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30-04-2008, 05:34 PM   #1

Rover is a Labrador!


His Nibs caught his first bird today. I take the accusations that he's rubbish at catching birds back. However, he hasn't a clue what to do with them once he's caught them. I watched him changing his grip on the bird, watched the starling get more and more bored and finally managed to convince Rover to give over. The bird was fine, not a scratch and just a few missing feathers. It even perched on my finger for a bit to straighten some of the mussed feathers before flying off in a huff. Rover the soft-mouthed bird-cat. ^^
He's such a flannel softie (but don't tell him I said so, he's still convinced he's the king of the jungle and very dangerous...)

Himself, perched:



Two minutes later:



And this is about all I see when I let him out...:




Report on the move to follow. ^^



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30-04-2008, 06:02 PM   #2

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Brilliant pictures Rover's disappearing rear end is a priceless pic



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30-04-2008, 06:40 PM   #3

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Good thing he didn't try to eat the starling - I have read that they taste bad, although I have no idea how the person who wrote the article knew that!

Great pictures of the bird-cat!!!



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30-04-2008, 06:43 PM   #4

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Super pics!!



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30-04-2008, 07:13 PM   #5

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Great pics of Rover!



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30-04-2008, 07:40 PM   #6

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Great pics, great to see you back!



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30-04-2008, 07:41 PM   #7

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


Fantastic update and pics. Bernie is a useless bird catcher too.



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30-04-2008, 08:00 PM   #8

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


He just wanted to make friends with the starling!!!Lovely pictures...



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03-05-2008, 12:54 PM   #9

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


His "friends" the starlings are now keeping a safe distance. ^^.
Have to keep an eye out in a month or so - some of them are nesting under the panes of the roof. I can hear the chicks. ^^ Shouldn't be too much of a problem, though.



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03-05-2008, 04:02 PM   #10

Re: Rover is a Labrador!


That noise I heard when I first read this post was Sultan up at the bridge tsking! He always did his birds with one bite apparently; whenever I took them away from him (with much difficulty.. ) they were as dead as the proverbial doornail.....



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