Batu Pahat Competition

It has been an eventful day - bird related that is.
Of the 7 persons who may be going to Bt. Pahat from Melaka, only 3 of us made it. I brought along a Shama, Mata Puteh and Jambul whereas my friend Hock just brought one Shama and his friend Tan. We had a light breakfast first near Tan's place before beginning our journey around 7.30am. It doesn't help that my son woke up at 4.30am and kept me up whole morning. But it did give me more time to plan and prepare the birds though.

The Mata Puteh section (22 contestants):


The Magpie Robin section (39 contestants):


The Merbah Jambul section (29 contestants):


The White-rumped Shama section (42 contestants):


My Merbah Jambul did not win any prize but got some good comments. Need to "chai" more often. But where in Melaka got people keep Jambul? Only a handful that I know of.

Same case with my Mata Puteh, seen busy preening himself. Only really sing when we were about to go home hahahaha! Next time he is staying home.

My White-rumped Shama named Zeus was a different story though. I never expect him to clinch the no. 1 position but he just did. Must tell the story of Zeus in a different post ;)

Zeus's result (bird no. 30):

An Adventure with Local Doves (3)

This morning was a bit disappointing for my Tekukur Pikat. Brought him out to the Merbok field but he refused to sing. Aiya! at hime so fierce ;)
Anyway to compensate for the day, 2 things happen.
First my Merbok Pikat (Lets call him Si Gelang Biru) sang inside his jebak for the first time. Sang quite long. Below is a pic of him hang up for training:


Then this fella (Tekukur - Spotted Dove) that was taken from a friend's aviary decided to sing as well:

An Adventure with Local Doves (2)

The below is a video of my new pet dove. Tekukur in Malay language. Took back yesterday from a friend and reach home at night. So, he probably sleep well as already singing softly in the morning. Will try to take a video of his loud song when he "tekan". A little droopy left wing due to an old injury probably. He will provide lots of fun on field outings I presume ;)


Besides him, another Tekukur was also given, forcefully, I might add hahahaha! Anyway, I will wait for him to sing before training him to sing in the "jebak" below. Side by side, a comparison in size of a Merbok's jebak with a Tekukur's.

An Adventure with Local Doves

Ok! how to start this?......
hmmmm! a friend dropped by on 29th Sept and pass me the following:
1 Thai Merbok, 2 Local Merbok, 1 Jebak

Local Merboks are supposed to be trained as a "pikat" to lure wild birds to the trap.
Candidate no.1 :


Candidate no.1 :


The Trap (Jebak):


However unfortunately, one of the pikat was attacked by a cat while I was away today.
No critical injuries. Feathers on the head ruffled up a bit and some blood stain was seen. Hope he is alright. Transfered him to a normal cage.

Today he gave me another 2 Terkukur and a Jebak. Scratching my head how to house all of them. Will see how the Terkukur sing in my house tomorrow.