{"id":12299,"date":"2015-03-30T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12299"},"modified":"2015-03-30T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:03:19","slug":"automated-raspberry-pi-squirrel-feeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12299","title":{"rendered":"Automated Raspberry Pi squirrel feeder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blogger ‘ulfster’ decided he wanted to be kind to the wildlife in his garden. He has some squirrels that come into the garden but they were a little skittish around him when he tried to feed them. So, he struck upon the idea of building an automated feeder. He made up a box and placed a Pi inside which controls a servo motor which deals with the release of a nut. All he had to do was wait until a squirrel came in to see if it worked. You can see from the video below that he was successful! Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n