Tag > taming wild birds

Yellow Vented Bulbul ( pycnonotus goiavier ) are wild birds.  But in our farm, they will nest anywhere.  Here's three hatchlings blown down from their nest on top of a 7 feet marcotted lemon tree. The nests of bulbuls are flimsy. These birds are no longer transcient, but permanent residents of our farm. To turn your farm into a sanctuary, the rules are simple. Keep a few fruit trees for the birds.  Never ever use chemicals; you not only kill some of the more sensitive ones, but you deprive them of insects for food.  Never ever kill a single bird. That's it.  In no time, your farm...

If we truly mean them no harm, they lose all sense of fear.... They will nest anywhere, here, in a serai (lemongrass) bed Close up of the nest in a serai (lemongrass) clump. Three red eggs hatching out.  The color of the new hatchlings the same red as the eggs. We have yet to id the bird. A crested lizard with a more turquoise coloring...