Purple Martin Forum

I had aprothonotary warbler in a box in my courtyard and had noticed one of the eggs were different. After they hatched I noticed one baby was larger and had a reddish mouth. I was unaware of the cowbird history until I looked it up on the internet and identified the stranger as a cowbird chick. I g...

I am just getting a colony started (third year). I had 4 pair last year and fledged about 22. This year I have lost 4 young to one rat snake and 2 weeks later lost one female and 3 young dead in the cavity with the snake still there with the male adult and 2 young in its belly. I tried to attach the...

I had one pair that was way ahead of the others with there fledged young. I see the new fledging exploring all the cavities. I found 2 dead young in one nest pecked to death. I have not seen any HS and the holes are Starling resistant. Did the new fledged birds do this?

I have the pistol .22 version with a stock and it is deadly accurate. You can buy a steel scuba tank and adaptor for about the same price as a the pump. If you have a local scuba shop it cost about 5 bucks to fill it. I do not know how many gun fills you can get off one tank. After I fill the gun I ...

I bought the pistol version that only comes in the .22. I wanted something more compact to carry around. It is EXTREMELY accurate at 30 yards. It comes with an attachable stock. It does not have sights so you have to have a scope.The good thing is you can use any standard scope since it is not a spr...

This for new landlords trying to establish colonies. I know this is not a problem with established colonies. This is my third year as a landlord. I started with an old Trio 12 the first year with one pair. I put up a Lonestar Alamo-14 with 4 gourds. I had 4 pairs. I gave my Trio which I had added po...

I have a Gamo but the trigger pull was to hard so I bought a new trigger on line that was easy to install and it helps a lot on accuracy.

Since most of the young have fledged in the South what do they do? Just hang around until the birds form the North are ready to roost to fly South? I have 6 to 10 just around during the day but do not go into any cavities. All my young have fledged at least 2 to 4 weeks ago. These may or may not be ...

This is only my 3ed year as a landlord. The first year I had a pair 4 eggs. Only 6 compartments usable due to trees. Moved and changed to a T14 - 3 pair with 15 eggs. This year 4 pair 23 eggs all have fledged but 4 due to fledge in another week. It has been over 2weeks since the last fledged and I s...

NOTHING AS EXCITING AS YOUR FIRST PAIR
AND WITH EGGS
A PAIR, TWO PAIR, THEN A COLONY

FYI

3ed year

5 pair

22 young of 4 pair, one pair just picking a cavity

GOOD LUCK!!!
THERE IS NOTHING AS EXCITING AS YOUR FIRST PAIR!!!

check out the Gamo Whisper
has a suppressor built in and is said to reduce noise by 50%
have one and is accurate
clean only after 400-500 rounds

last yr 3 pair
this yr. 4 pair, 19 eggs so far from 3 pair, one pair still picking a cavity
no sy birds yet

I am in BR and this is my 3ed year. One pair the first year, 3 pair the second year, and 3 pair so far this year. There are no SY males here yet so I think this year is late in getting started. It sounds like you are doing all the right things. Put up some decoys and offer some Round Holes if you ha...

The second year after I had just one pair I put up a T-14 with SR holes and I had a lot of lookers but none landed so I ordered on 4 cavity door with round holes to put on the North side. As soon as I put it up they landed and started to check it out. I have left it that way and it seems to be the f...

If you are not doing it now, have some cavities with round holes, put up decoys, and play the dawn song.

YOU HAVE TO "SIGN UP" FOR GOOGLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IN ORDER TO GET THE MAP WITH THE EDIT BUTTON. Took me awhile to figure it out!

Who cares! Best thing is one less Starling.

Got to tell everyone you have to "sign up" with google to get the "NEW" map with the edit button!