QUOTE(philoswiflet @ Aug 4 2012, 06:39 AM)
A successful farmer told me don't need to change sound at all if it still attract birds and the nest growth still increase... it means if something is working well, why change?
For myself, I often change the sounds. So, if your farm is successful and nest growth is good, and since you are scare about making this change... then just let it be; don't change for the sake of change unless you are confident that the change will make things much better.
I do not think the birds will be scared and become unfamiliar if you change the sound after 7 years... as long as the sound is a good one. Even if the sound is an average one, they will still come back to their nests. Just make sure its not SOS/distress sounds or fighting sounds. Good sounds are needed to attract young birds from outside your farm to visit and perhaps stay permanently.
I strongly advice that no sound should be change if the birds still coming and if only for that particular time that you see no birds, it doesn't mean that you are not attracting any birds; use your other senses esp. common sense and see around you and if others BHs also no birds, do you think by changing sound, you will get birds. Then, if that the truth, I will advice you to pray to GOD and He may do better job cos where to find birds if there are none in the sky at that moment and only GOD can help you at that moment as only He has the power of creation and not any super Konsultants. Birds are no human and human, I still prefer Oldies and never take the liking to the new songs and I find these new human songs tasteless but it only me or are there many that share my feelings and afraid to say out for fear of being branded Old or out of time.
Remember your reason of using sound is to get birds and if bird are coming, then why change and pls. remember the saying of the man and his giant snake. You may chase away the very new birds supposedly yours in the very near future. Change sound only when you find your sound isn't effective anymore.........then, you have all to gain; these you need not SunTzu or Kong Tzu to teach you and little me will do......... Someone told you that the birds will get bored with the old song same days after days and who is He who told you this or is He the swiftlet God!
He is just another human and if he is selling sound, then he must has $$$$$ reason to want you to do it........
For town BHs, so as not to disturb neighbors, I advice successful BHs owners not to use any more sound as these will disturb the neighbors and to prove the point, I pulled down all the tweeters wires and removed the Amps from my BH and till today......after 5 years of doing so, my BH still attract birds and the increment is very good. Although with sound, it maybe better but wrong sound will also worsen it, too but the point is that successful BHs can and will draw in birds by the incoming birds and original sound of the birds that you have. The Warning is that raayat are very unhappy with the sound pollution and each BHs are trying to outplay other in this art. Sooner or later, Owners themselves will be blamed for giving the Local Authorities the valid reason to move all BHs out of town. All you need is to give them the reason "Raayat Dahulu".
Hope friends here do share my view on the above subject and have different opinion, pls. do share and we are gain.........
Added on August 4, 2012, 10:54 amQUOTE(tuckfook @ Aug 3 2012, 07:35 PM)
Withholding evidence whilst threatening to incriminate someone in return for any desired action is essentially Blackmail.
The informant should produce the evidence immediately otherwise it might backfire.
I was informed but without concrete evidence, discriminating or incriminating someone will get us in to trouble and so, I rather use "Rumor" only...................So, provide "EVIDENCE" for all to share, please...................
Added on August 4, 2012, 10:59 amQUOTE(simplicity1224 @ Aug 3 2012, 10:06 PM)
Hi, just wondering, if a BH operates around 7years and never change the external sound (I think) and now if I change it, will it affect the current population inside the BH?? I scared when it's time to enter farm, they couldn't recognise the farm due to diff sound. They will then fly to nearby BH and overnight there? Or it won't affect at all? Hope someone here can enlighten me about this matter

No worry, cos your Old Birds will remember your BH even if you repaint the BH as the birds have all good senses even the location of your entrance hole at dark night........did I mentioned that one friend change his entrance and some of his old birds flied straight in to the blocked entrance during the night..........a case of over confidence and did not use their sonar....
This post has been edited by West Wing: Aug 4 2012, 02:21 PM