Purple Martin Forum

Had a great year also,all I found so far was 2 dead on the lawn,this is great.I have 50 houses up and all had birds in them,so that would mean 100 birds,if they have 3 birds each raised then that would mean over300,really great year.Are leaving early this year,have 3 families left.

Has anyone had trouble getting into the scout report,mine has jumped all over and takes forever to load.Everything else on the site works fine.

E.R.Dilly 74 old jenkins rd,Milford DE19963 I could use them,and if I get them,thanks in advance.

Received my new sparrow trap this spring and so far I have gotten 38 sparrowsGreat trap and not even sorry for the sparrow.Hope to get more before the end of the season.

Dang CMF,your snow picture is better than mine.Thanks to both of you DE guys we will raise a lot of Martins this year.Both of you shoud know Dave A as he lives down there also.

Yes you are correct Louise,But keep in mind only 2 types of people can tell the untruth,Politicians and weather people.Lets hope this time its the politicians,bet TX is nice this time of year?

Today
Mar 26

Partly Cloudy / Wind
36°F

21°F

Partly Cloudy / Wind

Chance of precip:0% Wind:NW at 24 mph This is what I am facing for the next 2 days

Louse,Right now the wind has came up and the snow is being shook off,and ChickadeeLI feel better not to disturb them if they are in the holes.Heard about the feeding bit but never did try it.Hope tomorrow will be a little better,but think Friday will get warmer.

Well this is what my setup looks like after 4+ in of snow overnight.As of last Monday I had 2 martins.Where they are at now ,who knows?If they are in the houses they cannot get out as all the holes are covered up,Also I don't think they can handle this cold weather.Supposed to get down to the 20s to...

I would say you were very lucky.Last week during our hot spell here it got around 100 degrees and you could think how hot it was in the gourds(even with air vents).I had over 25 jumpers and also tried to take them into my house.This worked for a day of feeding and watering,but it got to much and the...

Sorry,thougt everybody new what a rat was in the bird line.Will be more clear in the future.And hi to Linda .? as to how many you have now since you have moved from up north?

:roll: Hi,nice blog as I read most of it.Myself I have 80 gourds up which half are plastic and the others are real.Don't check them any more as I found I was doing more damage than good.Am retired so have much time to monitor them,but still lost some to the hawks.Clean mine and hang them in the gara...

:shock: Okay someone figure this out.Early July saw a rat enter 1 of my gourds(this is the kind that has the opening in the neck) so I waited for my chance and took care of the problem.Dropped the gourd and was going to clean it out,but it had baby rats and martins in it so left it alone and put it ...

Never heard of this ,but it really is neat and if they work would be a life saver.Thanks

Carl,I live in milford,De and I have had birds since the 19the of mar.Is this your first year,if so may have to wait a little for the subbies.I have 80 gourds up at this site and around 6-8 living here.Just to cold to bring them up here.Good luck on your birds.

Great idea on those pocket warmers,but I might go broke as of now I have 18 birds and all but 2 want to live in diferent places.Guess I could take all 80 gourds down and leave up only 2.Tonight will be in the mid 20s and possibly snow.

Sorry I didnt mention that I only have gourds at my site.Was thinking of building 1.Thanks for the reply.

Has anyone tried to make a heated house for days like we are having here in the northeast.And if you did would they us it?

Thanks Emil, Has the peple that use them have the starling problems.Mine here are quite bad in the spring until they realize that lead is not good for there diet.I am using the SREH now but some of the smaller ones from Texas still get in.Thanks for the reply.

I have been seeing these on the forum but I know very little about them.Does anyone have a site that I can go to to read and possibly order some?Thanks