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[Rookie (Rodney)]

The victorius ITB football team, all shattered, up in Glasgow.. after defeating the Jocks 26-5!

[Poppet7]

Cock and hen Goldfinches on my lawn.

When I was young I used to catch goldfinches using homemade mist nets or bird lime.

Bird lime is a sticky substance and its real use was to spread on newspaper to catch mice and rats by getting them so clogged up that they couldn't move. If you tried to catch a bird like that, you would kill it, so I would spread the lime onto a bristle pulled from a yard-brush, and then place it where the bird's wing would touch it when it took off.

The object of the exorcise was not to stick the bird to the bristle, but the bristle to the bird. It was just enough to prevent it from flying.

I always caught birds in the middle of winter, when they were desperate for food. They became tame so quickly then, after a couple of weeks, you could release them, and they wouldn't fly away. They would sit on the top of the aviary until you let them back in.

British finches are protected now, you are not allowed to take them from the wild, (and rightly so)

V. Cute!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Cock and hen Goldfinches on my lawn.

When I was young I used to catch goldfinches using homemade mist nets or bird lime.

Bird lime is a sticky substance and its real use was to spread on newspaper to catch mice and rats by getting them so clogged up that they couldn't move. If you tried to catch a bird like that, you would kill it, so I would spread the lime onto a bristle pulled from a yard-brush, and then place it where the bird's wing would touch it when it took off.

The object of the exorcise was not to stick the bird to the bristle, but the bristle to the bird. It was just enough to prevent it from flying.

I always caught birds in the middle of winter, when they were desperate for food. They became tame so quickly then, after a couple of weeks, you could release them, and they wouldn't fly away. They would sit on the top of the aviary until you let them back in.

British finches are protected now, you are not allowed to take them from the wild, (and rightly so)

V. Cute!

It is indeed, very interesting (seriously!)

[TightEnd]

A liger......lion male mates with female tiger...produces a 12 ft long monster...

[Poppet7]

My gorgeous mummy!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

My Wonderful Woof

[Poppet7]

omg rookie, your pooch is adorable!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

I know, sadly i don't see her as much anymore as she lives with Dad's GF 

[Ginger]

My lovely Charlie, who is actually quite huge for a cat!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

grrrrrr Cats! 

[Ginger]

grrrrrr Cats! 

Watch it! I've got another 3 and looooooooooads of piccies of them!

[Poppet7]

grrrrrr Cats! 

Cats Rule!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

I hate the buggars, they look cute etc but i could never have one, or want one.

[Poppet7]

Post them please Jane, I love cats

[Wardonkey]

Great pics.

Ihave an old one that I want to post, but I'm having problems reducing the file size. I've shrunk it several times in paint but it still won't go. Any ideas?