Purple Martin Forum

,,, During a nest check about two weeks ago I found a three or four day old nestling on one of the porches.. Not to sure how he got there but, was lucky enough to know which nest he came from and returned him to that nest. Nest checks since then has showed he survived with the other nestlings and is...

Joy turns back into stress this evening. Thanks for the kind comments. I discovered 2 more Black rat snakes or Eastern Racers (look similar to me but believe its a Black rat cause it sure could climb) attempting to breach my predator guards. This one I got off pole and observed it's actions to see ...

.. I did put a sprinkler out near the houses ... but not on the houses.. The Moms and Pops would fly through the water and seem to really like it.. But never sprayed the houses..

Dave

Great Job….

…. Happy hunting.. Jones4381 ..

Dave

.. Hello Everyone.. Did a nest check yesterday at my Satellite Site the Oxbow Golf Course.. I found 41 pair with 182 Babies and still 30 eggs yet to hatch, I’m sure some will not hatch. Also checked at my home site and found 22 pair with 104 Babies and 9 eggs yet to hatch.. Hope everyone is having a...

Mstan ... Welcome to the Forum.. It's official you are a Purple Martins landlord.. Hope you have a great season...

Dave

Hello Everyone.. Did a nest check today at my Satellite Site The Oxbow Golf Course. I found 41 pair, with 180 babies and 30 eggs yet to hatch.. Also at home I found 22 pair, with 88 Babies and 22 eggs yet to hatch.. Both the Satellite Site and Home Site are well ahead of last years numbers.. Looks t...

....mjfog .... Sounds like another great year for ya... I have a brother who lives in Winter Haven and he said all his Martins have flegded and gone for the year... He said they couldn't stand the heat in the metal boxes.. Hope yours hold on as long a possible for ya.. Enjoy ..

Dave

I have one wooded rope and pulley rack with 16 gourds. The wooden home made rack was not to bad to raise and lower, until I started getting in my sixties. I still have and use the wooden rope and pulley system but, I switch the pulleys over to two "Double Pulley" system to make it a lot ea...

,, My colony first got started with only one pair. With 16 gourds on that rack, I didn't think the babies could fine the gourd that they were hatched in. But sure enough, every night the babies came back to the same gourd to spend the night. After about 8 days, they started sleeping in other gourds ...

I did the same thing, but had to stop.. I don't know if the Martins got tired of me raising and lowering the rack... But I know I got tired of doing it.. Just like the comments above, the sparrows just seem to know where the trap is, and move on to another gourd. You can ware your self out chasing t...

.. jhcox.. I have asked myself that question for a long time... Here in Ohio, so far, we have 189 Adults reports and only 10 Subbie reports.. Strange to me ? Never could figure that one out.... Maybe it is just to hard to tell who is an Adult (ASY) and who is a SY.

Dave

... JHCox .... Sounds like you are having a great season. So sorry to hear about your friend's lost. Wow,,, That is quite a huge colony. 40 pair is a nice size colony. Can not think of one thing that could wipe out that size of colony in one year.. Keep us up to date on how things are going for him,...

.. Good Luck with your presentations John,, Hope you have great weather and lots on interested people show up... So great to know that you and others still help educate the public.. Good Job...

Dave

..Lisa ,,, Sounds like you are having a super season so far... Here in the Southeastern Ohio Valley, our Martins are currently in a mad dash to get their nest built. I will be doing my first nest check for the season around the 17th of May.. Don't expect to see lots of eggs until the 27th or so. Hop...

Keep up the great work... Get those Sparrows as soon as you can.. I don't think you can get rid of them all but you can sure put a dent in them.. Keep doing the things you are doing. and things may change for ya. By the way, I played the Dawn Song, and they came. I didn't like the sound of the Day t...

…. Great to hear .. It’s a beautiful sound…. Never gets old….

Dave

.. defed …. Same here years ago.. Tree Swallows chased away every visiting Martins.. Took a while but once the Tree Swallows moved on,, I got my first pair…

Dave

.. Hello Everyone…. My wife and I were watching the Solar Eclipse today, Just about two hours after the Eclipse our First Martins (Two) arrived .. So great to see them for another season.. Happy dance here…

Dave