nest changes in gourds question
my gourds are hard to get to over a pond on a 4 by 4 these two pair of martins have used the same gourds for the last 4 years with out a nest change they do fine i guess if they were in the old days in trees it would be the same thanks for reading
anybody in NH doing purple martin watching and doing house,s and gourds
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Emil Pampell-Tx
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- 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
Nest changes help to reduce the weight when you have a lot of gourds on a pole, they help to keep the gourds cleaner, there is better air circulation if you occasionally clean the gourds, sometimes the drain holes plug up, and sometimes the nests get wet, there may be a dead baby inside, etc etc.
There are lot of helpful things that occur if you change the nesting material, and you will most likely be much more successful if you make changes a regular thing.
I think that many people do what you are doing, and quite often this results in sparrows claiming the martin house. Good maintenance is much better in so many ways.
There are lot of helpful things that occur if you change the nesting material, and you will most likely be much more successful if you make changes a regular thing.
I think that many people do what you are doing, and quite often this results in sparrows claiming the martin house. Good maintenance is much better in so many ways.
PMCA Member, 250 gourds, 6 poles, 2traps