Pine Martin feeding.

[FUDGEY]

Thanks for that info Woodman very interesting that they are doing it pretty local to me. I knew there was a population at Glentrool and coincidently I was planning a drive over that way as there is a cottage there where the owners used to feed them. I am going to see if they still live there & if they do if they'd let me photograph them if they still visit. Once again thanks mate

[muldonach]

Originally Posted by Geociao2011

Hello, I have a couple of questions regarding Pine Martins. We occasionally have them in our garden and have heard that they like peanut butter (someone has to).
The peanut butter we smear onto a log in the evening is completely gone each morning, licked clean I think, as there is no trace. I was wondering if anyone knows of another garden visitor who may be eating the peanut butter, we have Red Squirrels throughout every day.
Also, is there anything else we could put out for Pine Martins to eat?

Any response welcome.

From memory both Mike Tomkies and Lea MacNally noted a remarkable affinity for raspberry jam

Cheers
mac

[bigdave60dog]

I did go to the Nevis area Yesterday. Friends and relatives that I spoke to are convinced that Pine Martens can`t resist Peanut Butter. Those that want to attract them ( not everyone does) seem to use that with great success. I suppose that they are intelligent animals and have learnt that this is a "safe,free food". In other areas they may enjoy other foods. I was in Pitlochry last year watching a Pine Marten eating breakfast scraps from a bird table close to my window. Apparently he came daily.
It seems that the old, mixed woods with lichen on the twigs are favoured in those areas. I have often watched the Crested Tits in these trees and often wondered at their immaculate camouflage as little bits of Grey Lichen on branches-that is what the crest is all about-. I have often wondered why they have evolved to be camouflaged from below. I was only thinking of aerial predators but maybe Pine Martens are there in equation as well.
Dave