It's been a fabulous season here in Carroll County, Missouri with a month to go before the migration gets under way. I have 32 compartments that were fully occupied with a couple of floating sub-adult males thown in for good measure. Over 120 babies have hatched and roughly 3/4 of them have fledged. In addition, I have an ASY pair that renested and will not fledge their 5 young until the first week in August, the latest ever for a pair of mine. The weather overall this year has been spectacular and the martins have taken full advantage of it. I have attached pictures of my colony. Best wishes to all for a successful conclusion to this year's season.
Michael DeLany
Late season report from NW Missouri
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Show-Me-Mike
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- Joined: Wed May 17, 2006 10:08 pm
- Location: MO/Carrollton
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- View of my two houses with pond and golf course in the background.
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- Close-up of house #2
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- Close-up of house #1
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- Another close-up of house #2
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- One final shot of house #1. The trees and telephone lines in background are farther away from the houses than they appear in this picture.
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Michael DeLany
"I'm from Missouri, you got to show me the martins!"
"I'm from Missouri, you got to show me the martins!"
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KathyF
- Posts: 3522
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2007 1:57 pm
- Location: Missouri/Licking
- Martin Colony History: Colony started - 2007 with one pair
As of 2018 - 84 cavities offered, max # of pairs hosted - 82.
Mike, very nice site! Love your houses. 
Looks like 'martin heaven' there. I see you're using the Troyer Hor. gourds with the Conley II entrance. I had 10 gourds with that entrance this year. No one in my area uses SREH, except for the 2 landlords that I converted just this year, so it was very interesting when I had all those 10 converted gourds taken before the round hole entrances this year.
I'm converting all of them to those entrances next year.
Congratulations!
Looks like 'martin heaven' there. I see you're using the Troyer Hor. gourds with the Conley II entrance. I had 10 gourds with that entrance this year. No one in my area uses SREH, except for the 2 landlords that I converted just this year, so it was very interesting when I had all those 10 converted gourds taken before the round hole entrances this year.
I'm converting all of them to those entrances next year.
Congratulations!
"Sometimes", said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
2023 - 82 pair
2022 - 80 pair
2021 - 75 pair
2020 - 78 pair
2019 - 80 pair
http://kathyfreeze.blogspot.com
2023 - 82 pair
2022 - 80 pair
2021 - 75 pair
2020 - 78 pair
2019 - 80 pair
http://kathyfreeze.blogspot.com
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John Miller
- Posts: 4866
- Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:11 pm
- Location: St. Louis, MO
One of the best sites I've seen!
I like the big old healthy looking trees in the field too.
John Miller
I like the big old healthy looking trees in the field too.
John Miller
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starling shooter
- Posts: 461
- Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:43 pm
- Location: Central MO
weather wise, thing went well for me here in cent MO.
Caught 3 black snakes (4&3 in previous 2 years)...get your nets up folks!
Seems the hawks are really preying heavily on the sites I manage and the ones I involved with indirectly. Somre are not big sites, <20 cavities.
Sure takes a lof of fun out of hosting to see 4-5 attacks a day.
Caught 3 black snakes (4&3 in previous 2 years)...get your nets up folks!
Seems the hawks are really preying heavily on the sites I manage and the ones I involved with indirectly. Somre are not big sites, <20 cavities.
Sure takes a lof of fun out of hosting to see 4-5 attacks a day.
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The Olsons
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- Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:57 pm
- Location: North Padre Island, TX
Mike,
I also was going to use the term "martin heave" but Kathy beat me to it....
You have a wonderful site with healthy, happy and fat looking martins, just the way they should be and the way we like them to be 
I love your pictures and like John said the big old healthy looking trees. Congratulations on your successful season.
Astrid
I also was going to use the term "martin heave" but Kathy beat me to it....
You have a wonderful site with healthy, happy and fat looking martins, just the way they should be and the way we like them to be I love your pictures and like John said the big old healthy looking trees. Congratulations on your successful season. Astrid
Love it or leave it~~~Astrid :-)