What was the highlight of your 2012 martin season?
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tonyg
- Posts: 1520
- Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:16 pm
- Location: Olpe, KS
- Martin Colony History: 22 year landlord, 14 at current residence..offering 9 racks and a homemade T-8 for 166 total cavities. 160 Pair in 2018 Racks consist of a Deluxe 12, AAA 16, Starburst 16, 2 K-18 Series, Super 24, 2 Gemini, Multi-purpose/two trio’s/4gourds and a T-8..Great hobby to be involved in..
Observed my first roost last year also Jeff..awesome sight to see and hear! Was in Wichita Ks..
22 year landlord..9 Rack Systems for 2018 and my home built T-8 for a total of 166 cavities..160 pair in 2018 ..SUPER COLONY!!! Love You Bev... Fan of those St. Louis Cardinals!!!!!
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diane davis-ms
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:29 am
- Location: Baxterville, ms
- Martin Colony History: Last colony I had was in 2015.
My highlight was truly just amazed and blessed to have aprox
13 pair of purple martins nest and fledge young at our new
home it being the first year here. Since it had taken us
little over 5yr's the trying to be landlord's at our
old place. And the most memorable part was some of my older asy's
following my vehicle very vocal back and forth down the road as I moved.
I would make 2 to 4 trips a day and when I would stop and get things out
of my truck they would dive overhead and seem to be fussing at me for
moving there housing. We did try to place it in same order as at old site.
and were only aprox 4 foot ball fields away from where there old housing
sight was. And that is what makes me sm��ile and keeps me amazed.
13 pair of purple martins nest and fledge young at our new
home it being the first year here. Since it had taken us
little over 5yr's the trying to be landlord's at our
old place. And the most memorable part was some of my older asy's
following my vehicle very vocal back and forth down the road as I moved.
I would make 2 to 4 trips a day and when I would stop and get things out
of my truck they would dive overhead and seem to be fussing at me for
moving there housing. We did try to place it in same order as at old site.
and were only aprox 4 foot ball fields away from where there old housing
sight was. And that is what makes me sm��ile and keeps me amazed.
purple martin addict!
pmca member.
2015 sy's males here hoping for new colony!
pmca member.
2015 sy's males here hoping for new colony!
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barry resvick
- Posts: 185
- Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:07 pm
- Location: Alberta/Didsbury
- Martin Colony History: 2010 we had just one sy male all summer
2011 we had the same male come back but eventually brought home a female and had five eggs but were infertile
2012 we had our first two chicks but lost them
2013 we fledged six and had two pair
2014 we fledged 13 from four pairs
2015 we fledged 24 from 6 pairs
Hi Diane!
That is a totally amazing story.Iv read of people on this site who have moved their sites and not as far as yours was,with no teneant for a couple of years.Did you have to move the racks when they were still really active,or did you wait till things slowed down?
That is a totally amazing story.Iv read of people on this site who have moved their sites and not as far as yours was,with no teneant for a couple of years.Did you have to move the racks when they were still really active,or did you wait till things slowed down?
2010______2 visitors
2011______1asy male 3 visitors
2012______1 pair,possibly2(5 infertile eggs)
2013______2 pair,5infertile eggs,4hatched,0 fledged
2014______3 pair,Fledged 13
2011______1asy male 3 visitors
2012______1 pair,possibly2(5 infertile eggs)
2013______2 pair,5infertile eggs,4hatched,0 fledged
2014______3 pair,Fledged 13
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diane davis-ms
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:29 am
- Location: Baxterville, ms
- Martin Colony History: Last colony I had was in 2015.
Hi Barry,
yes you are correct , IT was very early in the year and they were
really active. Some of my asy males seem to already have paired with
a female. I know we were totally in shock to see some of our martins
actually make the move with us. But never in a 100 years did we think they
would actually stay here and start a new colony at a new site.
wishing you the best of luck this year!!!
yes you are correct , IT was very early in the year and they were
really active. Some of my asy males seem to already have paired with
a female. I know we were totally in shock to see some of our martins
actually make the move with us. But never in a 100 years did we think they
would actually stay here and start a new colony at a new site.
wishing you the best of luck this year!!!
purple martin addict!
pmca member.
2015 sy's males here hoping for new colony!
pmca member.
2015 sy's males here hoping for new colony!
First was having my first pair of Martin nest after so many years of trying and then having three little ones fly from the box to the near by electric wires. It was BEAUTIFUL. The female only laid three eggs and raised three birds so that was the Highlight of my summer Louise. Dave Woofter
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Mike in NC
- Posts: 75
- Joined: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:29 pm
- Location: Graham/North Carolina
After years of trying, we finally found success this past season. Five martins all showed up and moved in on the same day (an amazing Saturday for us). We initially had two nesting pair and one lone male - all 2nd year birds.
The lone male dried desperately to lure another female into his gourd for weeks. He would bring 'girlfriends' by, but none seemed to want him. He also had other antics, like snatching nesting material from the other gourds while the birds were away or not paying attention. We started calling our lone male "Buster" for some reason. He just seemed like a Buster to us.
The highlight of the season was when Buster finally found a female to accept him and move into his gourd. We were very happy for Buster and it was amazing to have each of our three pair successfully fledge young.
I'm very excited about this coming season!
The lone male dried desperately to lure another female into his gourd for weeks. He would bring 'girlfriends' by, but none seemed to want him. He also had other antics, like snatching nesting material from the other gourds while the birds were away or not paying attention. We started calling our lone male "Buster" for some reason. He just seemed like a Buster to us.
The highlight of the season was when Buster finally found a female to accept him and move into his gourd. We were very happy for Buster and it was amazing to have each of our three pair successfully fledge young.
I'm very excited about this coming season!
2008 - 0
2009 - 0
2010 - 0
2011 - 0
2012 - 3 Nesting Pair / 10 Fledged
2013 - 10 Nesting Pair and still going!
2009 - 0
2010 - 0
2011 - 0
2012 - 3 Nesting Pair / 10 Fledged
2013 - 10 Nesting Pair and still going!