I got punked by a bird!

Was getting ready to leave Monday.

Was putting helmut on.
Thought I heard a cat?
Thought I heard Mary-Cat!
Then I  thought I  heard a cat fight in the distance.

Did one of my cats get out?

Dashed down driveway to look.
Nothing.

Only a bowerbird with half a sandwich surrounded by Indian Miner Birds.
Six or seven.

Thought I  head a cat again?

Realised Bowerbird was making cat noises at other birds to try and scare them away.

I have never felt more present in my surroundings.

Sometimes the bowerbirds replicate the noise my cats make scratching the wall near their litter trays.