Unique project commissioned

When I say that the unique project has been commisioned, I meant that the swiftlet shelter is ready to accept the swiftlets and both the internal and external sounds had been activated. This morning, me and my team fine tuned everything and get ready the shelter to receive the swiftlets. Timers to the amplifiers for internal and external sound were set and similarly the timers for the water fountains, exhaust fan and night light. The shelter was also sprayed with PW Concentrated aroma. Bird shits were put into plastic troughs and placed at regular intervals on the shelter floor. All these are done to create the right environment for the swiftlets to enter. The next few days I will be watching from far the swiftlets' response to the birdcall from the swiftlet shelter and I hopefully I will report back to my readers. In my photos you can see vertical and sloping galvanised steel members sticking out in the shelters and there are apprehension that swiftlets might collide with these members. My opinion is these members are spaced quite far apart and with the swiftlets ability to echolocate there won't be much of problem. Similarly, there is a comment from one of my readers that using gypsum board would cause wet rot if the humidity is too high. If my shelter is totally enclosed then using this board could be a bit a problem but my shelter as the readers can see is open and just part of the roof. I don't think the ceiling will get that wet until it cause wet rot. The space inside the roof in between the shelter is still spacious and is ideal for the birds to rove when they are inside the shelter.

This picture was shot from the entrance hole and shows a swiftlet shelter
directly facing this shelter. Hopefully the birdcall and aromas will attract
the swiftlets over there and entice them to enter this shelter and stay for good.

The entrance hole that has been completed and ready to welcome the
swiftlets. Observe the light bulb above . This lamp will be switched on
at night to deter the owls and bats from flying in.

Another view of the entrance hole. Observe the tweeters are pointed
upwards to the sky and people on the ground couldn't hear the birdcall.

View of the completed roving room. The walls and floor are
painted black to make the room darker

Another view of the roving room. Observe bird shit laid on plastic sheet on the floor

This is the lobby into the nesting area. This are is semi-dark because
direct light from the entrance hole still penetrates this area. It will be
interesting to see whether the swiftlets will build their nest in this area.
Observe the bird shit spread over plastic sheet on the floor.

View of the nesting area. Observe the protruding vertical and sloping
members which may slow down the swiftlets flight inside the shelter.
However, once the swiftlets get used to them and with their echolocation ability
it won't be much of a hindrance to them to manouvre inside the dark shelter.
Observe that water fountains are used here instead of the Taiwan type humidifiers.