The purpose of playing those sound on the roof and at the entrance hole are just for you to announce that you house is ready to be tenanted.
There will be lots of birds circling above your new BH and all in all they were attracted by those beautiful melodies that you are playing.
What happen in the next few days will be very crucial.
These wild birds will normally do a kind of inspection of your house.
They will normally enter firstly the roving area and out they go.
They will do that until they are very sure that the place is save and conducive to be called as a home.
If the house is not to their liking, they will stay away and perhaps choose another one that is better then yours.
This is the very reason why many experience BH owner will ensure that their BH is in a very perfect condition before opening those external birdcall sound.
The house temperature is the number one, then the brightness (be dim), the humidity and of cause those smell.
It will be very nice if those internal sounds are making them feel very comfortable as if there are already young birds and many others in the new house.
From my personal observations, the final result is the number of birds that enter your house in late evening and stays in. They will be the one that will determine if your house will be tenanted or not.
Again one night stay might not be good enough. They will stay in to check the microhabitat at night and where is the safest area to put a night. In the event that your house is too hot or too dry or not safe to bring up a family, I am sure you can guess what happen next....
The best way to monitor your new BH health is actually to check the actual number of birds entering your house from say 7.00pm till say 8.00pm on a weekly basis.
Install a CCTV camera (DIY) where you can watch them flying in and make easy counting using a mechanical counter.
Keep a log book on the actual number of birds entered less those that have flew out and keep doing this on a regular basis.
You will get a very good idea on what is actually happening by practising this technique.
You might be able to use this technique to see if your aroma is working or if your recently installed gadget is chasing your tenant away. Or perhaps there is something that is not right after your last BH visit, say those tweeters are giving those squeeky sound !!!
The birdshit spots count might not be as accurate as the actual number of birds that entered your house everyday.
Birdshit spots tells you that there were birds that entered the house but how many of them you will not have any precise answer.
What happened when the same couple keep changing their preferred tweeter every night? They will automatically leave more birdshit spots all over.
Trust me and you will know why if you should follow what I have suggested.....
Just say a big thank you when you get what I was trying to tell you ....
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Yes! CCTV camera is the answer. Other than using it to monitor the number of birds coming in and going out, you can also use it to do a little bit of research work.
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