Bristol Ridge Colony New Lexington,Ohio

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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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This was the first gourd rack I had to fill up in 2016. In 2012 I only had one pair of Martins and fledged 3 birds. In 2016 so far I have 65 pairs. Love My Birds. Bluetick
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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This is the old pipe gourd rack I bought from pmca back in 2001. It's also full up. Great Year so far. Bluetick
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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This is the first Martin to come to my Colony this year on March 26th. Took this picture of him the 4th of April. Came to gourd 13 and that rack is also full. Bluetick
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bluetick
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Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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This gourd rack is also full up. Bluetick
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bluetick
Posts: 277
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Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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Another gourd rack full up. I haven't been able to get on the pmca site all year and my Friend Louise fixed it today. Thank You. Bluetick
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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I wanted to tell this story and then I will quit posting for a while. I had a pair of tree swallows trying to build in gourd 46 so I tried to move them 75 feet from the martin colony. I drove this piece of pipe in the ground. The gourd porch was only 7 feet 6 inches from the ground. The tree swallows never moved but two days later a pair of Martins took up house keeping and have laid their eggs in this single gourd. I had to put a perch on it and go buy a piece of duct pipe to make a guard for it. I couldn't believe it when they moved in. Bluetick
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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!

You've come way up in the years!!! Your doing it right Bluetick! Congratulations! :)
Sharon from southern Illinois
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Mitch Booth
Posts: 480
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:23 am
Location: Akron, OH
Martin Colony History: 2012 - 0
2013 - 1 pair, 4 eggs, 2 fledged
2014 - 0
2015 - 1 pair, 5 died during week of rain
2016 - 0
2017 - 1 pair, 4 eggs, 4 fledged
2018 - 4 pair, 19 eggs, 19 fledged
2019 - 7 pair
2020 - 17 pair

No doubt!!! Way to go!!!
2020 - 17 pair 77 eggs 69 fledged
2019 - 7 pair
2018 - 4 pair 19 eggs, 19 fledged
2017 - 1 pair 4 eggs, 4 fledged
2016 - 0 only visits
2015 - 1 pair 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 dead on days 6-7
2014 - 0 only visits
2013 - 1 pair 3 eggs, 2 hatched, 2 fledged
2012 - 0
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pmartinlover2
Posts: 521
Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:37 pm
Location: IL/Hillsboro
Martin Colony History: 2011 Home site--1 SY pair--2 fledged
2016 Satellite Site---4 pair--19 eggs laid--17 hatched--16 fledged
2017 Satellite Site--8 pair--37 eggs laid--34 hatched--34 fledged
2018 11 pair--fledged 60
2019 20 pair-fledged 94
2020 23pair-fledged 108

Good to hear from you bluetick! You're a busy guy with your growing colony. Holy cow! Great story,,,go figure! Good luck getting all those babies in the air.
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Jody
Jody in Central Illinois
Landlord in 2016
2016—4 pr fledged 16
2017—8 pr fledged 34
2018—11 pr fledged 60
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John Evans
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Joined: Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:56 pm
Location: Cocoa Beach Florida

Very nice.. Congratulations. Great martin management! Lots of birds around this part of Ohio this year..

John
PMCA Member
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

Thanks everyone. Bluetick LOVE MY BIRDS.
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

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This is a picture of my colony as the birds go about their daily activity. Bluetick
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Mitch Booth
Posts: 480
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:23 am
Location: Akron, OH
Martin Colony History: 2012 - 0
2013 - 1 pair, 4 eggs, 2 fledged
2014 - 0
2015 - 1 pair, 5 died during week of rain
2016 - 0
2017 - 1 pair, 4 eggs, 4 fledged
2018 - 4 pair, 19 eggs, 19 fledged
2019 - 7 pair
2020 - 17 pair

Bluetick that is an awesome picture!!!! I still had that single SY male on the one rack this morning. He's been here going on three weeks. I take it he's not going to find a mate. I hope he returns next year as an adult and the females will be much more receptive in mating with him.

Mitch
2020 - 17 pair 77 eggs 69 fledged
2019 - 7 pair
2018 - 4 pair 19 eggs, 19 fledged
2017 - 1 pair 4 eggs, 4 fledged
2016 - 0 only visits
2015 - 1 pair 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 dead on days 6-7
2014 - 0 only visits
2013 - 1 pair 3 eggs, 2 hatched, 2 fledged
2012 - 0
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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!

Females are so finicky! I don't think they like a colony with no birds! My fake colony has not convinced them to stay here yet!
Bluetick and others started with a very lucky pair so it does happen! They are saying an ASY male (Fred) will find a mate but I had one here in 2014 for 6 weeks and no female stayed with him! I'm like Tim from Iowa they need to be paired and looking for a new site together. Then that female may stick! We'll get there. Keep talking about it and the pain goes away. You want it as bad as I do so we have to keep at it! :)
Sharon from southern Illinois
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bluetick
Posts: 277
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:21 am
Location: New Lexington, Ohio

Good luck to Sharon and Mitch. It took me a long time to get Martins but I have caught fire in this my 5th year of having them. I may put up one more gourd rack. I love the pair in the single gourd. Dave
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