asy male

Bob Lockman · Mon May 04, 2009 12:26 pm

I have belonged to this site for almost a year and i have learned a lot.this is my first post.I have a asy male staying at my gourds but i do not see a female.The mail sits on the pourch of the same gourd and he goes in and stays a few minutes and comes back out and sits on the pourch of the gourd,he flies away but comes back to the same gourd and does the same thing again.I was wondering if there could be a female in there,i have seen one with him 3 days ago but they left and did not return for a couple of days.I do not know if this is the same male,maybe he is waiting on a female to show.

Guest · Mon May 04, 2009 1:12 pm

Hi Bob'

Welcome to you first post! It sounds like you have a very interested
male. If you haven't seen a female, don't worry, I'm sure he will show
up with one soon. If he was with one before, she may have found another male more interesting and moved on. Hopefully he will soon end up with another one. Keep us informed!!

Guest · Mon May 04, 2009 4:06 pm

Bob, I live near Nashville, TN and saw my first ASY about five weeks ago. He was persistent and found a mate that is now in her second week of nest building. I am hoping for the first egg any day. I am seeing up to eight martins (can't tell ages of all of them) and a second pair is just starting to build. This is my third year of trying. I moved my setup this year and it seems to have done the trick.

I know the worry that you have. When my PM first showed up I worried that he was just passing thru. Hang in there and good luck.

I am headed out to do another nest check and having to close a gourd opening to discourage a pair of Bluebirds from nesting. I manage a trail here and there is still at least two boxes for them choose from. Go figure...

Regards,

Wayne

Emil Pampell-Tx · Mon May 04, 2009 4:23 pm

The female is the one that decides if she will nest at your place. This happens frequently where a male will try to attract a new female, and he usually is successful. If he cannot attract a female, this season, he will move later to a place where he can find a female.

If he cannot attract a female, it may be that your housing is too close to the trees nearby. You may even wish to move the pole, or chop down some of the nearby trees. I removed 8 trees from my site, they got too large and I wanted to keep the martins. Trees iare the #1 reason why some people are unable to attract or keep martins.

Bob Lockman · Tue May 05, 2009 11:26 am

I believe the male found a mate.I saw them taking things into the gourd today.I cut some trees down last week,I cut 3 oaks about 65' tall and 42 " across the stump.I cut my neighbors white pine down when he went to town,i told him a tornado come by and and riped it up.Just kidding.I did convince him that the martins might not stay because the tree was to close,he said ok cut it down,i was glad he let me cut it because that tree was the closest to my gourds.I hope the pair stay,they will be my first pair.