Go Green: Let Nightowls Eat with the Solar Birdhouse
Tweet tweet – no, this isn’t a post about Twitter nor is it one about transportation – but we have a “Go Green” category on Automopedia and darn it – we’re gonna use it! There’s a Dutch design firm, called Ooms (think Omnom) that figures night owls & night hawks at the diner need a good dinner, even if they can’t see. With this, a new solar powered birdhouse is being marketed. But why does a bird need solar power? We will explain.
A small solar panel attached to the top of these Dutch bird homes powers a light – but it’s not a light for the winged creatures. It attracts bugs to the perimeter, pretty much delivering them up like Domino’s Pizza. Light draws the bugs near and the birds pop their head out for a snack.
Will this trick mother nature? No telling whether evolution will figure out and learn to “walk away” from the light, or whether this will somehow teach baby birds not to forage on their own. You can find the Ooms birdhouse online: they measures 18 X 9 X 9 cm and retail for 70 Euro.
via treehugger.com
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