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Anthony Neira
Posts: 1319
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:12 pm
Location: San Antonio /Texas
Martin Colony History: Started in 1992 From neighbors old 1950-60's colonies. Have 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 4 MPP Poles, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals ,& 2 S&K 11" WITH Troyer Porches ready for 2019 Season !

Yup ! Out of the Many, Many, Many ( :wink: :roll: :lol: ) PMs out there, my "One" arrived yesterday evening, an ASY Male ! :grin: (already noted in the Scout Report ! :grin: )
THEN, This Morning , He showed up as I was working on pole #3 (of 3) up front, and, as I looked up a second time, I see 3 others behind him ! :shock: 2 Pairs !! :grin:
And after I raised the Houses/Gourds, I looked down to wrap up the rope, One BUZZED my Head ! :shock: ALREADY !! :???: :P :lol:
Thanks for making my Season, Little Birds !
And as I say EVERY year, " If This is ALL the PMs I get this year, I'll STILL be Honored ! " :grin:
PMCA Member, 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals + Tunnels, & 2 S&K Bo 11"s WITH Troyer Porches ! 4 MPPs, For 2019 Season !! :grin: Started in 1992 from Older '50-'60s Colonies.
Elijah Clark
Posts: 52
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:52 pm
Location: Bend, TX
Martin Colony History: Put up the colony in 2015 and had a mean and nasty fight with the sparrows, yet one pair stayed and five fledged.

Glad they arrived at your site :grin: Good luck with the upcoming season :grin:
"A good sparrow is a dead sparrow"
2015- 1 pair
2016- 12 pair
2017- 0 pair (predators). Back to square one.
Dave Reynolds
Posts: 2442
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

Anthony --- Wonderful news... You are off to another great year.. Congrats....

Dave
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Little Hocking, Ohio
MichaelH
Posts: 586
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:10 am
Location: IL/Gillespie
Martin Colony History: 2015 28 cavities 2 pairs
2016 big upgrade 56cavities 16 pairs great year
2017. 76 cavities 36 pairs
2018. 146 cavities

Just wonderful yes don't they just put a big old smile on your face ,good news your season has begun
Mick
2018 146 cavities.
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!

Oh boy Anthony how nice is that news! Now if I was your neighbor I would be able to watch them too! Lol :lol:
Good luck with your colony! I know their in good hands! :)
Sharon from southern Illinois
AnnieM
Posts: 183
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:57 pm
Location: Spring Branch/Canyon Lake ~ Mystic Shores, Comal County, TX
Martin Colony History: 2012 - 4 pair
2013 - 11 pair
2014 - 12 pair
2015 - 14 pair
2016 - Arrival Feb 28 - 17 pair
2017 - Full house for first time. 24 gourds all occupied. :-)

Tony, we are north of you about 30 minutes on the north side of Canyon Lake, so if your martins have arrived ours should be coming along soon. They have never arrived prior to February 25, so maybe next Saturday. I got the gourds out of storage today, filled them with pine straw and then covered them all up with plastic trash bags cuz I don't want them to get wet with the major storm we have coming tomorrow/Monday. LOL. That's pretty funny, because they will be out in the weather all summer, but I want them to be nice and dry when our PMs come home. I'm with you... don't care how many decide to stay with us. I will be happy to have any who come.
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2012 - 4 pair
2013 - 11 pair
2014 - 12 pair
2015 - 14 pair
2016 - Arrival Feb 29/17 pair
2017 - Full house first time-24 gourds all occupied :)
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

Great news Anthony! Hope you fill all your vacancies!!!
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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
EGunterTX
Posts: 91
Joined: Wed May 09, 2012 3:09 pm
Location: Texas/New Braunfels/Canyon Lake

Congrats, Anthony!! I expect my first one any time now. Wife usually hears them before I see the first one.
I hope you have a great season.
'18-- 8 nests, 39 eggs, 19 fledged
'17-- 10 nests, 40 eggs, 38 fledged
'16-- 9 nests, 47 eggs, 41 fledged
'15-- 9 nests, 42 eggs, 21 fledged
'14-- 8 nests, 38 eggs, 35 fledged
'13-- 5 nests, 23 eggs, 19 fledged
'12-- 4 nests, 19 eggs, 13 fledged
Matt F.
Posts: 3978
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:48 am
Location: Houston, TX

Congrats Anthony!
Is that old colony of your neighbor's still in existence?
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Anthony Neira
Posts: 1319
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:12 pm
Location: San Antonio /Texas
Martin Colony History: Started in 1992 From neighbors old 1950-60's colonies. Have 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 4 MPP Poles, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals ,& 2 S&K 11" WITH Troyer Porches ready for 2019 Season !

:grin: THANK YOU!! EVERY ONE !!! :grin: & My Best to everyone !!
Well Matt, I see that my neighbor REALLY gave up on taking care of any of their PM houses :cry: But I have 8 Trios & 16 Gourds opened for renters ! :grin: at the BEST price EVER !! :grin:
PMCA Member, 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals + Tunnels, & 2 S&K Bo 11"s WITH Troyer Porches ! 4 MPPs, For 2019 Season !! :grin: Started in 1992 from Older '50-'60s Colonies.
Matt F.
Posts: 3978
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:48 am
Location: Houston, TX

Anthony Neira wrote:Well Matt, I see that my neighbor REALLY gave up on taking care of any of their PM houses
What kind of housing do they have?
I've always been highly intrigued by very old colonies.
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Anthony Neira
Posts: 1319
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:12 pm
Location: San Antonio /Texas
Martin Colony History: Started in 1992 From neighbors old 1950-60's colonies. Have 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 4 MPP Poles, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals ,& 2 S&K 11" WITH Troyer Porches ready for 2019 Season !

Well Matt, the Neighbor to the west of me had an old Heath house, until he died & one of his Daughters took it with her to N.Texas ( Just as a memory of "Dad", Maybe back up some where (? :???: ), The other neighbor to the East of me had a couple of Rotted out M-12ks, one on TOP of an old Telephone pole ! ( :shock: ) & the other LEANING on an old 3 section pole with 2 Sparrow Traps, one with the skeleton of a Cardinal ( :shock: :-( ) & the other with a Skeleton of a Mocking Bird ! ( :-( :shock: ), then, the current home owner bought 3 New PM houses about 8+ years ago, one DR-12H, one S&K John Deer Barn House & another S&K 12 Room House, None were ever converted, even thou I ask to do it for him ! :???: & soon after that, he found 2 M-12ks at a market, one was NAILED to the top of a tall Tree's Branch !( :shock: ), and the other went back up to the now, shorter, leaning Tele. Pole ! 2 years ago he got a BAD case of " Middle Age Crises ", which included a Divorce, new P.U Truck, AND a MOHAWK ! :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:, (Sorry for the :lol: !)
So now, all the houses are all over grown with S & S Nest, and his PMs STILL check it out, but gravitate to mine ! :grin: So far..
PMCA Member, 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals + Tunnels, & 2 S&K Bo 11"s WITH Troyer Porches ! 4 MPPs, For 2019 Season !! :grin: Started in 1992 from Older '50-'60s Colonies.
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