There is a small pond in a park that has this odd contraption extending over the water on a study metal pole. It seems to have a small solar cell attached.
Any idea what it is? I am having a hard time posting from my phone, but i believe there are a few more pictures of it in that album if anyone can figure out how to access the contents.
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My guess would be some sort of automatic fish feeder.
Looks like a frog box to me.
An electric frog box.
or a blackfly trap.
Does it dispense fish food?
A frog box? Like a box to keep frogs?
It has no holes that could allow for food, frogs, or insects to enter or exit without having a key. As it is directly in the sun in temperatures up to 100F I do not think (as in I hope) anything alive could be in there.
This shows it is too far for a person to reach from the dock http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/RachelRhubarb/20121021_133958.jpg and the bar does not swing.
This is the album. Photobucket | Make your memories fun! I will try to upload more pictures if wanted.
Perhaps it holds alcohol.
It may dispense food to attract fish to the dock or pier.
Maybe some kind of insect trap. The little slanted thing that looks like a solar panel on the side could be a place they enter.
Either that or it’s a frog trap and the frogs are supposed to be lured in by the pictures of happy frogs on the sides.
They make solar powered automatic fish feeders. I’ve never seen one that looks like this, though.
This one is similar.
Oddly alcohol was not involved in that, and I never got my coupon for compensation from getting a glass shower.
So as many say it looks like a feeder, where does the food exit? The bottom is solid.
Unrelated question- what brand of vehicle is in that picture linked above?
These apparently blow the food out the side.
It’s a small pic but looks like a Buick Enclave to me?
Here is another Solar Fish Feeder, same model as the one in the OP.
Nice find, newme. Sweeney.
Props, newme.
Thank you so much! That has been bugging me for weeks. The Dope wins again.
