SY's headed your way

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birdy girl
Posts: 1179
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:09 am
Location: Mississippi/Dumas

Late today probably 40 martins left our site headed north from north Mississippi. Apparently we are still having some ASY males come in with no place to stay here. Don't really understand that at May 2. Sure lots of these were SY martins. Each evening lately we have had excess martins here that are leaving due to no vacancy or just trying to find a place for the night with no luck. We probably have a few open cavities on T-14 but for some reason the T-14 never fills up. I hope these martins finds homes with those still watching and waiting :grin:
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phldave
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:44 pm
Location: Iowa/Pleasant Hill
Martin Colony History: Started trying in 2012 and still trying

Send um on up, I have 14 compartments with nice beds waiting.
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2012 late start
2013 nothing yet, lots a lookers
2014 Bust again
2015 Bust again
2016 Bust again
2017 Bust again
2018 April 14 a group joined me, but moved on after a week
2019 Had SY male seriously check me out but didn't stay
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4th Gen Martin Fan
Posts: 1498
Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:19 pm
Location: TN/Collierville
Martin Colony History: I have been exposed to purple martin sounds in utero when my mother went out to get my father away from his martin colony.
I played around the martin colony every summer and watched as my father maintained his colony. In the late 50's until the 70's he did not notice European Starlings in south Texas.
When old enough, I helped maintain his colony. My primary task was eliminating English House Sparrows with a 1956 Benjamin 317 .177 air rifle.
When I settled into my own home, I started my first colony with an original Trio Castle and Trio Grandpa. When I moved again, I did not put up any martin houses. Frustration with European Starlings in the Southeast US was overwhelming.
Found PMCA Forum and learned about modern enlarged compartments and SREHs.
Inherited my father's last martin house, a Trio Grandma, modified it to modern specifications and have had good results since then.

Brenda,
Good news for anxious martin hosts.
I have helped mentor several new local martin hosts over the past month and they are hoping for some martin tenants. We have established 30 new, modern martin compartments at good sites in the Collierville area.
Just as important, send more martins to our northern hosts. I know there are many worthy, hopeful and excited martin hosts waiting and watching.
Mark.
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Mark.
Firm believer in HOSP/EUST Control, Enlarged Compartments, SREHs, Pole Predator Guards, Owl/Hawk Guards, Mite/Parasite Control, Housing Insulation, and Vents for Compartment Cooling.
PMCA Member.
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MamaBruff
Posts: 1466
Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:21 pm
Location: SW Missouri
Martin Colony History: 2013-2016 Unsuccessful at starting a PM colony. Health problems.
Rehomed all my PM stuff. Good Luck and Best Wishes to All.

Indeed! Many small colony landlords (some have older, established small colonies) in my area are all scratching their heads wondering what has happened to their beloved Purple Martins. The birds are few and late. My Romeo got so lonesome after 3 weeks, he left. But on the other hand, the weather has been so crummy and cold until now.... It has been a LOOONG 5 1/2 weeks since the first scout landed on my house!

Birdygirl, I do hope your T14 fills up this year. Thank you for the encouraging update. It gives me hope.
~Mary B~

Lifelong PM Admirer and Nature Enthusiast.
Ruthless trapper of S&S year round.
2013-2016 Unsuccessful at starting a PM colony. Health problems.
Rehomed all my PM stuff. Good Luck and Best Wishes to All.
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Glen Webb Jr
Posts: 478
Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:03 pm
Location: Illinois/Stewardson

I noticed my first SY male this morning. He is a resident bird, having already claimed "bragging rights" on a Troyer horizontal w/ Conley 2 entrance. I suspect he's been around a day or two since he already occupied the gourd at sunrise this morning. It's still early up here in my opinion. I still have adults trying to fight their way in despite only a few empty gourds remaining...but the ASYs completely let the SY take an empty gourd.
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birdy girl
Posts: 1179
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:09 am
Location: Mississippi/Dumas

Many extras again tonight! I had to run some off. Cannot stand for them to sit out on racks during the night due to owls. Would rather them stay in trees than sit in open. Been seeing occasional owl under feather in yard last few days. While mowing yesterday saw one at martin colony.

I do hope all of you pick up extra martins and those waiting on first martins get them this year.
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pmlover
Posts: 805
Joined: Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:30 pm
Location: OH/New Concord

Still waiting for them in Ohio I hope they arrive in the next couple days
2015 69 pairs 418 eggs 396 fledged
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged

2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
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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

pmlover --- Hang in there... They are coming. I had one stop by Friday morning and he stayed about 15 minutes on my speaker, listening to the Dawn Song. They are in the area, it won't be long for ya. :lol:

Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
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~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

A few female subbies here this morning, no males yet
~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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jr 2
Posts: 749
Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:20 pm
Location: ohio,proctorville(just across ohio river from huntington,west virginia)

supect that I have some female subbie here but I have not seen no male subbie yet that I can tell;;I thaink it was the 13th of may last year that I reported a male sub;;;;used a glue trap[board] for the first time today too get 2 persistence hs that had started too build in one of my tunneled gourds;just cut a short piece and laid it in the tunnel entry;;caught the male first and put another piece in and got the female in 10 minute;i was watching the martins as I had 4 pair flying around;they [hs] didn't want too go in the spar-a-door traps in the trio;;;still looking for subs;;;;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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