This year we had the earliest first eggs ever being laid on 5/25/2010. We have had lots of rain so the insect population is plentiful.
Here is the breakdown for this year...
24 breeding pair
2 pair still laying eggs
114 eggs laid
56 eggs (un-hatched)
45 live young
13 eggs (discarded infertile lifeless)
5 bachelor pads (leaves with no eggs)
5 empty units (no leaves)
18 English House Sparrows dead
Best Regards
Perry D. Vogel
President, Cofounder
Phone +1 (218) 781 - 3689
Email [email protected]
Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas
Grand Forks, North Dakota shop.PurpleMartinDakotas.org
I was out a Turtle River State Park on Sunday The park has an ASY male in the same unit as last year. I don’t know if they have more. We drove by your place and your colony is really nice this year.
I have a possible renesting pair that had 2 eggs June 19th, 1 egg on June 20th, and no eggs June 23rd. Today they had 3 eggs all buried in the nest… Did I miss count? I rearranged things a bit and will recheck tomorrow. It is a SY female nest, so she may not know how to keep a nest.
121 eggs laid
77 live young
25 eggs (un-hatched)
19 eggs (discarded infertile lifeless)
24 breeding pair
5 bachelor pads (leaves with no eggs)
5 empty units (no leaves)
1 pair possible renesting attempt (don’t know for sure)
18 English House Sparrows dead
Best Regards
Perry D. Vogel
President, Cofounder
Phone +1 (218) 781 - 3689
Email [email protected]
Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas
Grand Forks, North Dakota shop.PurpleMartinDakotas.org
125 eggs laid
25 discarded eggs (infertile lifeless destroyed)
0 eggs (un-hatched)
100 hatchlings
6 dead young
94 live young
25 breeding pair
4 bachelor pads (leaves with no eggs)
5 empty units (no leaves)
44 English House Sparrows dead
Best Regards
Perry D. Vogel
President, Cofounder
Phone +1 (218) 781 - 3689
Email [email protected]
Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas
Grand Forks, North Dakota shop.PurpleMartinDakotas.org