[The links here are to pictures from the gallery of pictures from today.]
Today was the day to make traps to catch birds. What we had to make were “funnel traps” Basically, picture a bird feeder in a wire mesh cage. The cage has some “funnel” shaped entrances.
The idea is that it’s easy to get in, but hard to get out. Not really a “trap” per se, just some kind of probabilistic thing that on average contains more birds as time goes on.
So, we got some hardware cloth (chicken wire with small gaps) and other stuff at the hardware store. We had to cart this back to campus–the bike came in handy, but we got some funny looks.
We set out to make the cages and the funnels. It all came together pretty well, I think.
But, cut hardware cloth has a lot of pointy bits. It looks like I’ve been attacked by an angry cat.
Kat’s plan this week is basically to do everything she can to get some birds. Keith gets back next week, and she’ll definitely have something to say.
May 17th, 2006 at 12:11 am
… just some kind of probabilistic thing that on average contains more birds as time goes on ….
That phrase made my day.
May 17th, 2006 at 9:12 am
I thought about working in the word “stochastic”, but I decided that would have been geeky.
May 17th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
definitely geeky.
May 21st, 2006 at 10:22 am
Get a pellet gun already!