On March 12th I reported a ASY Female arrived and 1 day later a ASY male arrived. Also reported of real cold and blustery winds on the way. Both left the morning of the 14th and haven't seen them since. I am hoping they went south to wait out this nasty weather we are having. In the 6 years I have had Martins I haven't seen weather like this. Most years I have seen my first Martin by March 14th and am full up by the 18th. Checked with my friend around here and they haven't seen any Martins. I'm worryed that these 2 may have parished,hoe not.
Dave
ASY Female went south I hope
-
CraigMo.
- Posts: 1480
- Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:30 pm
- Location: Missouri/Lone Jack
- Martin Colony History: Active since 2003
Might of gone to a communal roost to stay warm. I have already lost one to I bet the weather. I have 4 now and the weather forecast looks terrible. I am feeding mine but I am not sure if the cold wont get them anyways since its a long stretch of cold. Good luck with yours
Craig
Craig
-
ljd-kc
- Posts: 162
- Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:05 am
- Location: Kansas City, Mo.
- Martin Colony History: Started my Colony in 2008 with 32 gourds and one ASY pair. As of 2017 I had 106 cavities with 106 pair.
Dave,
I had a lone female show up on 3/9. She wouldn't take supplemental feeding. She stayed 2 nights and then I did not see her for 3 or 4 days. When the weather broke she was back, and staying in the same cavity. I can only assume she went south, during that stretch our high was 40 and lots of wind. Today during the rain a male has shown up to keep her company. Hopefully he will take supplemental feeding and she will catch on. It may depend on each particular Martin on whether they head back south, or if their instinct to stay is stronger. Hopefully it will be a happy ending for them.
Jack
I had a lone female show up on 3/9. She wouldn't take supplemental feeding. She stayed 2 nights and then I did not see her for 3 or 4 days. When the weather broke she was back, and staying in the same cavity. I can only assume she went south, during that stretch our high was 40 and lots of wind. Today during the rain a male has shown up to keep her company. Hopefully he will take supplemental feeding and she will catch on. It may depend on each particular Martin on whether they head back south, or if their instinct to stay is stronger. Hopefully it will be a happy ending for them.
Jack
I guess we know that the birds that are getting in trouble with the weather are the older ones. It would be nice to some day have a geo locator on he or she to see if maybe they do fade back some when the weather is impossible. It is a known fact that homing pigeons on a race do often fly around large storms on their way home. Just a thought. Good luck to all you martin people facing these weather conditions.
Ed
Ed