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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 16:31:22 GMT
OUR squirrels loot the bird feeder - despite an inverted SS bowl at the base. They jump out of the trees. Next step: barbed wire. Or just add some chili pepper. Supposedly birds lack the receptors for perceiving the hotness of chili's and will pig out, whereas squirrels do have the receptors and will freak out and leave the seed alone. Yes you are right. Birds do not have the sensory neurons/taste receptors. They are insensitive to the Capsaicin, since they lack the TRP vanilloid ion channels(if I am remembering correctly). But I would advice against this. Having worked with organizations like WHO and WWF etc, these methods may develop an instinct response to seeds of either a particular type or seeds presented in a similar fashion. Thus, source of seeds would be limited and the natural ecosystem would be drastically effected. My advice? Why not let the squirrels share? It's most probable they are unable to find seeds elsewhere, since squirrels are of cautious, careful nature and tend not to mix well with either their own species or others. Greedy little hoarders they are!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 16:36:00 GMT
I am sorry if it seems I am trying to show off or being a bit strict or melodramatic, but you wouldn't believe the amount of species just waiting to be extinct right now.
The Africam Black Rhino, the best example of genetic variation and evolution in a species, became extinct even though all the organizations have been trying very hard to preserve them. Apparently, the last ones in an open nature reserve were shot down for 'TARGET PRACTICE'
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 5:58:29 GMT
It has been a hot dry summer with a huge gypsy moth population. In turn, lots of critters. neighboring outdoor cats can't begin to decrease the rodents. Lots of chipmunks and some huge gray squirrels. More than that, quite a flock of Goldfinches have been ripping the sunflowers to shreds. Chipmunks or a squirrel tasting tomatoes. A calico from a few houses over patrols our brooks. Watching it all is a hawk family, year after year. They have spent a lot of time near to home this season. A neighbor said they almost lost a small dog and there was some denial. A roommate caught one perched on one of the bullet smokers, overlooking a very dry brook. Shot from the house forty feet away through a screen. Caught on their phone. The smoker is 18" in diameter. The same fellow had looked up one day and said "turkey buzzard". Hawk I said. Then after getting the photo, "did you see the eagle on the smoker?". Hawk I said. Attachments:
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