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Bird Feeder
Maybe this Idea really belongs elsewhere, but for now this place seems good enough | |
(I thought this was going into "product/general" not
"other/general")
Anyone wanting to feed birds has a problem with
squirrels.
But it seems to me that evolution solved that problem
long
ago (since squirrels nest in trees, and so do many birds),
and all we really need do is pay attention.
Many
"herbivorous" mammals will deign to eat high-
quality
protein when it is available. Squirrels are considered to
be
rodents, and I think we all know that rats eat eggs. So
what do birds do about that?
I think, but am not sure, that the parent birds will sit on
eggs until the insides become more bird-like than yolk-
like.
This may be enough to deter squirrels. In a bird feeder,
this would translate as a kind of automatic "bird" that
would peck at intruding squirrels. I dunno if this is the
answer. It may only be an answer....
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Some birds are carnivorous; many rodents are omnivorous scavengers, of which rats are a prime example - squirrels are no more than bushy-tailed tree rats. |
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Mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy ... |
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It could power itself by gradually metabolising the food in the
bird-feeder. If the bird feeder is not kept well topped up, this
device may lash out in annoyance at passing humans. |
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