Anybody know what this is?

[Dominic]

I was just processing some gopro footage from a recent trip through the forest, for a forthcoming blog.

The GoPro records in 10 minute chunks. I had just opened the second chunk. In this clip, we had parked by a Venetian bridge and gone to have a look, so there was not a lot to see on the gopro footage. However, I was puzzled because for some reason the gopro had put a little logo in the top right of the screen, or so I thought.

Of course, the goPro had done no such thing, and fast forwarding proved this. So what was the logo thing? Well I took a still from the video and have posted it below. I have enlarged the object I first mistook for a logo.

Is there any reason why a can such as this, with holes cut in the sides, should be hanging from a high up branch in the middle of the woods?

My guess is an insect trap.

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[PaphosAL]

What is the white rectangular object just above the ground on the younger tree left of frame and centre? Am I correct in saying that your mystery can is top right in your photo?

It could be a device to assist somebody with an air rifle to adjust / align their telescopic sight. But that's only a guess!

Cheers- AL

[JimX]

A Coke can?

[Dominic]

It certainly looks like a coke can to me, and yes, it is the thing in the top right. My question, is why is a coke can with it's sides partially stripped back, hanging high from a tree?

The thing on the left is just a sign.

[memory man]

That would be a difficult climb up the tree to attach the can.

[PaphosAL]

Thanks, Dom- but a sign saying what? Maybe it has some relevance to the nearby coke can dangling higher up nearby?

Just a thought, but could it be watering hole for small birds, I wonder? The peeled back sections allowing rain water to be collected in the can via the open holes, as well as providing perches for our little feathered friends...

Cheers- AL

[AndrewA]

It looks like a whirlybird bird scarer http://www.gapphotos.com/images/WebPrev ... 303599.jpg. The can sits on top of a cane and spins in the wind.(maybe a strong wind sent it up the tree).

[PaphosAL]

Maybe this whirlybird's spinning 'blades' were so efficient, it took off like a drone?

But why would anyone want to scare birds away in the middle of a forest? Or perhaps it descended from a local fruit farm, growing cherries, apricots and suchlike, with your strong wind theory?

Do localized tornadoes ever occur in the Paphos region? Cheers- AL