Love My Birds. Great year With The Bad The Weather

bluetick · Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:07 am

28 birds on gourd rack this morning at 6:15 AM 7/21/2015

7/20/2015 at 1:30 PM.
Love my Birds. Great Year. Bluetick Dave

taxidermy lady · Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:31 am

That is a great sight. Those pictures are my dreams someday. Good luck next year Dave

bluetick · Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:54 am

Thanks Sharon. It took me a long time to get started but in four years I have went from one pair in 2012 to 45 pair this year. I really had 47 nests with at least one egg in them but I know two nests with one egg was never set on so I didn't count them two. Good luck next year. Dave

taxidermy lady · Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:03 am

How many years did it take you Dave? Did you move your poles or remove any trees? Or did you just wait it out. I guess what I am trying to ask is what changed from the first yr. you tried to get martins to when you actually did get them?

I have moved mine several times, but I can not get any further away from trees. I just whacked another tree in the front yard. It was a soft maple. I have 2 to go. Just have to see what happens next spring. Thanks and good luck

bluetick · Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:00 pm

Sharon I did a lot of different things over the years before I got Birds. I wrote all about my road to success in the winter 2015 Purple Martin Update. Once I got into the second year with 14 pair I caught fire this year. I hope to get up to about 60 to 70 pair and then stay around that. It's been a dream come true. I never thought I would have 45 pair this year. The sky has been full of Martins and the people around here just love my colony. Dave