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a rope release.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1298a720.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="626" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ready to test!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_albums/squirrel/MVI_8642.AVI" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_album"><B>Click here to see the test video!</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>BUT - they would not come to where we had the colander set - they would go only to the area directly under the feeder as it had quite a bit of food.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We moved the launcher so that the colander was in that area, and redirected the flight to the woods to the right.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And we waited.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12a80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>10:10 a.m.,  June 30, 2007 , LIFTOFF</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_albums/squirrel/MVI_8651.AVI" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_album"><B>Click here to see the LIFTOFF video!</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>That was a red squirrel!</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_albums/squirrel/MVI_8659.AVI" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lrwma.com/bev-jim/photo_album"><B>Click here to see the launch of a gray squirrel!</B></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>