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Happy Spring, cat owners and bird lovers. Along with spring rain and greening plant growth, the the migratory songbirds are returning to the north of North America and other northern latitudes. In my yard, we celebrate the first American Robins coming to look for a nesting habitat. Their singing at dawn and dusk ushers in the welcome retreat of wintertime, while our last snowbank melts. Where we live, birdfeeders are removed for the warm months, to avoid attracting black bears!

After Covid conditions suspended USPS service to Australia and New Zealand last September, we are glad to announce we are able to resume US First Class Package shipment to Australia and New Zealand.

We hear from people and from groups, wanting to know if we would recommend using the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover on feral cats. Sorry, no, we don't recommend it at this time. Our pet product is a well-designed, validate solution for protecting birds from pet cats is not really a great match for feral cats.

We are greeting the new year with gratitude for all our customers, who care about cats and birds. Together, over the last decade (plus), we have made a difference, saving untold numbers of birds.

We wish you, your cats, and your local birds a very happy holiday season. In Vermont, at Birdsbesafe headquarters, winter is making its usual November appearance with a snowstorm. The Black-capped Chickadees are eating sunflower seeds at the feeder, and the cat has a view from indoors.

There is another round of publicity for the UK science study, which was published in early 2021. The new publicity includes stories at Earth.com, Science Daily, and Phys.org, among others.

This week the New York Times Magazine "The Ethicist" column was titled "What Should I Do about my Bird-Killing Cat?" Columnist Kwame Anthony Appiah tackled the topic, offering Birdsbesafe cat collars as one of the ways to reduce cat predation on birds if you let your cat outdoors.