Martins on the Edge (Westernmost colony?)
I am on the High Plains just 50 miles east of the Colorado state line at Holcomb, in Finney CO. Kansas. Am I the westernmost landlord posting on the PMCA Forum? Also I don't know if I get the eastern subspecies or the Rocky Mtn. race. Any input appreciated.
arthur nonhof
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Ed Svetich-WI
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Interesting question. I would have to look at a map, but I remember martins being documented in eastern New Mexico several years ago. At any rate, you are definitely in the wide open spaces out there. How many martins nested for you?
Good luck.
Ed
PS Checked Scout Report. Martins reported in Eunice, NM in 2010.
Good luck.
Ed
PS Checked Scout Report. Martins reported in Eunice, NM in 2010.
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~Ray~Gingerich
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Yes, check the scout report maps ... New Mexico 2010 -2013 then there's Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada which are eastern sub species plus some in west Texas are on the western fringes. If the one in New Mexico no longer exists you might be the western most site in the states?
~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
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
Great post Art!
I too have wondered who's the most western, eastern subspecies landlord in the continental U.S.
Jim Ray in Canyon, TX is just slightly west of your longitude.
I had read (It was in an Update publication) about some eastern Martins nesting in gourds somewhere in eastern New Mexico.
I'll have to look for article again.
Here's a great article (with map towards the bottom) about Texas Martins.
The map shows some confirmed colonies pretty far west -even further west than Canyon, TX.
http://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/purple-martin/
I too have wondered who's the most western, eastern subspecies landlord in the continental U.S.
Jim Ray in Canyon, TX is just slightly west of your longitude.
I had read (It was in an Update publication) about some eastern Martins nesting in gourds somewhere in eastern New Mexico.
I'll have to look for article again.
Here's a great article (with map towards the bottom) about Texas Martins.
The map shows some confirmed colonies pretty far west -even further west than Canyon, TX.
http://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/purple-martin/
Last edited by Matt F. on Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hi. I would love to have the claim here in Canyon, TX! 
Yes, there are colonies in SE New Mexico, and I am trying to confirm a colony in Clovis, New Mexico. Nesting has been documented in that area. All of these are west of of any colony in Texas.
I have a paper written that will update their status in Texas. I plan to submit it to the Bulletin of Texas Ornithological Society.
Yes, there are colonies in SE New Mexico, and I am trying to confirm a colony in Clovis, New Mexico. Nesting has been documented in that area. All of these are west of of any colony in Texas.
I have a paper written that will update their status in Texas. I plan to submit it to the Bulletin of Texas Ornithological Society.