These images and the resulting capture have occurred in the first days of our new phase of testing. As part of this process at one of the data gathering locations the sound lure has been placed next to a Timms trap, inside a barn, where there has been possum activity noted with the possums entering the barn. In this instance there was initial activity prior to these activations from a possum which entered the barn and investigated the set up, which occurred at 9:40pm-10:00pm, during this time the sound lure was activating repeatedly and the possum remained in the vicinity of the lure. Another series of activations occurred at 1:47am. This time the interactions between a brush tailed possum and the unit was more detailed and obvious, in the above picture the possum can be clearly seen sniffing the speaker, before inspecting the unit itself in the picture below.
The unit continues to activate and the possum then circles around the set up, before interacting with and activating the Timms possum trap, in a text book capture.
The other incident that is relevant is that other creatures are already showing indications that the auido track playing is proving of interest to them. While the current audio tracks in use are focussed on brush tailed possums in terms of output there have been instances here in the barn location of cats showing an interest in what is happening and investigating the sound. This is also occurring as feral cats have been scenting the rat box and investigating the set up location (this audio has been featuring rat and rat related noises).
Left: The cat can be clearly seen entering the frame on the left of the picture in a stance that shows interest.
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