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Published: 2007-10-07 05:24:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1424; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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Description I don't usually upload cat pictures. But wanted to show you what I'm up against, everytime I go outside to photograph birds in my garden. I'll be out there, snapping away, then all of a sudden the birds disappear. I wait, and wait, and wait - and they don't come back. Finally I get up to move inside, and there is my cat - birdwatching - without a camera. I don't think she has good intentions either. She's 1.8 metres up on top of the fenceline separating my property with another, and she controls this border very seriously!

Fortunately she's pretty old now and doesn't catch many things anymore
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Comments: 106

carterr In reply to ??? [2007-10-08 02:55:36 +0000 UTC]

yes - birds are much more intelligent that we take them for

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marksda1 In reply to carterr [2007-10-22 04:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Despite the term "bird brain" apparently!

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carterr In reply to marksda1 [2007-10-22 04:15:06 +0000 UTC]

Yep

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NiraGonzalez [2007-10-07 22:39:03 +0000 UTC]

genial!

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carterr In reply to NiraGonzalez [2007-10-08 02:54:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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thrumyeye In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 22:09:33 +0000 UTC]

Such a beauty and she doesn't look old to me at all!

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carterr In reply to thrumyeye [2007-10-08 02:54:46 +0000 UTC]

No - she does't look old, but last visit to the vet and I was told she's now geriatric. 12yo

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thrumyeye In reply to carterr [2007-10-17 19:06:19 +0000 UTC]

Well.......she might have another 45 (in catyears ) to go....

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carterr In reply to thrumyeye [2007-10-18 21:19:55 +0000 UTC]

I hope so

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theshinyrock In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 20:27:30 +0000 UTC]

nice cat

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carterr In reply to theshinyrock [2007-10-08 02:54:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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theshinyrock In reply to carterr [2007-10-08 06:58:42 +0000 UTC]

np

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Cryptographic [2007-10-07 19:40:55 +0000 UTC]

what a beautiful cat is that...

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carterr In reply to Cryptographic [2007-10-08 02:53:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you - I've told her you said that

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Windsfantasy [2007-10-07 19:28:29 +0000 UTC]

Amazing capture!!!

I love the way you captured it, and the title really matches the motive!

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carterr In reply to Windsfantasy [2007-10-08 02:53:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Windsfantasy In reply to carterr [2007-10-08 09:22:08 +0000 UTC]

Any time!

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Blue-Cherokee In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 18:41:46 +0000 UTC]

She looks like my best friends cant Jasmine
Beautiful shot

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carterr In reply to Blue-Cherokee [2007-10-08 02:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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KirlianCamera In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 17:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh a russian blue of some sort! her face is not as round as a russian blue!! but I love this colour

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carterr In reply to KirlianCamera [2007-10-08 02:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Burmese Blue - when she was a kitten - she was silver and absolutely gorgeous

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KirlianCamera In reply to carterr [2007-10-08 09:28:47 +0000 UTC]

i must get one of those lol

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carterr In reply to KirlianCamera [2007-10-08 09:29:14 +0000 UTC]

Yep

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Foozma73 [2007-10-07 16:41:57 +0000 UTC]

I love the tone of this shot.

It gives a foreboding feel, much like I imagine you feel when you go out to shoot photos of birds.... and he's there, trying to thwart your mission.

Nice work!

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carterr In reply to Foozma73 [2007-10-08 02:52:17 +0000 UTC]

yep - very much so trying to thwart my mission - and it's a talkative cat, but she didn't evenn meow to let me know she was there - thats how I know she didn't have good intentions

Cheers
Robyn

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Sontine [2007-10-07 15:03:56 +0000 UTC]

Pretty cat

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carterr In reply to Sontine [2007-10-08 02:51:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Sontine In reply to carterr [2007-10-11 03:39:13 +0000 UTC]

yw

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Aoteroa In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 13:38:07 +0000 UTC]

great pose! very intimadating(sp?)

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carterr In reply to Aoteroa [2007-10-08 02:50:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Zatona In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 11:48:02 +0000 UTC]

thanks, i like the detail of the back and tails.

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carterr In reply to Zatona [2007-10-08 02:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks - she's an attractive cat

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eskimoblueboy In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 11:19:50 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful cat. At the farm, there were border patrol cats that guarded the fence rows.

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carterr In reply to eskimoblueboy [2007-10-08 02:57:36 +0000 UTC]

LOL - I have two burmese - they both do border control, but this one take her job more seriously

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davincipoppalag In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 10:39:55 +0000 UTC]

She's still beautiful!

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carterr In reply to davincipoppalag [2007-10-07 10:52:55 +0000 UTC]

lol - I guess so LOL - except when she scratches the carpet

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davincipoppalag In reply to carterr [2007-10-07 11:12:14 +0000 UTC]

my boys do that.. and the love seat..they have pretty much ruined both

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carterr In reply to davincipoppalag [2007-10-08 02:58:04 +0000 UTC]

I don't have a love seat - so they can't ruin that one

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davincipoppalag In reply to carterr [2007-10-08 08:42:57 +0000 UTC]

Hahah. lol

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carterr In reply to davincipoppalag [2007-10-08 09:24:59 +0000 UTC]

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Sun-Seeker In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 09:02:20 +0000 UTC]

we got a russian blue.... get the hose and remove her from her perch.. she'll get the idea

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carterr In reply to Sun-Seeker [2007-10-07 09:30:02 +0000 UTC]

they hate water LOL - I couldn'mt brng myself to do that LOL

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kkool In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 07:34:09 +0000 UTC]

you have a very pretty cat

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carterr In reply to kkool [2007-10-07 07:48:43 +0000 UTC]

She's a pain !!! She's one of the most inteligent cats I've ever owned. That means she's learnt to open doors, worked out how to unlock cat doors, learnt to open an aviary and eat all the quails, and sit quietly on the fence without lett me know she's there and thus scare away all the birds.

But she's very affectionate, and very talkative. She's a Blue burmese.

Cheers
Robyn

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kkool In reply to carterr [2007-10-07 07:55:52 +0000 UTC]

holy crap she's very smart and naughty, but still cute

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carterr In reply to kkool [2007-10-07 07:59:50 +0000 UTC]

yep - and worse still - i have anoher one - a Seal Burmese. She's not that smart - she's talkative and tends to smooch everyone to death. She's funny though - doesn'nt like me singing. Line one of the song and she's sitting up from a deep sleep, line two and she's on my knee with her head over my mouth trying to shut me up LOL

Cheers
Robyn

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kkool In reply to carterr [2007-10-07 10:14:44 +0000 UTC]

Now thats funny, maybe she wants to join in the chorus

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kkool In reply to kkool [2007-10-08 08:35:12 +0000 UTC]

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carterr In reply to kkool [2007-10-07 10:32:33 +0000 UTC]

definitely not - not when she actually puts her head in my mouth sometimes LOL

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icemother [2007-10-07 07:24:29 +0000 UTC]

I don't normally fave cat pictures.. but this one I will... Classic pose and I like it..

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