Squirrel Feeder

Squirrel-activated cameras in testing a way to feed red squirrels without the grey ones stealing all their nuts.

Friday, September 23, 2005

Squirrel feeder PHOTOS!

At last; 2 squirrel feeders are up and running taking automatic squirrel photos. They may be a little erratic and require some fine tuning so that they actually work all week between photo-downloads, but here are some examples of what they produce when they decide to work:

# posted by henry @ 8:55 am

Comments:

What size mesh have you used to exclude greys but not reds? thanks, Jason

# posted by  Jason : 10:14 am

 

40mm x 42mm. The mesh was built to order but I'd be interested to see standard mesh used to create this gap size by overlapping two adjacent sheets.

# posted by  henry : 11:28 am

 

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Henry Dobson

Testing a revolutionary size-selective squirrel feeder that could help red squirrels to resist the grey squirrel invasion. Research carried out as an Honours project in zoology at the University of Glasgow

All images copyright Henry Dobson excepting those taken in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve as part of an ongoing 3 year research project, copyright Veronica Carnell.

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