UNENDING TASKS OF AN ORGANIZER

I am referring to Joseph Yap, the Organizer of Mount-Sea OLR. This morning, I travelled with him to Rosario, Cavite for a visit to the OLR. What I thought was a beautifully constructed loft last year turned out to be not good enough.

This year, four air ventilators were added to reduce the heat inside the loft during the summer months. Then, the landing board appeared too small and was eventually extended. Simultaneous with the constructions of an aviary for the pigeons to take a bath, a living quarter with a clean bath room was also provided for the comfort of the loftmen.

With the changes in the landing board, all the former super traps were replaced with a new one built by Douglas. The interior arrangement of the loft (as suggested by Jaime Chua) was likewise adjusted to make it easier for the loftmen to feed and give clean water to the birds everyday.

When the rainy season started late in July, the loft inside appeared too windy and cold for the birds. Thus, jalousy windows were installed to control the air flow. Temporary aviary was also installed to help the youngs settle in the loft.

In the first week of this month (DECEMBER). the technical team from Benzing inspected the loft and was astonished to see the MT-SEA OLR. "The loft and location are superb! It's one of the best that I have seen". Remarks of Mr. Reinhard Versell from Austria.

With the new e-clock introduced by Benzing and sponsored by Merchor De Asis. We have to make an ocular inspections to see how we can modify the trapping system for an eventual migration to electronic clocking. The first ever to be introduced in the Philippines. However, the Organizer has to be very careful not to frighten the birds as road trainings will start this week.

While at the site, we also discussed how to extend the loft to accomodate more birds next year. From our discussion, it seem that the MT-SEA OLR loft is just halfway finished. Thus, two thumbs up to JOSEPH YAP for his energy, passion and dedication.

Vicngo