Interacting with local nature can be very fun. Over on Instructables Hey Jude in Living put together a build a nice little home for squirrels that also serves as a squirrel observation opportunity:
So, dear remaining readers, as someone who is also up for some squirrel shenanigans, welcome, and this Instructable was a fun way to entice squirrels to nest. I have not got there just yet, but signals look promising, so I remain hopeful. It should also be said, perhaps do not do this if you are worried about squirrels running amuck in your attic or suchlike, and indeed, I give a freestanding variation on this later on. They are basically very entertaining rats with more fluff, so perhaps don’t encourage them to set up home near where you might regret it.
This guide is more where I got to in making a place that will invite squirrels, whilst also enabling filming, and indeed, making the film gear ‘squirrel proof’ (ie protecting cameras and cables from sharp teeth, and a tendency for squirrels to wanna gnaw stuff at random!!).
This project remind us of the IoT Bird Feeder project in the Adafruit Learning System created by the Ruiz Brothers and Liz Clark – put down the binoculars and watch the birds on your feeder from anywhere in the world with this project.
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