Purple Martin Forum

thanks everybody for the replies. I did have 1 female show up on Sunday brought a smile back to my face. all of you understand how important every ASY martin is. My family thinks I'm slightly nuts in a loving way also they tell me the joke of when somebody sees a squirrel they get distracted for me ...

Had my first ASY male show up this morning when i was outside it was flying to me looking for crickets as its been very cold here in MN. He ate a few crickets then a hawk took him right out of the air and carried him off. This was the start of my tenth year now I will half to wait for more to show u...

Matt I looked for maps on another computer I was able to see them perfect thanks a lot.

Chadd

thanks for the replies Louise we have a disney hopper pass and we are starting out at animal Kingdom then we are going to epcot then if there is still time we will end up at magic kingdom. Ill remember butterfly house at epcot. Matt I was unable to see those maps it said the page is resetting, It wo...

Iam on a Family vacation in orlando we plan to go to disney thursday or friday. who Knows where th martins are. My young kids are not going to let me wander around all day looking for martin houses. They think we are going their for the rides. Dad needs a martin fix. I have a while to wait in MN for...

I thought I should give an update on my hatch rate. this year I had a 85% hatch rate best ever by far 81% fledge rate. Fledged out 4.25 per nest. 60pair 311 eggs, 265 hatched, 255 fledged. Feels kind of good knowing with a 4.25 fledge rate per nest that my colony may actually had a year to increase ...

wow a 100 yards thats impressive fror an air rifle. Right now i have a daisy power line 1000 its a 1000fps it shoots good up to about 25 yards then its all over about 5inches off all over not consistent at about 35 yards i have tried different pellets best one so far is the gamo power pellets the pb...

what about the beeman r9 a have to shoot about 35 yards from house to birdhouse which would be better the r9 or r7

Bob I know about trying more than one way I built my own gourd rack a few years ago. I found out i would have saved money buying one already manufactured? but it was a little self satisfaction when it was done. That gourd rack has been retired now only used 4 years reason was it had a round pole and...

Bob thanks for the reply I do have a pile of cedar that my brother brought back from washington state when he was coming back with an empty truck. Its 3/4" thick rough on one side I have access to a planer so I could plane it down or leave it thicker for extra insulation? I will be ordering you...

Does anyone know how heavy they are? I am thinking about slowly phaseing out my gourds. Because of the colder weather in Minnesota and it would be nice to have more cavities with nest trays as my colony gets bigger the gourds are proving to be more work than something with a nest tray ( for nest cha...

ken 2009 was a terrible year for fledging young we had a long cold snap when there was a lot of young in nests I pulled a lot of dead young out that year. Thats a good idea to check eggs after they miss hatch date I usually wait a while before I throw them out. The eggs that have broke open when thr...

I live in Minnesota my hatch rate seems low 2011 I had 242 eggs 160 hatched 146 fledged. 2010 175 eggs 110 hatched and 103 fledged. the nests are not being abandoned there just not hatching. I have nests that will have 6 or 5 eggs and maybe only 1 or 2 will hatch and they will fledge these young. So...