finally the rain has stopped and we completed 4 foundation holes

 June 10th 2012, we have been getting many calls from BH owners because they have heard that we do an excellent job with the technical aspect of BHs.  Today we went to district 8 in HCMC to inspect a BH that has been running for 9 months, but not even one swiftlet stays inside.  When we first went in I noticed that and external sound was used instead of an internal one.  Second thing was the overwhelmingly strong odor of ammonium bicarbonate.  The primary hole tweeters were spliced together with the directional tweeters so only one wire came down from the top of the BH to the control room.  This was a problem because the interior noise level was too loud.  This Tuesday we will go back to the house and fix everything we can.  Keep posted...

Hold on my new BH because of the endless rain

grass is cut down

 8:30 in the morning we came to our land to ask for blessing from the gods and local spirits.  May 22, 2012 is the first day of construction and should be done before Christmas.  It's a very happy day.

My partners wife and my wife are setting up the ceremony

We ask for blessing

Our construction guy also brought offerings to the spirits

the side the house will be on

rest of the land

Land behind our current bh, closer to the river.

Starting our second house here in Nha Be, Vietnam.  The land is more than 1000 square meters and we have already done many weeks of bird sound testing to assure there will be birds entering our new place.  First step is to cut all these weeds and dig the stucture holes bout 36 meters down to secure the bh in all its glory.  Our design is a new style and hopefully everything will be ok. 

thinking bout where to place the first of 3 bhs

 May 11 2012, there was a feeding frenzy, all the swiftlets came out to feast on the flying termites.  Couldn't believe our eyes because that was the largest number of birds in one place we have ever seen.

Eight normal 3*3 tweeters

put together with zip ties and some love

side view

inspecting the land to start the next project in Nha Be

firrst step is the cut all these unwanted weeds down

May5, 2012, Can Gio city, starting the bridge to lead the trucks into the land for our largest project.