:-)) Sunday Cat! #964 April 5, 2026 ((-:

Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly online community gathering on a subject of mutual interest, our feline friends. The Sunday Cat! has appeared each Sunday, except for a brief interruption in September, 2016, since Anton AK started the thread at DPReview on 23 September 2007. Successive thread managers have been John King, Warriormouse, Robert J, Coldamus, Robert J again (with an assist by StanTsui) and since September 2016, former lurker, me. When DPReview was threatened with closure in March 2023, the last regular Sunday Cat! there was hosted on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! found refuge here on 9 April 2023, making this week our third anniversary here! 😀

Bird Watching Kitty of the Week!

Micio, reminding us that kitties are avid bird watchers, and that we should monitor their activities when they do.

~~Image by @NCV

As said by Warriormouse, "Photos can be more than just art, they can be memories, so come share your pictures and stories of your feline companions with us."

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Last week's purrs, #963 / DPRv #155 / Sunday Cats! #55

Thread Manager's Corner:
It was a quiet week leading up to our third anniversary. Maybe the kitties were watching the flight of Artemis II. :) I know I've been watching this evening, which delayed my post. While they were doing the manual flight testing I could see the commander using the Nikon D5, probably with the 80-400 lens. (It was definitely a large zoom lens!) Looking forward to seeing today's photos later. And of course kitty photos this week. :D

~~~ Kim

Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.

Getting back to Mr. Me. :)

This week along with Artemis, we have a kitty in flight!

When he was young, he would jump at this until exhausted.

When he got older, he tended to make his play session shorter.

And not as high. But it was fun to have these sessions with him and watch him fly!

Revisit Mr. Me week 6

Technical note, one of the things I like about the 12mm f/2 is the small size and light weight, making it easy to one hand camera and hold the toy at the same time. The focus clutch helps too because I could just set it and shoot.

Hi,

Paper: 1

Jack: 0

And Cali watching The Jack and Paper Show:

Stan

Amateur Photographer
Professional Electronics Development Engineer

A neighbourhood cat...

Hi,

Doris: 1

Paper: 0

Further bulletins as events warrant.

Stan

Amateur Photographer
Professional Electronics Development Engineer

It definitely looks like Jack lost that round!

There's nothing like a cardboard box fortress to watch the nonsense from! Mr. Me's box was named "Fort Mee". ;) I notice that it looks like Track 1 has a replacement ball now. Off to the races?

Is Doris showing Jack how it's really done?

Looks like a kitty on a mission! I like the white socks, like a tuxedo cat would have. There is a kitty that visits my yard but as soon as he sees me he's gone, and I seldom have a camera handy enough to get him.

Hi,

Yeah. Someone got the ball out of the original track. And, we have yet to find it. So we got them a new track and then just stuck another ball in the original one. Which doesn't fit and they have fun pulling that one out.

The latest play toy is that packing paper, of course. :)

Stan

Amateur Photographer
Professional Electronics Development Engineer

Stan,
About the cat ball in the track toy- what company makes it and what is its
name- I can't find it on Chewy's site.
thanks,
Joe

Hi,

Hmmm. I dunno. I tossed the label already.

The old one is 25 years old. Yet the local pet store had the same thing still. I mean exactly right down to the coiled cardboard scratcher insert. I expect one factory makes them all regardless of brand name.

Oh, and I figured out, from eyeballing the new ball closely, it is a somewhat sanded down golf ball. Well, I dont golf but this here farm was once used as a personal golf course and so I keep digging up -literally- golf balls. And one fit right into the old ball track.

I just ran a Chewy search for Cat Ball Track Scratcher and found this:

www.chewy.com/turbo-cat-scratcher-eco-toy-catnip/dp/1345726?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20032366012&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20024238363&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V37kNUkq1ybw43s0_tQSpsNR&gclid=CjwKCAjwnN3OBhA8EiwAfpTYeikl9Jr4m5t8vuW2b0kX0nQm3P4tsOT92cdPwC9w91aCoSMjvBt4JBoCaIIQAvD_BwE

Not the same brand, but looks like the same thing to me.

Stan

Amateur Photographer
Professional Electronics Development Engineer