Your BH Is Hosting Too Many Bats !!!

They maybe cute but if they occupy your BH you might need to clear all of them.

I was on a chat with a newbie whose father passed away and he was given the task to manage his BH.

One of his biggest nightmare was the present of many bats inside the BH.

Well the first thing he asked was how to remove these bats.

Masai BH: Truely Amazing To See Them Returning Home To Roost !!!

They started to return home almost at 7:30 pm.

During the 5 days they were no where to be seen during day time except on a Thursday when the sky was with black clouds.

Initially I was not very convinced that there were about 600 plus birds inside this BH.

The only signs were those nests and nest markings on the nesting planks plus the fresh bird shits.

The owner cleaned the old shit and carried out some harvesting works just before I came to carry out the revamp operation.

On the second everning I waited for them to return.

I was hoping to see them just after the evening prayers call (7:15 pm)but nothing happen for about 15 minutes.

They started to show up and became heavy until 7:40 pm.

Once the clock hit 7:45 the number of birds started to trickle.

The number of birds was around 500-700.

I am hoping that the reduction of the LMB will attract more birds to join the crowd during every evening when the crowd ques to enter the hole.

This action I called it as bird's pulling birds.

Need to monitor this BH progress on a regular basis.

Ulu Tiram BH: Unwanted Visitors "Hornbills"

While taking pictures during a test run, a Hornbill couple stopped on the monkey house roof.

This is not welcome and I can assure you that when the number of birds staying inside is large enough the same couple will visit this BH on a frequent basis.

Main reason being to catch those swiftlet when they come closed to those tweeters.

The hornbill will feed on them or perhaps take home to feed their young one.

I am not very sure what to tell the BH owner to do but ........

The fate of the two black birds will be in the hand of the the BH owner.

I can only give in the pros and cons.

Test Run Of Ulu Tiram BH !!!

This was the test run conducted after the revamp operation was completed.

Not that bad especially when they came to attack those bazooka , hexagonal tweeter and the power tweeters.

You can also watch them flying in straight into the new entrance hole.

The old was half shut to allow the current tenants (2 nests) to enter using the old hole.

Looks okay but below my expectation.

The BH now operated with two external sounds and one internal sound.

The bozzoka and power tweeters are with one external sound while the hexagonal and the rest of AG 35 tweeters at the main entrance hole and inside the BH are running the second external sound.

Need to install three new amplifiers.

Two new amplifiers were found not functioning during the start up.

Cross Woods Preparation For Masai BH !!!

Yesterday collected freshly prepared cross woods for Masai BH.

The supplier agreed to cut the nesting planks into 3-4 feet long so that they can be easily fit my Camry car boot.

After collecting decided to clean the wood surfaces and apply SP pheromone liquid.

This applying of aroma before fixing is something which I think should be done in your BH.

The wood will be more attractive to those wild birds.

Once clean I applied a layer of the liquid and wrap them with plastic sheet.

In this way the wood surface will be free from any dirt or sweat during handling.

The prepared wood will be taken to Masai and installed as cross woods.

Beside the SP aroma I plan to apply blended raw nest mix with white duck eggs.

Will monitor the outcome and should it be well accepted the same procedure will be carried out in all future cross woods installation.

Do enjoy these pictures and clips taken.