Was dining (eating) at a restaurant in Clarksville, Mo -- Clarksville Station -- recently after dropping off some plastic gourds I had prepped for the little river town's riverfront martin colony beside the Mississippi River.
Eventually getting to the point...this restaurant has a large patio and recently added these metal swallows, suspended high on tall metal rods. I think it looks nice..even against the snow. Not sure if these are barn swallows or martins!
The restaurant also has some plastic martin houses up and maybe hosted a few pairs last year. Our gourd racks are just a mile or so away by the river.
John Miller
Interesting garden sculpture -- early swallows
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Tim Mangan-Kansas
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- Location: Kansas, Pittsburg
- Martin Colony History: 2016 - 22 Pair
John:
Looks like an opportunity to help someone start a colony and they already have the decoys in place.
Tim
Looks like an opportunity to help someone start a colony and they already have the decoys in place.
Tim
Licensed Bander
2015 - 14 Pair - fledged 68
2014 - Moved to Kansas - 7 Pair, 35 eggs, 28 fledged in first year
2010 Thru 2013 - Moved-Tried to start new colony
2009 - 46 pair, 217 eggs, 178 fledged
2015 - 14 Pair - fledged 68
2014 - Moved to Kansas - 7 Pair, 35 eggs, 28 fledged in first year
2010 Thru 2013 - Moved-Tried to start new colony
2009 - 46 pair, 217 eggs, 178 fledged
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John Miller
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- Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:11 pm
- Location: St. Louis, MO
Yes Tim...would be a wonderful location. I spoke with the proprietor some time back and dropped off some brochures. got a polite smile and a nod..but not sure of interest in real martins...we'll see.
I work closely with another local martin landlord on the town's riverfront colony. She and her husband live just few blocks away and have a thriving colony. It's a martin rich area, mostly in Trio housing. A few years ago, this town was in the news about flooding from the Mississippi. A CBS morning live interview with a local vegetable grower was nearly flooded itself, by the sound of chirping martins.
The location is a little far for me, about 1.5 hours north of St. Louis, but I hope to have a little field day educational event at the Clarksville gourd colony this year, and maybe another one somewhere near St. Louis.
John
I work closely with another local martin landlord on the town's riverfront colony. She and her husband live just few blocks away and have a thriving colony. It's a martin rich area, mostly in Trio housing. A few years ago, this town was in the news about flooding from the Mississippi. A CBS morning live interview with a local vegetable grower was nearly flooded itself, by the sound of chirping martins.
The location is a little far for me, about 1.5 hours north of St. Louis, but I hope to have a little field day educational event at the Clarksville gourd colony this year, and maybe another one somewhere near St. Louis.
John