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Sharing this video with you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaVSztOQKw

You may also check out the live feed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LawV2nJjQGE

Check out the Live View from the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay Maryland


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LawV2nJjQGE


Have a great martin season

Here is a video clip a new small martin colony to brighten your days https://youtu.be/x47G75ZUY-g

Good luck with your colonies, your hopes and dreams.

Watch martins as the arrive and colonize on the Maryland Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErmDuwsKNQ

Good morning Purple Martin Lovers

All is well in the Terrapin Cove Live Gourd Camera

Here is a quick video of the mother and two chicks: https://youtu.be/Yqp6yQFvDqg

This is a link to the live camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_PgJo72j4

Good luck

We added a second gourd with camera today. Our current system allows for two cameras at low res, or one at high res.

We appreciate your comments. For instance, do you prefer one cam at high res or two cams side by side at low res?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_PgJo72j4

First hatchling today 6/14 inside the gourd camera.

Check it out if you get a chance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_PgJo72j4

Here we adapted the camera to a gourd pre season.

Feel free to request more detailed information regarding the camera system.

The last egg was laid on or about June 1st. We should see hatching in mid June. Hatching—15-16 days after incubation Fifteen to sixteen days later, the eggs begin to hatch. The eggs may not hatch on the same day, but rather it can be spread out over two or even three days. Once the young have hatche...

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It has been several days since the third egg was laid.

https://youtu.be/LQMncPHNXmA

Maybe she stopped at 3 eggs?

Three eggs. ASM?

Currently 2 eggs plus a display of weeping willow leaves!

Check it out when you get a chance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFUZoservE


Good luck everyone

Hello Purple Martin enthusiasts. We just started live streaming our Gourd Cam. There is a mated pair occupying the gourd. They are not with eggs yet. You will also see two osprey nests and a barn owl nest box. One osprey nest has eggs about to hatch. The other osprey are about to lay eggs. The barn ...

Last Night a rat snake visited our gourd with camera. This is the beginning of the video: https://youtu.be/HiaNRHhQY2c Caution: You may not want to view the full video. It is not nice to watch. But if you choose to watch here it is https://youtu.be/-cmyAkQGUT0 There is some good news, the mother sur...

Yesderday June 19th at 5:30pm the first of 6 eggs hatched.

This morning notice that the remaining 5 eggs are unhatched.

Is hatch#1 ahead for some reason? Or is it permature?

https://youtu.be/fvj6V0X70G8

First hatch of six eggs this afternoon: https://youtu.be/fvj6V0X70G8