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Stingray
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Location: Plantation/Florida
Martin Colony History: 2005 to present

This is the earliest I've gotten them.
Two ASY males on the martin house.

Hope you all have a great season!!

:)
Have a great season!


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James Strickland FL
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Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:04 pm
Location: Reidsville NC
Martin Colony History: 2017 Had a lot visitors no Matins nesting, hoping 2018 will be different.
2018 Had 1 pair
2019 had 30 pair

:grin: :grin: That is great News. I have not seen mine as of yet.
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Stingray
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Location: Plantation/Florida
Martin Colony History: 2005 to present

James Strickland FL wrote::grin: :grin: That is great News. I have not seen mine as of yet.
Thanks neighbor!
Looks like you had a wonderful year last year.
Best wishes for a great one this year two!!

:)
Have a great season!


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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

Have a good year Stingray. Glad to here they made the crossing of the Gulf.
Congrats are in order..

Dave
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Stingray
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Martin Colony History: 2005 to present

Dave Reynolds wrote:Have a good year Stingray. Glad to here they made the crossing of the Gulf.
Congrats are in order..

Dave
Thanks Dave,
I hope that this year your visitors stay.
Here's to a wonderful season for you! :)
Have a great season!


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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

Thanks -- Stingray, I need all the luck I can muster.. Thanks for sending good luck waves my way. :lol:

Dave
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birdy girl
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Congratulations!! Thanks for sharing with us. Hope you have lots of martins this year. If weather permits, our first martin or martins should be arriving in north Mississippi in about 20-25 days.
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Julio
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Awesome news!
"We can judge the heart of man by his treatment of animals." - Immanual Kant.

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Stingray
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Location: Plantation/Florida
Martin Colony History: 2005 to present

birdy girl wrote:Congratulations!! Thanks for sharing with us. Hope you have lots of martins this year. If weather permits, our first martin or martins should be arriving in north Mississippi in about 20-25 days.
Thanks for your nice words birdy girl.
I hope you have a great year too! It's exciting to see them arrive!

Best to you! :)
Have a great season!


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Stingray
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Julio wrote:Awesome news!
You are right!!

Good luck to you Julio. :)
Have a great season!


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Carlton
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Location: Florida/Deerfield Beach
Martin Colony History: I moved to South Florida, from Delaware, in August of 2015.

I care for a 6 condo Sunset House as well as two Deluxe Gourd Racks, with 24 Chirpynest/Excluder gourds, along a canal in Pompano Beach, Florida.


At Quiet Waters Park, nearby in Deerfield Beach, I care for a Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 TVG's. I also care for a Deluxe Gourd rack with 12 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder entrances. I am substituting 6 Chirpynest boxes for 6 of the Conley II entranced gourds in 2026.

At another local park, Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, I care for a Trendsetter 12, 5 gourds rack with 60 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder Entrances and 1 Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 Troyer Vertical Gourds with Starling Stoppers over the Conley II's to keep out smaller starlings.

Have a great season Stingray!

We should see quite a push of martins now with this weather.


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JL Murray

Stingray CONGRATS i hope you have a great 2014 Martin Season.
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Stingray
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Carlton wrote:Have a great season Stingray!

We should see quite a push of martins now with this weather.

Carl
Thanks Carlton.
Hope yours is also a great season!! :)
JL Murray wrote:Stingray CONGRATS i hope you have a great 2014 Martin Season.


Thanks JL.

I hope the same for you!

:)
Have a great season!


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marshainpuntagorda
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Location: Punta Gorda/Florida

Good for you, enjoy those sweet tweets ( not on smart phones, lol) I am looking forward to a good Martin season for all...unlike the Monarchs...they are struggling...I have a Monarch Watch Station...they do well here since the thought is there are "Resident Monarchs" I would hope there would be awareness about their plight also...just love nature
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Stingray
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Location: Plantation/Florida
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marshainpuntagorda wrote:Good for you, enjoy those sweet tweets ( not on smart phones, lol) I am looking forward to a good Martin season for all...unlike the Monarchs...they are struggling...I have a Monarch Watch Station...they do well here since the thought is there are "Resident Monarchs" I would hope there would be awareness about their plight also...just love nature
Hi Marsha,
Funny, I added quite a few milkweed plants in our back yard's butterfly garden a couple of years ago to encourage the monarch population.
Within a very short time there were so many caterpillars that they stripped all the plants and they would have died of starvation.
I went to the nursery and bought some more plants home so that the little guys could make it. Saved most of them!

Hope you have a great season too.
Have a great season!


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marshainpuntagorda
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Thank you! That is how I started with another passion w/butterflies and my hubby has now on Milkweed patrol; all of nature is in flux; If you go to Monarch Watch, there are shocking numbers about the reduction of butterfly migration; I have seen similar numbers about PMs...let's hope this isn't a trend that future generations ignore or it will become a Joanie Mitchell song come true; "Pave paradise, put up a parking lot"...peeps will have to pay to "see them"...
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Stingray
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Joined: Wed May 11, 2005 9:45 pm
Location: Plantation/Florida
Martin Colony History: 2005 to present

marshainpuntagorda wrote:Thank you! That is how I started with another passion w/butterflies and my hubby has now on Milkweed patrol; all of nature is in flux; If you go to Monarch Watch, there are shocking numbers about the reduction of butterfly migration; I have seen similar numbers about PMs...let's hope this isn't a trend that future generations ignore or it will become a Joanie Mitchell song come true; "Pave paradise, put up a parking lot"...peeps will have to pay to "see them"...
Joni was right.
We do what we can. :)
Have a great season!


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