Our initial data gathering process for the second phase of data collection is progressing and we are currently preparing for a major push with regards to the locations that we are using. At the first of these sites we are seeing interaction with the lures as evidenced from examples such as the recent one shown left (in this example the lure is immediately to the left of the Timms trap, wih the solar panel clearly in view). Where-as we previously were questioning the ability of the Timms trap to activate this have proven to not be the case at this location as we have seen several activations with the trap being sprung, three of which have occurred at the sound lure location and one at the non sound lure location. Again we do not wish to pre-empt the data being collected but we are seeing a pattern that appears to be repeating itself as shown elsewhere in testing where there is heightened activitiy with the sound lure location, including possums interacting directly with the speaker or the lure.
This includes the barn instance previously shown here where a brush tailed possum active in the area has gone into a barn location where a sound lure has been activating indoors, inspected the lure and then activated a Timms possum trap.
We are also running lure trials focussing on stoats, with the help of Bryan and our friends at Feral Control, which is being conducted with units supplied and funded by Fonterra.
We are awaiting these results but we have already had evidence of significant possum activity targetting the units as they have been discharging noise. This compliments the work that we have done at numerous locations as brush tailed possums have approached the boxes, interacted with them including setting them off and attempting to enter them etc.
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