Notice some of my posting friends are getting weary, please don't throw in the towel. I threatened to do that trick myself many times. I waited and kept trying for years and it finally happened for me this year. I am more than thrilled, enjoy the show every day and makes my coffee in the mornings a real treat. The lawn mowing is much nicer now, as I mow the martins soar over and serenade with their beautiful songs. It will happen one day and Yes! I still have to deal with the sparrows, starlings, squirrels,
but the martins make every bit of the negatives seem like nothing. I refrain from climbing ladders anymore, but as best that I can determine seems to be at least five or six nesting pairs in one house and three in the other house.
Don't Give Up
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DelmaWhisenhunt
- Posts: 778
- Joined: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:17 am
- Location: Idabel, OK
Delma Whisenhunt
Idabel, OK
Martin Lover
Idabel, OK
Martin Lover
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taxidermy lady
- Posts: 2988
- Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:21 am
- Location: IL/Ellis Grove
- Martin Colony History: Started trying to attract purple martins in 2012! It's finally happened in 2017! 5 years!!! ASY male and SY female came May 1st, fledged 5 babies!
Yeah Leslie I feel for you, that has to be a heartbreaker! SORRY 
Sharon from southern Illinois
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cary-nw-fla
- Posts: 141
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:27 pm
- Location: Holt, Florida
"all of a sudden.... none?" Snakes ??
2010/2011: 0 / 2012: 8 Pair / 2013: 22 Pair / 2014: 35 Pair / 2015: 39 Pair / 2016: 73 Pair / 2017: 94 Pair
Cary
Cary
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threelilkids
- Posts: 386
- Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:11 pm
- Location: Denham Springs, La
- Martin Colony History: 2014 1 pair 3 hatched 3 fledged
2015 1 pair 5 hatched 5 fledged
2016 1 pair 5 hatched 4 fledged
2017 2 pair 8 hatched 8 fledged
2018 4 pair 15 hatched
Yes, Thanks Delma, I did not give up thanks to you and many others on this site. I had 1 pair this year after 4 years of waiting. My pair had 3 eggs, all 3 hatched and fledged last week. I love to watch my pair bring them home each evening. I so hope each one of us get Martins one day. You may have to change things but PLEASE NEVER GIVE UP. 
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Courtney-NC
- Posts: 592
- Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:28 pm
- Location: Holly Springs, NC
- Martin Colony History: 2009-2015-Helped to manage Raleigh site, 36 cavities
2016- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 1 pair at home site.
2017- 34 pairs at Raleigh site, 3 pairs + extra SYs at home site
2018- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 5 pairs + extra SYs at home site
2019 - 32 pairs at Raleigh site, 7 pairs at home site, 2 pairs at new Holly Springs park site
Still waiting here at my home site. Next year will be year 9. I did get a persistent SY male for 10 days, and that's the best luck I've had so far. After this year's tease, I'm not giving up yet. Fortunately I have had the public/satellite martin sites to keep me busy!
-Courtney
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NC Purple Martin Society (PMCA affiliate)
http://www.ncpurplemartin.org
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NC Purple Martin Society (PMCA affiliate)
http://www.ncpurplemartin.org
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Ladybug
- Posts: 243
- Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:09 pm
- Location: Indiana/ Jamestown
- Martin Colony History: 2005-2019. Lots lookers, 2 successful nesting's.
2010-1 pair nested, 4 eggs destroyed(Wren).
2012- 1 pair nested, 4 eggs, 4 fledged
2019- 1 pair nested, 4 eggs, 4 fledged.
2021- 10 pair, 40 babies fledged.
2022- 17 pair, 10 eggs not hatched= appxy. 57 fledged.
Well, for some it is another Martin year winding down. With lots of lovely fledglings to watch and hear.
BUT for others, like us again, it is another year of frustration.
We have had a lone Male Subbie here for several days, off/ on all summer. He is here today but he does not stay. He never did get a female to stay with him. As I always say, well there is Next Year.
I am so very thankful for all the Other Purple Martin Landlords who
HAVE HAD A REALLY GREAT YEAR. THANKS TO YOUR EFFORTS the
rest of us who are still waiting , we all have a better chance of getting Martins at our homes.
PMCA MEMBER.
1998-2011 -- Visitors only.
2012 = 1 pair, 4 babies fledged.
2013-2014-- Visitors only.
2 Martin Poles// 9 Gourds.
1 pole // Martin House.
BUT for others, like us again, it is another year of frustration.
We have had a lone Male Subbie here for several days, off/ on all summer. He is here today but he does not stay. He never did get a female to stay with him. As I always say, well there is Next Year.
I am so very thankful for all the Other Purple Martin Landlords who
HAVE HAD A REALLY GREAT YEAR. THANKS TO YOUR EFFORTS the
rest of us who are still waiting , we all have a better chance of getting Martins at our homes.
PMCA MEMBER.
1998-2011 -- Visitors only.
2012 = 1 pair, 4 babies fledged.
2013-2014-- Visitors only.
2 Martin Poles// 9 Gourds.
1 pole // Martin House.
Joanne