a second he proceeded to start eating them! At first I couldn't believe it, I had never seen a cat eating seeds before. It was confirmed though when he finished with one and then moved on to the next. He continued through the yard and stopped at another bunch for more snacks.
I don't know if this was desperation because it was hard to hunt in the snow, but I was surprised by this behavior so I thought I would share.