Little Kitty

This is our elusive outside cat. She is very shy and a little wild. I have always felt bad about having a cat live outdoors here, our native animals are very vulnerable to cats, dogs and foxes.
Although today I saw something that makes me think that having her outside isn't that bad. The blackbirds have been steeling her cat biscuits and they are not shy about it either. I was about two meters away when one came and helped herself. The funny thing was, so was Kitty. She just watched the bird with absolutely no interest. The blackbird just looked at both of us as if to say, "What? I'm eating here, what's the big deal?"
Once the bird had had it's fill, Kitty went back to eating.
That same bird shot around my feet a few weeks ago, when I was painting outside and gave me a telling off for being in her way when she was eating, she is getting really cheeky.

The elusive Kitty.