Food on the way?

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ronpar
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Location: Cheshire, OH

http://news.yahoo.com/east-overrun-bill ... 35011.html

This is good news, right? I wasn't a landlord 17 years ago so I am just curious if PMs find these guys tasty?
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Ed Pace
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Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:31 pm
Location: NY/Jamestown

Very interesting Ron, thanks.

Ed
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jr 2
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Location: ohio,proctorville(just across ohio river from huntington,west virginia)

interesting read;don't know if martins like these guys or not but i can do without them;THEY MAY BE TOO BIG FOR THEM TOO EAT;;;maby someone knows??????????JR2
PMCA member; s 2011 2 pair fledged 3; 2012 3 asy pair,4 sy pair,2013 8 asy pair,6 sy pair;2014 19 asy pair,2 sy pair
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ronpar
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Joined: Wed May 09, 2012 3:03 pm
Location: Cheshire, OH

I have seen on other websites that they do eat them...I would think they would be a belly full. Doesn't take many of these to make a dozen, as my Dad used to say, lol.
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Connie
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Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:05 pm
Location: WALKER, LOUISIANA
Martin Colony History: Had my site up to 22 gourds of which most (+/-3) stayed occupied.
Downsized to 17 gourds due to back surgeries. Had 14 families in 2017 but did not do nest checks due to health. Feeling better in 2018 and hoping for a good year.

Louise said they do eat them. I remember the last cycle here.....they are soooo loud. We call them locust. For the longest time I didn't even know what a cicada was. Kind of like the dragon fly, we call those mosquito hawks.
Best kind of hawks to have right?
Thanks for sharing Ron. I bookmarked to show my 5 yo grandson. He will love it.
Connie
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