Warm weather is coming!

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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!

Here in the Midwest we are frigid! All the long range forecast says an above average temperature this spring! It just sounds so good I had to share it! March still below average but it's so close! Hang in there it's coming!

Bring the nice weather and martins on! :grin:
Sharon from southern Illinois
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Emil Pampell-Tx
Posts: 6743
Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:26 pm
Location: Tx, Richmond (SW of Houston)
Martin Colony History: First started in Gretna, La in 1969 with a small homemade house, have had martins ever since at 2 different homes in Texas

It has started here 59/72 with a south wind bringing in the warm weather with scattered showers. But wait a few days, back to the frigid weather.
PMCA Member, 250 gourds, 6 poles, 2traps
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Bobt
Posts: 37
Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:14 pm
Location: Earl NC

Wish it would hurry 8 here in North Carolina this morning.Hope they wait a little while before they come back. Burrrrr
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Dan G
Posts: 446
Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:52 pm
Location: PA/Bellefonte
Martin Colony History: Several colonies with in 6 mile radius.
Have had visitor every year 2014-24.
Two large trees removed in fall 2024 and moved T-14 to a more open location.
2025- 1 SY pair. Fledged 2.

Minus 7 at our house this morning
Bellefonte PA
2014, 1st year-a few lookers, no nests
2015-23. Visitors each year. But no pairs.
2024- most active year. 2-4 SY male’s hang out most days.
2025, 1 SY pair. 2 eggs, 2 fledged!! Other martins visited daily.
Still eliminating starlings and sparrows.
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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

It was -10 here in Southeastern Ohio, when I got up this morning.. Lots of sun today they say. Stay warm everyone..

Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
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Ron Alsop
Posts: 17
Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:37 pm
Location: PA/Penn Run
Martin Colony History: Colony has been growing every year. Now have about 60 pair and fledge about 200.

We had -13 with a wind chill of -22 but they are saying 32 tomorrow--go figure!!
"If it was easy, everybody would be doing it"
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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!

Ron,
We are going up to high 30's Saturday. Then down to 0 Sunday night! CRAZY WEATHER!!!! :shock:
Sharon from southern Illinois
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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.

It has been FRIGID here too. Winds 20-30+ mph at times.
Wind chills -25*. Warm spell coming up, but then Frigid again.
Will be glad when March is here. Snow is coming tonight 3-6 inches.
We don't need that. THINK SPRING THOUGHTS all I can do. J,
Joanne
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Donnie Hurdt MN
Posts: 1723
Joined: Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:14 pm
Location: North Prairie, MN

On the topic of cold weather last week my wife and I flew down to Tampa
Florida and then drove down to Venice where our daughter got married on the beach on Valentines Day. I l was rather surprised at how cold it was there was a steady north wind blowing the whole time we were there. Nobody lingered on the beach too long after the picture taking was done it was just too cold and windy.
We spent a lot of time driving around down there, put on over 800 miles on our rental van one of the things we did was go over to Arcadia for a air boat ride where we got see a couple of Alligators. I was greatly expecting to see a lot of bird life and some martins but did not see or hear a single one and not much for other birds either even on the Air boat ride. Maybe it was too cold and windy for a lot of birds to be out and about.
PMCA member and Martin fanatic....
2011 A pair of subbies fledged three young but none returned in 2012 :-(
2015 One Pair of subbies came and stayed a few nits but got chased away by Bluebirds and Tree swallows. :-(
2017 0ne pair of subbies nested and fledged 4 young
2018 Tree Swallows AGAIN chased away any martins that wanted to nest :evil:
2019 Same old story................ :-(
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