Natural Food for Merbok

Saw a pair of wild Merbok hopping from branch to branch pecking at this tree like monkeys. Quite funny to see. Was thinking Merboks are ground feeders. Hmmmm maybe can pluck the seeds and feed to my Merboks at home ;-)

Wondering what tree is this ?




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Kucing Puaka - the finale

The cat from hell has struck again. This time mauling a white Java Sparrow. Blood was all over but it lasted another 3 days, feeding & bathing before succumbing to the injuries.


OK, a cat may have 9 lives, but I would think that by now he would have used up all 9 of them. So, I would write this post as if this is the last time I would hear of this "kucing puaka". Surely this would have been my 10th attempt at assasinating this devil. Which incidently was caught eyeing Apollo X yesterday. Well, guess what demon, maybe in your next life muahahaha!

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Nest Box for Java Finch Pt. 2

Received half the shipment of nest boxes today (Sunday). Wow! Where am I going to store all of them :-\
Quite nicely made, with a screw on perch. Hope the finches like them :-)


Now, if I ever abondon the project, wonder whether, fire wood still got market ;-)

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Prices of Fruits

A friend highlighted to me the exorbitant escalating prices of daily essentials - which means papayas and bananas for those who keep the bulbul type of birds ;-)

In KL, he was ripped off by an old lady who sold papaya to him at RM5 per kilo. I do not have the habit of enquiring about prices before, so I really got no idea. Prices will defer between big city, small towns and villages. In KL, local papayas are between RM3 to RM5, I was told. Possibly cheaper if you care to hunt around a bit.

Today, I enquired the price per kilo of papaya from the makcik (a respectful term used to address an old lady). "Mahal nak! sekarang" (expensive) she said. So, I braced myself for the bad news.

Turns out to be RM1.80 per kilo and I sighed with relief. I usually buy two, one ripe one and another semi ripe so that the birds can eat them all in time before it gets rotten. And I don't have to visit the fruit stall too often.





I suppose, I could get better bargains if I buy the semi rotten ones from the fruit sellers, but the smell and mess is not worth the trouble.

I did not enquire about the per kilo price of banana after that. But the below bunch of banana which is called "pisang nipah" locally is RM2.50. Don't know the weight. Can't complain as I am competing with the local goreng pisang sellers (fried banana) for it as it's very in demand by them






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