T 14 bird house

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MartinMan68
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Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:57 am
Location: Englewood,tn

thought i would share a picture of my new T 14 bird house for this season with eight horizontal gourds. Also there is a picture of me and my two girls.
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These pictures were taken on Feb. 16,2012 by Dennis at his home with his two girls.
These pictures were taken on Feb. 16,2012 by Dennis at his home with his two girls.
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This is a picture of my T 14 bird house
This is a picture of my T 14 bird house
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Emil Pampell-Tx
Posts: 6743
Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:26 pm
Location: Tx, Richmond (SW of Houston)
Martin Colony History: First started in Gretna, La in 1969 with a small homemade house, have had martins ever since at 2 different homes in Texas

Very nice birdhouse, pole, and wonderful looking children. Your place looks outstanding! Good job.
PMCA Member, 250 gourds, 6 poles, 2traps
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Peggy Riley
Posts: 885
Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:21 pm
Location: TX/Tolar

Nice house and site! Your girls are very pretty too.
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2017 101 pair
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Stretch
Posts: 192
Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:25 pm
Location: White House, TN

looks like a family affair! awesome looking housing and equipment and location and landlords!
2011 19 Pair, 108 eggs, 74 fledged
2010 9 Pair, 44 eggs, 30 fledged
Mast 1: western cedar T18 + 4 SREH tunneled gourds - 3"x3"x24' alum. custom fab mast
Mast 2: 11 Horizontal Gourds with custom Jack Petty entrances +6 SREH tunneled supergourd - 2in deluxe 18.
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DornCounty
Posts: 2169
Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:58 pm
Location: Rural SE Kansas
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Trio-Jedi

wow heck of a colony there.
2017 - Home & Public Colonies - 300 Cavities
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Tim Stover
Posts: 505
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:04 pm
Location: Tennesse/Madisonville

nice setup Dennis good looking T-14 and children hope you fill them up this year we fledged a lot of martins last year Good luck
2009 2pair 2010 24pair 2011 106 pair
2012 124 pair
2013 145
2014 170 pair
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Steve Kroenke
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Joined: Fri Nov 28, 2003 6:49 pm
Location: Louisiana/Logansport

Hey Dennis,

Thanks for sharing these photos with us! Your martin colony looks great! And your two girls sure are pretty! I know one of them goes deer hunting with you!

I have always enjoyed talking with you on the phone. I will be looking forward to hearing about how that new T-14 does.

Steve
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300+ pairs of martins each season
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rrmartins
Posts: 1441
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:04 am
Location: Round Rock, TX

Great looking T14 and family. Hope you guys have a great year.
2021
T14
10 Pair
49 Fledged
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Dave Reynolds
Posts: 2441
Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
Martin Colony History: Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 198 Fledged
2025 - 44 Pair, 168 Fledged

Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 104 Fledged
2025 - 28 Pair, 83 Fledged

Dennis -- and Family --

Great looking site, great looking Family. :wink: I love it because you are keeping it in the family.. Maybe some day they will grow up and become Martins Landlords... Good luck and have a good season..

Dave -- in Little Hocking, Ohio
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MartinMan68
Posts: 37
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:57 am
Location: Englewood,tn

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Hope you all have a good season and have a lot of birds. :grin:
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richnet12
Posts: 54
Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 2:12 pm
Location: Texas/Beaumont

glad to see your girls are learing to appreciate the outdoors. good luck on your colony.
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D'Nese
Posts: 450
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:09 pm
Location: Unionville, TN

Nice looking girls and oh by the way t14 is awesome too. Wondering what you are using to hang your gourds? We will be adding a second t14 this year and have ordered 8 new gourds for hanging.
D'Nese in Tennessee


2009-new house up, many visitors no one stayed
2010-3 pairs, 14 eggs, 9 babies 9 fledged
2011 20 pairs, 106 eggs, 79 fledged
2012 37 pair, 120 fledged
2013 37 pair, 173 fledged
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M.Stephens
Posts: 1130
Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:14 pm
Location: Texas/Texarkana

Wonderful looking site! Good to hear you're raising those girls with a love for the outdoors! : )
Malcolm
2015 (110 nesting pair)
2014 (92 nesting pair)
2013 (75 nesting pair)
2012 (35 nesting pair)
2011 (20 pair)
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MartinMan68
Posts: 37
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:57 am
Location: Englewood,tn

Hey,D 'Nese, the gourd hanging arms I purchased from Birds Paradise .They are made for the T 14. Thanks for the comments.
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Don~VA
Posts: 391
Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:01 am
Location: Virginia/King George
Martin Colony History: Had a colony many years ago which dwindled over a couple of years and then did not return. Kept trying each year for almost 20 years and finally had a small success in 2011 with two pairs nesting. Colony has grown slowly each year with 22 pairs in 2015. In 2016 my gourd rack of 18 gourds filled up so I added 4 more gourds and then put up a small rack of 6 gourds. All of those were claimed within a few days so I believe I have at least 25 pairs this year.

Thats a Great looking T-14. You have a very nice looking site and two Beautiful helpers too !!
Don~Northern Neck of Virginia-PMCA Member
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dsonyay
Posts: 1677
Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:10 pm
Location: Louisiana/Broussard
Martin Colony History: 2010-2014 located in Slidell LA. Gourd rack with 16 gourds. Max of 2 pairs during this short period in Slidell. Plenty of fledglings.

2014-present.. moved to Broussard LA. Same Gourd Rack but added a 6 room house (modified from a 12 room)

2020: after a long drought of nothing, 4 pairs and 4 nests, 23 eggs total.
6 fledges.

2021: 9 pair, 47 eggs
36 hatchlings
30 fledged

2022: about 12 pairs.. many eggs, all fledged.. only had one hatchling die.. probably because of our schnauzer. :(

2023: 16 pairs. So far about 60 chicks with about a dozen eggs to go.

2024: 13 pair. About 60 eggs
2025: 14 pairs .. 69 eggs.

looks like the girls were wearing purple for the photo shoot too- so why not you? ;)
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