Buddy, the cat, has a kitchen stool at the side door in the back entry. He would spend hours window shopping for a snack - will it be that big blue jay today? Anyway, for the past several weeks, he won't even go near the stool - he's freaked. I wonder if a larger bird hit the window and scared him. I put feed out everyday and haven't seen any dead birds.
Made me feel badly enough for him that I went so far as sprinkling a bit of catnip on the upholstered seat - no way.

He sits on his little blue stool in the kitchen and watches from there.

Any ideas, anyone?