Realizing that his days of being a juvenile are numbered, Punky Funkie engaged the adult males that were around him on this day, with a ‘chickish’ imitation of the fanciful-tail display.
This photo below was taken today for comparison, to see the changes that he had undergone within this short period.
The chest is already starting to take on the rich chestnut color of the adult male shama and the head, neck and back are getting darker by the day with the growth of new feathers. In due time, they will smoothen out and will be silky black and glossy. The two remaining white tail feathers will be gone in a day or two. The primary feathers of the wings will take turns to shed and grow, over the course of the molt. It is expected that his tail will be at least 10 inches long from this first molt and the longer pair of black tail feathers had already appeared. It’s going to be a long while more for the molt to complete.
Meanwhile, before all his energy will be called up to grow that fanciful long tail, Funkie summons up whatever that is left in him to practice a few moves of the adult male, in anticipation of the exciting future that lies ahead
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hello jeffrey,
ReplyDeletethank you for such an informative blog about shamas. i keep finches at home but after reading and listening to the songs of shamas from your blog and those of mr david de souza, i now have 2 shamas at home.
first one is of adult plumage already, shop told me that is still a yound bird. it does call and sing.
the second bird i just purchased yesterday is taimong between 1 to 2 months age,still having juvenile plumage. shop said that i already can sing its subsong. today i heard for the first time its call.
the call is not melodic and not rounded. its like william hung as compared to say a michael buble.
should i be worried or is the baby bird learning to call and in time the call note will be melodic and rounded.
hope you can help, as i do not have the experience.
your fav videos are my favourites too, so i guess we must be about the same age group, cheers!
Taimong songs are just like what you described so don't worry about it. It will change later.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the advice about my taimong.
so its just like a baby learninng to talk and says words for the first time.
they come out as garbled and in time it will be ok.
thanks again.
It starts from the subsongs which provide lots of song materials for the juvenile male to form the more structured and louder juvenile songs. These are quite flat in pitch and are the ones your taimong is currently singing. From here, these will be further developed to eventually become the adult songs of his repertoire.
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