Luckly Bird House owner in Mentakab

Here the video taken during my trip in Mentakab. Found a lot of BH there and some of them with lot of bird fliying near the entrance hole. Is that indicate a successful bird house?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkgQApKcG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXicOVMpZpw

Mentakab, a town in Pahang having a lot of Bird House

Today on the way back from Kuantan, stop by Mentakab for dinner. Approaching the small town and noticed many BH and many of them look good with a lot of flying on the top of the BH.

This is one of the photo taken using by iphone. I will share more photos and video taken at Mentakab later.

Flamingo on the Lamp Pole???

Last Thursday everning after heavy rain, on the way back home from Ulu Klang. Saw 3 bird standing on the Lamp pole. Maybe they came from the nearby ZOO!!

燕窝 - Bird Nest Type

Here the type of Bird Nest (燕窝)

Swiftlet

Here are some information about House Swiftlet

- A. Fuciphagus
- Able to fly ~ 50KM a day
- Having superb memories
- Leave their roosting place around 5.30 am – 6.30 am
- Return around 12 noon to feed their baby or take turns to hatch their eggs
- Pairing is permanent
- Both partners participate in the nest building process
- Building the nest in the night time.


Bird Nest building and breeding cycle

- Swiflet takes average 30-45 days to build a nest ( 11/2 – 2 months)
- Female swiflet will take 3-7 days to lay the egg (usually 2 eggs with max 2 days interval of the egg)
- 3-4 weeks of hatching process (average 2 weeks)
- Baby swiflets will take about 45-60 days to be fly away
- Once the baby start to fly away, egg will lay eggs again within 10 days.
- Total breeding cycle about 4 months (120 days), normally will have 3 breeding cycle a year.

Received some new External Sound

Recently exchanged some external sound that claimed good quality sound by many people. I will conduct testing on my next visit to the bird house and also checking the BH progress.

Last visit to my BH in April 2010, found many young bird coming out from neighbour BH. This is the time for attracking young bird and do hope some of them able to attrack by the new external sound and migrate to here.

BH owner should know the swiftlet breeding cycle of near their BH area/region. As it is important information for BH owner to take action to keep the yound swiftlet to stay on or attracking sorrounding BH's young bird to migrate here.

BH Temp & Humidity Level

This is the temperature and humidity of my BH from March - April 2010.

When the swiftet start staying in a new BH

Often onwer of new BH asking when the siwftlet start staying his BH!!
I think the follow few factors are the key for swiftlet start staying in a new BH.
1. BH Internal Optimum Micro & Macro Condition
- Room Temperature: 28 ْC to 30ْ C (some suggest 26 – 29)
- Relative Humidity: 75% to 85%.
2. Internal and External Sound
3. Extrance Hole (for new BH, suggest – 5’ x 10’),
4. Roving and Nesting Area with smooth flying path
5. External condition suh as any successful BH nearby, flying path, food area, ect.
6. Baby swiftlet start flying out season.

I am strongly recommend only start operating (on the external sound) the BH after confirmed the 1st factor.
Any commects?