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It being their first Spring my 2 kittens, Shiva and Tempe, have discovered a new playground.
They have been prowling on the roof.
That’s a good thing as far as my wife and I are concerned.
Rats use low hanging branches to get to the roof of my old house, so they are earning their keep.
![shiva_birdhouse4](https://new.peterphun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shiva_birdhouse4.jpg)
It’s too bad they only patrol during the day.
Since I lost Max to a coyote, I don’t leave Shiva and Tempe outside after dark.
The elusive picture I seek is one of either Shiva or Tempe near the bird’s nest and the little finch all in the same frame.
It is going to take a lot of patience and maybe some good old fashion ingenuity.
There’s not a whole lot of room up there for a camera.
![bird1](https://new.peterphun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bird1.jpg)
When the birds enter and leave the nest they sometimes momentarily rest on the hose for the drip system that I have for planters which I need to replace.
I’d like to place a 6-foot ladder next to the eaves and mount my camera there and trigger it remotely via a radio slave.
But a ladder would put the birds in jeopardy because Shiva and Tempe are good jumpers.
All these images were made on my 80-200 zoom with Canon 40D.