Well .... I finally made my way over to Barb's and the situation is as dire as ever. I was hoping to find socialized and friendly kittens to find homes for ..... but sadly the kitties born under her couch now live inside her home and are as feral as the rest of her group. She still has alot of kittens outside that must have been too small for Ian and I to find when we did our sweep .... but after about ten weeks (the point of no return for ferals) .... there is little hope of socializing them. I tried to catch a few of them (scratching the heck out of my legs) ... but those little stinkers are fast. I now realize I must invest in some traps .... and when my schedule permits ..... catch as many as possible .... and TNR!!! Connor and I are making a few extra shelters and I plan on taking Barb to a workshop this fall on winterizing your feral cat colony.

Connor's Eagle project is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. Friday we will be making two permanent shelters and ten portable shelters. Saturday we will make the journey to the north side of Chicago to the Tree House Humane Society (Tree House Humane Society - Chicago No-kill Cat Adoption Shelter). We will then clean up their parking lot .... plant Hosta's for the kitties ... and leave the shelters for their many colonies.