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TEKNIK DAN METODE MEMASTER BURUNG PLECI

PEMASTERAN BURUNG PLECI

"PEMASTERAN" Apa arti Pemasteran?

Dan apa tujuan Pemasteran pada burung Pleci?

Pemasteran burung Pleci adalah proses melatih untuk menirukan atau mendoktrin burung Pleci dengan suara-suara lain, agar dapat merekam dan menirukan suara-suara lain yang kita perdengarkan. Suara-suara lain tersebut antara lain suara burung sejenis , suara burung lain dan suara-suara lain yang kita inginkan. Tujuan utama Pemasteran atau Memaster burung Pleci adalah supaya variasi lagu pada burung Pleci yang kita miliki dapat lebih banyak dan menjadi beragam.

TEKNIK DAN METODE MEMASTER (PEMASTERAN) BURUNG PLECI

Sangat banyak metode dan cara-cara yang dapat dilakukan di dalam proses pemasteran burung Pleci. Dan juga banyak sekali berkembang mitos- mitos yang keliru dalam prakteknya dilapangan. Salah satu mitos aneh yang berkembang, yaitu burung yang akan di master harus melihat burung masternya, agar burung yang dimaster dapat menirukan gaya bunyi dan cara membuka mulut burung master tersebut. Mitos lainnya yaitu proses pemasteran burung Pleci harus menunggu burung dalam keadaan ganti bulu atau mabung. Sebenarnya; Pemasteran dapat kita lakukan tidak harus menunggu burung Pleci dalam keadaan mabung atau berganti bulu. Burung Pleci dalam keadaan normal, bahkan dalam keadaan top form pun juga dapat dilakukan pemasteran. Ada Mitos yang mengatakan pemasteran burung harus menunggu masa burung mabung. Alasannya karena; Pada saat mabung, burung Pleci cenderung untuk banyak diam dan sangat jarang sekali berkicau. Burung yang banyak diam pada masa mabung tersebut, cenderung untuk lebih banyak menggunakan waktunya untuk menyimak dan mengolah suara-suara yang ada disekelilingnya .Apabila suara yang di dengarnya sesuai dengan tipikal karakter suaranya, maka akan direkam dan ditirukan. Untuk dapat melakukan proses pemasteran burung Pleci dengan optimal, kita harus memperhatikan beberapa hal penting, hal penting tersebut adalah:

1. Waktu Efektif Pemasteran

2. Mengkondisikan Burung yang akan di Master Waktu efektif dalam proses pemasteran adalah pada waktu burung istirahat, siang hari di dalam rumah (sehabis mandi dan jemur) dan malam hari menjelang pagi (jam 22.00 -06.00) .

Walaupun pemasteran sudah kita lakukan pada waktu-waktu efektif pemasteran, ada hal lain yang harus kita perhatikan. Yaitu mengkondisikan burung yang akan di master. Ini merupakan faktor penting keberhasilan di dalam proses pemasteran. Mengkondisikan disini memiliki arti membuat suasana dan kondisi burung tersebut beristirahat dan membuat suasana menjadi tenang. Yang harus dilakukan adalah: mengkrodong burung dan menjauhkan burung yang akan di master dengan burung sejenis atau burung lain. Fungsi mengkrodong burung disini, bertujuan menipu burung tersebut dengan membatasi pandangannya agar diam dan beristirahat dengan tenang sehingga waktunya akan digunakan untuk mendengar suara-suara yang ada di sekitarnya. Setelah kita menentukan waktu efektif dan mengkondisikan burung yang akan di master, suara-suara master hendaknya diperdengarkan dengan volume kecil saja tetapi sangat jelas terdengar. Jauhkan penempatan burung master dan sumber suara master dengan burung yang akan di master. Suara burung master yang terlalu besar dan jarak yang terlalu berdekatan dengan burung yang akan di master, berpotensi tidak akan direkam oleh burung yang akan di master. Banyak kasus juga, hal ini berpotensi dapat membuat burung yang akan di master menjadi jatuh mental dan stress.

Suara master yang kita rekomentasikan untuk burung Pleci adalah suara-suara master yang berkarakter roll tembak dengan variasi speed yang variatif dengan amplitudo intonasi panjang yang dinamis.

Contoh suara master (burung master) yang direkomendasikan (sangat baik) untuk burung Pleci adalah:

Semua jenis burung Kolibri.

Burung Gelatik Wingko.
Trecetan burung Gereja.
Semua jenis burung Finch (Kenari , Goldfinch, Blackthroat, Herda Sanger, Mozambik, Siskin, dll)
Semua jenis burung Pelatuk.
Semua jenis burung Ciblek.
Semua jenis burung Perenjak.
Semua jenis burung Flycather.
Semua jenis Jay (Cililin , Blue Jay, Black Jay, dll)
Burung Cucak Jenggot / Kapas Tembak.
Dan lain-lain .

Dari semua jenis burung tsb yg paling mudah di tangkap burung pleci adalah suara burung kenari dan burung mozambik.

Ada beberapa hal penting yang harus diperhatikan agar pemasteran dapat berhasil dengan optimal:

USIA BURUNG.

Sebaiknya burung Pleci mulai dimaster sejak usia dini, yaitu mulai usia 25 hari atau usia 1 bulan. Ini penting karena diyakini pada usia tersebut Auditory Memory burung Pleci tersebut masih kosong atau Auditory Memory belum banyak menyimpan suara-suara yang ada disekitarnya. Proses pemasteran terus berlangsung dengan terpola dan intensif sampai burung tersebut berusia 8-9 bulan.

LINGKUNGAN YANG KONDUSIF.

Usahakan pada masa pemasteran berlangsung, tidak ada suara-suara yang TIDAK diinginkan disekitar burung Pleci yang sedang dimaster tersebut.

LAGU MASTER YANG TEPAT.

Sebaiknya usahakan doktrin lagu (suara master/burung master) yang dijadikan master sebaiknya similiar (memiliki karakter sang sama) dengan karakter dasar suara burung Pleci.

TINGKATKAN KECERDASAN BURUNG.

Untuk dapat menyerap suara master dengan baik, dibutuhkan kecerdasan burung yang optimal juga. Berikan nutrisi yang baik dan pola perawatan yang tepat. Semakin besar HVC di otak burung, maka burung akan semakin cerdas.

WAKTU PEMASTERAN TEPAT.

Pemasteran burung Pleci sama halnya dengan proses doktrin. Artinya semakin sering didengar maka akan direkam dan ditirukan. Idealnya pemasteran dilakukan minimal 4 jam setiap hari. Waktu yang tepat dan waktu efektif untuk pemasteran burung Pleci adalah malam hari sampai pagi hari. Pagi sampai sore juga baik asal suasana sekitar burung mendukung.

LAKUKAN FEEDBACK.

Perdengarkan kembali suara-suara master yang sudah pernah diperdengarkan kepada burung Pleci yang dimaster tersebut secara berkala. Tujuannya agar lagu burung Pleci tersebut tetap terjaga dan Auditory Memory burung semakin baik.

THERAPY DENGAN AIR MENGALIR

Seperti diketahui burung pleci hidup nya senang di dekat sungai atau air mengalir, untuk mandi maupun mencari makan. Untuk burung pleci yang kita pelihara dapat di therapy di dekat suara air mengalirsehingga dapat membuat rilex dan tidak mudah stress, bahkan bisa mempercepat untuk buka paruh, ngalas maupun ngeroll, misal nya bagi yg punya aquarium dpt di gantang dekat aquarium, atau di dekat kamar mandi dengan suara kran air yg mengalir.

Serenity Now: Bacon and Jalapeño Mac 'n' Cheese

Did you ever seen the "Serenity Now" Seinfeld episode?

All week long I've been whispering under my breath, "serenity now".

Too many deadlines, piles and piles of mail to go through, random cat fur balls in the corner of the livingroom, a counter that needs to be cleared off and laundry to the brim. People dancing on my last nerve. Serenity now.

All I want to do is bake heaps of peanut butter cookies with mounds of chocolate in the center...and eat them all. Food is not the answer. Well maybe it is a little. The Chef's cat has taken up residence on my lap - all day long. She's nothing like my cats who are content to sit at my feet. Instead she wants to be body half on the computer, body half on me slowly inching closer and closer to the keys until she finally goes in for the swat! Not so helpful when you're trying to get a project accomplished, much less a blog post. Last night it became apparent around, oh, eight o'clock that I was near the end of my rope. I heard some clanking in the kitchen, but blocked it out. A short while later a knock at the door brought one of my faves.

The picture does not do this dish justice, but last night it was not about pictures or blog posts or making things pretty. Last night was about reality. And much needed serenity now.

Bacon and Jalapeño Mac 'n' Cheese

(which the Chef so aptly called:

'Mac for you that I didn't get any of since I drank the last Hansen's').

It's a cat eat cat around here for the last Mandarin Orange soda.

I lost out on the soda. He lost out on the Mac.

His choice on the latter. I didn't fight him on it.

Bacon and Jalapeño Mac 'n' Cheese
Ingredients: Serves 4

4C Macaroni noodles cooked (we use Ancient Harvest Gluten-Free Quinoa Elbow Macaroni)

*Sauce
6 Strips bacon chopped
3 Red 3 Green Jalapeño - seeds removed and small diced
2T Flour
2C Heavy cream
1C Aged white cheddar grated salt and pepper to taste

*Crust
1/2C Bread crumbs
1/4C Aged white cheddar grated
2T Butter softened
1T Cilantro chopped

Method
Crust
Combine all ingredients together.

Sauce
Preheat oven to 400. Sauté bacon on low heat till crispy. Add the jalapeno's and cook for 3 more minutes. Stir in flour (he used my gluten free flour blend from an earlier post) and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Slowly drizzle in the cream while stirring. Bring the cream mixture to a boil then reduce to simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and whisk in cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Hold warm.

To Finish
Place cooked noodles in desired cooking vessel. Ladle sauce over noodles to cover. Sprinkle crust over top. Bake in oven 8-10 minutes till golden brown and bubbly.

Why do you think it is that people persist in being annoying over the pettiest of things? Especially when they know exactly what they're doing, but think they're so smart that no one can see it? It amazes me. One would think that with all the sad and more important things going on in the world focus would lie on those matters - rather than acting like children or, worse yet, cats in a bag. Shakes head profusely.

Is it Friday yet?

Please Don't Put My Face On A Stretcher

Do you ever have those days when you walk by the mirror, happen to glance up and immediately think (and sometimes exclaim out loud), "What in the hell was that?!" Sometimes I have to stay up late getting projects and updates prepared for the following day. Other times I am so wound by bedtime that I put on the Felicity DVD's and float off to wonderland for an hour or two longer than I should (and then there's those Nancy Grace re-runs that happen at midnight...) only to wake up swatting the nightstands when the alarm goes off in the morning. Stress and lack of sleep can take a lot out a person. Aging is not much fun, either - and believe you me I am doing my best to fight that mother off with a fierce, but realistic, determination.

The truth of the matter is we are going to age - and there is no reason not to do so gracefully and naturally. To me, that means taking realistic preventative measures along the way to care for my skin and body in general. Injections are not something I'm interested in (seriously. did you catch the real housewives of beverly hills last week? it scared the hell right out of me). The idea of injecting a foreign substance into my skin defies logic. Who knows what the effects are going to be in 15-20 years when all that stuff starts to run its course. I would much rather do simple things like get proper amounts of rest and exercise - as well as indulge in copious amounts of tea.

Do you have any idea how good tea is for you?? Here are just some of its many benefits:

Tea contains antioxidants that slow down the aging process by helping cells to regenerate and repair.
Green tea, in particular, neutralizes free radicals (still not sure what those are exactly, but I know they're not good!) and helps to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Sign me up for 10 cups please!
Black tea reduces cortisol - a stress hormone that your body produces - thereby helping you to process stress easier. No wonder I've been so zen lately.
My dentist swears by it. She asked me on one of my first visits if I was a tea drinker - which entirely freaked me out because I thought she was going to say my teeth were stained. Nope. Instead she said that tea drinkers have less cavities because it fights off plaque. But you should rinse with water after drinking tea.
My acupuncturist is always ripping on me to drink more tea and not so much water. She was an M.D. before becoming a Licensed Acupuncturist, so I listen to what she says more readily. According to her, tea keeps you hydrated without flushing your body of nutrients. I'm still drinking water, but I've replaced at least 3 glasses a day with tea.

Fortunately for me I grew up in a family of tea drinkers. I remember my first sip of my grandfather's English Breakfast. Everyone chuckled thinking I'd run off...suckers - I sipped away at the whole cup!

Bodum Assam Tea Press and Bistro Glass Tea Light Warmer

Having a cool tea press like this on your counter doesn't hurt too much either! A couple of my absolute favorite teas are Celestial Seasonings Decaffeinated Green Tea and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Pomegranate Blueberry. When I am drinking either of them (or English Breakfast, Ginger Peach, Darjeeling...you name it) I see a noticeable difference in the texture of my skin, and overall health in general.

You can probably tell from recent posts that I'm really thinking about how to live my life more fully and healthily. Fashion is fun - but taking care of my inside is just as important as how I look externally. I mean seriously, when's the last time you saw a depressed prune in a pair of knee-high boots?

So how about it? Are you a tea drinker? I sure see a lot of coffee drinkers and always wonder if people move back and forth between the two beverages. Would you jump on board if it meant better skin and health in general?

Make New Friends, But Keep The Old

Saturday afternoon found me in a hot mess of places I've temporarily sworn off of (think wallet restriction) - J.Crew, Free People, Zara, Barneys... Why do I do this to myself? Is it on purpose? Perhaps to test my volition? Quite honestly, I don't have a specific answer. All I know is I escaped with wallet intact and two pairs of tights in bag. (Okay and a jacket. But it was on steep sale so I get a pass). Whatever the case, something wonderful happened as we strolled about - I was stopped at least ten times by women and men asking where I got my boots. It's a wonderful feeling when you've leapt off your wallet for something you love only to find yourself twelve months later with strangers sharing your sentiments - especially when you're trying to save yourself from falling into boot cavern 2010.

Making new friends is a treasured experience (present company included of course!), but there is something delicious about having old ones who know your secrets. These are the relationships that don't require words, where trust has been built upon a firm foundation of shared good and bad times. And so it goes, at least for me anyway, with my closet. I love to go on the hunt for a new certain something - a dress, a unique ring or bangle for the jewelry collection, the perfect pair of jeans...or even better - the ultimate boot. The act of discovering that "thing" is oftentimes just as exciting as the thing itself - but the relationship is truly put to the test once I get it home. Is it as great as I thought it was? Does it work with as many things as I'd anticipated? Do I still want to wear it all the time after a couple of months? Only the test of time will tell. And so it has been with my military boots. They have proven to be a never fail - I jumped at the chance to wear them in the summer when it was cool. At first sight of fall I busted them out here in what turned out to be one of my favorite outfit posts yet. And on Saturday they helped me to remember (as did everyone who complimented them) that I don't neeeeeeeeeed a new pair of boots. Only a new pair of heels. I kid, I kid!!

Now that I think about it every single item in this outfit

has been with me for at least a year - some closer to two.

James Perse Cotton/Cashmere Thermal, J.Crew Military Jacket,

Aritzia Leggings, Joie Boots, J.Crew Argyle Socks (you can't see haha)

We haven't quite mastered the gloomy day camera settings,

but somehow the faded images fit the day perfectly.

My bad the bag has only been around for 3 or 4 months,

but with how often it's seen here you can probably tell it's a fave.

And it was one of those - see it, have to have it, step away from it Carrie,

can't get it out of my mind, gotta return and get it! items.

You know those, right? hehe

And while we're on the shopping topic, how is your fall wardrobe coming along? Have you been able to work in some of your old friends and keep the new ones to a minimum? Or do you find yourself in a whole new circle of friends? hehe Would love to hear what some of your faves currently are. And hopefully the weekend was kind to you as well. Oh Mondays - they sure to reappear quickly.

The Mad Vireo

Here are my top ten reasons why this white-eyed vireo looks mad:

10. Warblers get all the love.
9. He woke up on the wrong side of the vine tangle.
8. He's trying to cash in on some of that Mad Bluebird photo money.
7. He got drunk last night and people are confusing him with a red-eyed vireo.
6. Fall migration is a pain in the vent.
5. Hates the sound of a spishing birder.
4. Did not sign a model release for this photo.
3. Has been trying to tell people for years that he's not really saying "Quick get the beer check!"
2. He needs new spectacles.
1. Since he ate that banana slug, he's been constipated for weeks.

Turn That Frown Upside Down: Melinda Maria Giveaway!

In late August the Chef went all out and made my birthday super special (see here if you weren't following at that time). It was honestly the best one of my life. Unbeknownst to me, however, someone had done a little "shopping" in my suitcase while we were at the hotel and I returned home without several of my choicest pieces of jewelry. Right after my birthday we left for Canada and I noticed I couldn't find a ring and a necklace while packing my bag, but chalked it up to having just misplaced it upon our return from birthdayville. Not so much. Cut to present and I have thus far realized I'm missing two rings, two bracelets and two necklaces (swallows lump in throat). Two of the pieces were Melinda Maria (this ring and this cuff) - and you know I wear her jewelry 95% of the time (because it is in almost every single blog post) - so after suffering for the past few weeks I couldn't take it anymore and decided to jump off my wallet and replace as much as possible (3 pieces aren't even made anymore just to add salt to the wound).

First stop: Melinda Maria. I called her studio and explained the scenario which was like crying on the shoulders of my best girlfriends. Back in the spring when I attended a private showing we did a giveaway and, as we were talking about recent events, the other day decided to erase a bad experience with a good one. So you know what that means, right? It's giveaway time!! Yahoooo!!

So here's the piece we selected for one lucky winner - it is my most favorite to date:

The Oxidized Link Ring

One lucky winner will win their choice of this ring with either white or black cz stones - the black stone version is not even available for sale yet anywhere and is a part of Melinda's upcoming collection.

And now:

THE DETAILS
*This giveaway is open to all U.S., Canadian and Overseas readers. The entry period will run through 11:59pm PST Thursday, October 21st, 2010 and the winner will be announced on Friday, October 22, 2010.

HOW TO ENTER - please leave a separate comment for each entry

*For one entry you must be a follower of this free bird via Google Reader (if you aren't already :)), AND leave a comment on this post stating you have done so. Be sure you either leave an email address or have a link to your email on your blog so that I can contact you if you win.

*For additional entries: follow this free bird on twitter.

*Blog or tweet about this giveaway and leave a separate comment with the link back stating you have done so. If this helps for twitter: Just entered great @birdgirlc #giveaway for a Melinda Maria Oxidized Link Ring! http://bit.ly/akrDBj

* and of course visit Melinda Maria Jewelry and let me know your favorite piece of jewelry. Prepare to swoon!

I will contact the winner after next week's draw to find out your ring size (it is available in sizes 5 - 8), color preference and mailing address. Good luck everyone!!

And p.s. - Have a great weekend! Any special plans?

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