A boy and his bird...

But his bird is not a toy - it is actually a hand made feather and texture structure which we are going to trial as an enticement (into a trap) for the Bengal cat roaming our property.

[Peter H]

A slightly scary image...

[Margo]

Clever!!

[Wylie]

good luck, I hope its not a VERY large Bengal feline!

[Taffy]

Hope this works!

[Casablanca]

Oh my, good luck with that!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oooh I hope you catch it - cats are one of the biggest threats our wildlife face!

[Rob Z]

@peadar Hi Peter - that cat is really scary! - I'd so love to catch it!

[Rob Z]

@777margo Thanks Margo - if I ever manage to catch it I'll let you know.

[Rob Z]

@pusspup LOL - now that would be scary!

[Rob Z]

@taffy Hi again Taffy - I'm not very confident - it walked all around that cage, and the chickeninside, but didn't look like going in. And apparently cats don't take baits very well. ( I know baits are an extreme measure but I'm afraid we'd use them if we thought it would get rid of this thing) The fake bird is a suggestion which works on the true nature of Bengal cats - predation. We'll keep our fingers crossed and let you know if we catch it. :)

[Rob Z]

@casablanca Thanks Casablanca - I think we might need it. :)

[Rob Z]

@koalagardens I'm not going to give up Katrina - even if we have to pay somebody to come for a few nights and try to shoot it. :)

[Jane Pittenger]

Good luck and I sure can see why you’d consider hiring a cat assassin

[Graeme Stevens]

great shadow

[Shutterbug]

Egads. A zoo animal in your backyard. Good luck getting it trapped. Then what do you do with it?

[Fr1da]

A trap is a good idea. Hope you catch it soon !

[Jane Anderson]

I like the shadow in this. Having a tiger on our property has never been a problem! I read about one in a book, "The Life of Pi", though.

[Margaret Brown]

Good look with that, cats are very contrary!

[Rob Z]

@graemestevens Thanks Graeme - I hope the cat likes it too. :

[Rob Z]

@shutterbug49 Hi Shutterbug - LOL it is nearly as bad as a zoo animal. I'm afraid it might not be going home if we catch it.....

[Rob Z]

@fr1da Thanks Frida - we've known he owned it for a while but we've only just started putting out cameras. This explains why our bird numbers have dropped so much. I really want to catch it! :)

[Rob Z]

@janeandcharlie LOL Jane - this is one tiger I really want to get rid of! :)

[Rob Z]

@craftymeg Sigh - that's what I'm afraid of. If we can get more date stamped photos of it on our property I might be able to go to the council. You have to have a licence to own one and I think allowing it to roam contradicts the conditions of the licence. Cheers Rob