Post a picture of your colony

[Guest]

Hi folks, thought it would be cool to see everybody's sight, so here is mine lets see yours!!

Maybe even a brief description and how many pairs you have.

This sight took me five years to start and the pair that you see on the rack is the pair that started my colony in 2009 that fledged 5.

[trank]

Here's a picture of my site after 2 days of wind and rain. We have about 45 ASY's that have returned so far this season.

Tom

[KathyF]

Good idea, Greg! This will be fun.

Nice site.

Trank, wow - how many cavities do you offer? Wisconsin is beautiful - lived there for 4 years - too cold....brrrr!

Here's my site on 5-1-2010. Approximate pair count on 5-1 stands at 33 pair. (Housing lowered due to storms / tornadoes the night before).

[trank]

Greg , I hope you get a lot of replys to this post I enjoy looking at all the different sites that landlords offer.

Kathy, looks like martin paradise at your site, just goes to show the results of what proper management can do.

Your right WI. is beautiful and yes it's can get quite cool here, especially if you live near Lake Michigan. I'm offering 64 cavities this year.

Tom

[Guest]

Well...I don't think that only having one pair for two consective years is considered a "colony" but here's a picture of my site.

Please pass the word that we've got plenty of open and available gourds. The nesting material is ready and there are birdie mints on the pillows.

[Robert Richerson]

Had 116 pair last year. Expanded to 224 gourds on eight racks for 2010. Located in central Kentucky.

64 Troyer Horizontals with Conley 2 Tunnels.
64 Troyer Verticals with Conley 2 tunnels.
67 Natural Gourds with Conley 2 Tunnels
16 Super Gourds modified with Conley 2 Tunnels.
11 Super Gourds with crescent entries with outside porches.
2 Excluder Gourds with Conley WDC entries.

[mflangolf]

CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE GOURD FARMS BUT MY HOUSE HAS 8 PAIRS THIS YEAR AND FLEDGED 20+ LAST YEAR

[Guest]

WOW you folks have got some really nice places, and your houses and gourd racks are beautiful to say the least, makes my rack look like nothing and I have only one pair. But it took many years of hard work to remove the S@S and then the waiting game, there was many times I just wanted to give up.

Thanks to all of you for showing and sharing all your hard work I no what it takes and I hope some day my colony will thrive, Great pics Keep them comming!!

[terrapincove]

Here are the links for pictures in Southern New Jersey:


http://sites.google.com/site/leesburgnjcolony/


http://sites.google.com/site/avalonpmcolony/

Hugh

[KathyF]

Hugh - why do you think only the one pair in Leesburg were successful last year? Nice site, by the way!

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mflangolf - so you're about 75% full? Wow - that's awesome! When are you going to expand?

[terrapincove]

One gourd had five eggs that never hatched.

Two other gourds the babies were dying off one by one. Not from bugs. I thought it was an excessive heat or weather related cause. At the same time one gourd on a different rack produced 5 fledglings. That is a mystery. The dying babies seemed bloated. The three unsuccessful gourds were all on the same rack.

Hugh

[Gene Deshors]

check the sight out but it's to wide for my comp. screan

[april57]

Wow oh wow I love all the photos and all the gourds are amazing...oh to see that many birds I would have a bird....LOLO

[mflangolf]

kathyf . did not include the tg8 with 2 nests this year. neighbor has the bug and will be adding a 12 to the neighborhood

[tonyg]

My colony site in Ks. 71 total cavities..Haven't got official count of pairs, will do so in next week or so as Martins are building nest right now.

[tonyg]

Oooopss, posted same pic twice...it was my first attempt at pic posting..

[razman]

[Wendell Hansen-IA]

My site has 94 cavities. Was going to make it 106 this year, but have given my word to some of my new landlords that I would not add anymore gourds or a new house (I want a northstar so bad) till they had breeding pairs. Looks like my goal of 100 pairs won't be this year. If that what it takes to get new landlords then I will be more than happy to stay at 94 for a few years.

[Show-Me-Mike]

Here is my site in Carrollton, (Carroll County) Missouri. I presently have 32 compartments that are all occupied.

Best wishes to all for a successful martin season!

[mflangolf]

Did my nest check today after returning from weekend and have 9 nests (20 available ) with 35 eggs . Going to be a bit crowded again this year with happy martins.