Purple Martin Forum

Thanks Dave and Sharon ! we are all in this together , hopefully we will be posting new threads about more pairs !...good luck tonight about these storms...I dont think they will have intensity of last night.....

Steve.

Sat outside this morning with my martins and a cup of coffee. I counted at least 15 then did a nest check. I have 8 nest, another 4 that I'm not sure of. You can see activity in those 4 gourds but no leaves. I have16 super gourds up. This is my second year as a martin landlord so I am pleased with ...

Hello everyone , I hope everyone's property escaped injury last night in the brutal wind storm.... I just thought I would visit and update....still trying to get pair three.... :???: ....I need to go out now and play some martin music...I will keep reading around in here and hope I find alot of you ...

What a great Day , my coffee on my front porch has rewarded me with two pairs building in Troyer Verticals ...my gosh , this makes my new home complete after two years , I have two bluebird houses up with a pair arguing on which house...lol..., hopefully I will get a pair in each.I will get out a ca...

Becky ,

sorry to hear about the decline , can you shoot where you are ? you have to wipe the sparrows out..no question..trapping takes time and its up and down....a finally tuned rifle is your best option.Oh , Happy Mothers Day !


Steve.

Hey, Steve, you sound just a little bit ecstatic! I would be, too! Congrats! :) Hi Billie , you got that right , its been about fifteen years since I had a colony , I couldnt get them started at my last house because of predators ,savages and too many big trees...now I have hope....now for the funn...

Congrats. What time of day did you see them paying their visit? Actually , off and on all day ,I had a pair to right at dark too...was hoping to put them up for the night :) ...then about at least a dozen martins showed up in like a cloud of them....pure excitement...was about to come out of my ski...

OH MY GOSH !!!!!!!

I have had guest today both M@F subbies ..................at first squatin and not entering the Conley...now they own it....I am so thrilled right now friends.....I will update more later on......Yay.....E haw !....

Steve

Ah , so you upgraded to a T-14 , those are schweet...always wanted one ...did you stick build it ?....those nasty sparrows , if they are there, its been my experience the martins will move on.

Steve

well below fifty is a problem because there is little bug activity , I used to have a horn type pa speaker on top of a perch pole...I have seen a sub adult male set and sing back to that horn..lol....I would not play it in the cold...I play the dawn song for a couple hours right now , then shut it d...

From what you are saying , I think you are in pretty good shape...how is your site as far as flyways and trees ?...the hard part of this endeavor seems to me is the predator count , these extremely smart little acrobats know I guess by exploring the area what kind of threat exists,primarily owls...I...

Wow ,
such an awe some sight and pics as well , and all round holes....but a vagrant dirt bird knows better that to show up and get the tar kicked of him. I am curious , did you start with rounds or sreh ?

Steve

Ya know , I kind of threw this thread out here so I can edit the thread with pure excitement....


Steve

Howdy Peeps ,

I just looked at the migration chart , I dont see a yellow dot very close to me yet, after the nasty weather and rain , kinda glad about that, but I am anxious , dont know if I can stand another year without a pair...

Steve.

I attracted my first colony with only three gourds. Hang in they're; they will find you! Granted, I live in an area rich with Purple Martins and very poor in housing and people interested in putting up any. Do you have a starling problem? If not, could you try hanging some gourds with round entries...

JRow wrote:That's great! Best of luck-you obviously have some experience so that will lessen the learning curve!

Thanks so much !

Howdy , I dont see an introduction category here unless sumhow I overlooked it.. Ya know , years ago , I mean maybe 16-17 years ago I joined the PMCA... geez dont remember my handle..but in retrospect I have fond memories of how things were and how much interest I had and still do on the PM's At tha...

..I think I have my solution to the dawn song gig...I have a Kubota rtv that has a cd stereo in it ..this afternoon I loaded the disc and parked near the rack and cranked her up...by golly seemed to broadcast pretty good...got the vertical troyers mounted ..they are looking good...now..I just need s...

I got my troyers yesterday , I am going out in a few minutes and change out some round hole nats and open up some gourds...oh , and a question , how loud is the songbird chatter box ? at my old house I had a horn speaker on top of a perch pole next to an out building with the PM disc playing pretty ...

Gosh I am glad to hear they will tolerate each other , my mocker sits up on top of my rack blowing off everything in his hard drive :lol: I have many bird feeders far away from my rack , but the mocker darts down and chases away some of my good back yard birds even though he is primarily a bugger......