We once had one who would slink into the pool and swim across it. It would then quietly climb out and pounce on a bird at the feeder in the back yard.
We had to remove the bird feeder because the old woman next door kept calling the police every time Ali made a kill.
I have another now who took out three rats and a mole in one night. Left them all in a neat little pattern on the stoop.
Geez. What part of "cats = predators, birds = prey" does she not understand?
What did she want you to do, kill the cat?
My tom came out from under the bed meowing at me; ‘come and see what I caught!’
Under my bed was a coral snake and a woodpecker in a nice colorful arrangment.
I had a heart attack or two until I saw the coral snake was dead.
I’ve had several cats over the years and at one time had five. I had two males, one since passed, the other moved on when my daughter brought home our, then, fourth. One day our neighbor walked out her front door and noticed the younger of our two males eyeballing a bird sitting in the grass. She figured when the cat made his move, the bird would just fly off. She then notice that while the bird was mesmerized by the one cat, our other male was stalking up behind the bird ready to pounce. The neighbor sort of spazzed and broke up the nature channel redux but I was really proud of my boy’s teamwork.