feral?

Probably so. His water container was on the sidewalk and he approached it cautiously from a nearby field. I was in my car, so this is a somewhat long shot, but he still gave me "the look." He looks healthy.

I've noticed that most feral cats in this community are all-black. I suppose started small years ago and now there's a huge clan of them.

I have to stay away from them, since I'm a glutton for taking care of the 'lost' and could easily end up providing food and water for any feral that came at all near... My black cat had feral parents (the adoption involved subterfuge), but there's a place in LA where someone feeds about 50 feral cats and you see all varieties, even Persians.

Oh, I've fed two strays. One was only semi-feral, the other I'm sure belonged to someone in the past. Each disappeared after a few months, which was kind of sad. The semi-feral one I had to nurse back to health, he was in terrible shape. But, I would never feed a whole bunch of them, I would go crazy!. One every year or two would be fine, but my real cat - also black - got annoyed when they got too familiar.

My 'family' album, most are ones that have in the past or do live with me, but a few of the others: www.ipernity.com/doc/donbrr/album/714571

oh my, that look! definitely feral, can't even enjoy it's water without being on the lookout. my favorite feral colony is at the stadium here in Portland. it's been around for a very long time:

"Most Timbers fans may not realize that Providence Park has a creek running just feet below the stadium floor, Tanner Creek, which was rerouted by the City of Portland to allow development of the area. Another unique feature of the park is the feral cat colony that lives in the bowels of the park, a holdover for many years. Many strays found the caverns a perfect place to find food without being bothered, and after a construction worker killed a feral cat during the 2001 stadium upgrade, the team and Portland’s own Feral Cat Coalition set up a program to keep the cats onsite with a food and water station. It’s a rare treat for many Timbers employees to see one of the ferals wandering about or catching some sun rays on a non-game day."

i have yet to see any of them, but have known about them for quite a while. maybe some day i'll get lucky and be able to photograph them.

saw your photo in 'naturey crap - crappy nature'

Interesting! There is a feral colony next to our Wendy's and people leave food for them. Employees built a little feeding hut. Unfortunately, the city put up a high fence and a sign to say that it was against the law to feed feral cats. If they're going to go to all that trouble, why not trap and neuter them, as well? That solves the feral cat problem in a much more humane way! Anyway, people (including my grandchildren and I) still toss food through the fence.