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The Muppets must be the biggest family in the world, no matter where you go or stay there is always a family of them

What is the best way to power them if you don't have a mains power supply in your loft

Try before you buy surely

I think if you read my posts you will find I know a fair bit about birds of prey and breeding them, yes eagle owls are powerful birds and I am sure there will be the odd attack but like any other bird of prey it is free to attack anything it considers food, just like the perigrines and sparrow hawks attacking our birds, yet little concern is shown when that happens so why just the concern for pet cats and dogs, maybe they will clean up the feral cats and stray dogs that the council charge us rates for. :-/ :-/ :-/

Would released ones survive if they had previous contact with humans, would we not have to let a pair nest and raise young themselves so that they were truly wild and then native to this country rather than labelled as captive bred birds :-/

As long as he declares he is a dealer, then we know the score and if we have some we want to off load whether it be free or at a cost then his service might be welcomed. The phrase "loft clearances" sounds like he is a dealer to me, maybe wrong :-/ :-/ :-/

No matter how many you breed and release if we don't make arrangements to protect them it may be a waste of time if they are culled by other groups:-/

I am sure they will campaign for their own interests the same as we will, looks like they are trying to frighten the public "attacking babies in prams" and the farming community "attacking lambs" maybe we should raise funding to subsidise the protection of nesting sites :-/

You will find that with the bigger species of predators, basically predators on hunt to feed, if the were living on sparrows they would have to kill quite a few to survive but as they tend to hunt bigger prey they need less kills. Totally different when they are rearing young as they not only have themselves to feed but maybe their partner as well :-/

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But a cracking bird just the same :)

School Excuses The following are excuse notes from parents (including original spellings) collected by the University of Texas: They were collected from Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Mississippi. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot. Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,and also 33. Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating. Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side. Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels. (Squirts) Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover. Please excuse Burma, she has been sick and under the doctor. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache, and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother a low grade fever and ached allover. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night. And the best one... Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was not his fault

I will phone him again tomorrow and if no joy as a last resort I will report the bird

Congratulations Racer, good thing about grandchildren you can give them back :)

So secretaries don't wing stamp other members birds, he did seem a bit vague on the phone :-/

Free membership to The Campaign ;D ;D ;D

Yep, just like that but better ;D ;D ;D

You can bearly see the head for the hood of feathers on our Jacobins, sorry no pics :-/

Capuchines are not as big as racers :-/

Spoke to the guy on the phone whos number was stamped on the wing, he claims he is only the secretary and does not know the owner, I have never heard from him again. Is this a usual occurance for a secretary of a club to wing stamp another members birds yet not know the owner :-/

Owner coming to pick it up Monday lunchtime on his way back from Edinburgh, any more from the Aberdeen area needing picked up I am sure he would oblige

Maybe they were crosses :-/

As long as you mind the interest, and deduct the capital gains tax

Well done, great flying for an 11 year old