Late Hatchlings

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RJM
Posts: 135
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:53 pm
Location: Pennsylvania/Mechanicsburg

I had a late pair begin hatching their brood today. A little more than half of my colony has already fledged.....the remainder over the next week. Based on my spreadsheet, I should have this late group until mid/late august.
Trying since 2006, started hosting in 2012
T14 with 4 THG and 4 modified SG's
Gourd rack with 3 TVG's and 3 modified SG's
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ToyinPA
Posts: 2227
Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:07 pm
Location: PA/Avis
Martin Colony History: The 1972 St. Agnes flood wiped out all the Martins in my area. One day, in 1997-98, 5 or 6 Martins landed on the power wires crossing my back yard. I had no house for them. They kept coming back day after day. We got a martin house a few weeks later & they have been coming back every year since. I average 12-15 pair per year.

For many in northern states the entire martin season has been messed up. I have fledglings & eggs in nests waiting to hatch. If they hatch & survive I'll have martins into late August, early September.

Toy in PA
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cnevett27
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:40 am
Location: Washington, MO
Martin Colony History: Hosting martins for about 5-6 years, keeping records back to 2014. Using all gourds-horizonal Troyers and Excluders
2018 33 pair, 140 fledged
2017-25 pair, 106 fledged
2016 25 pair, 87 fledged
2015 24 pair, 70 fledged
2014 21 pair, 43 fledged

Last year, I had fledglings 2nd week of August. They all made it out, had me worried. Hopefully they will be ok.
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JRow
Posts: 52
Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:23 pm
Location: Eastern South Dakota
Martin Colony History: 2017--super 24 gourd rack with a mix of Troyer horizontals and natural gourds

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RJM wrote:I had a late pair begin hatching their brood today. A little more than half of my colony has already fledged.....the remainder over the next week. Based on my spreadsheet, I should have this late group until mid/late august.
I just had a pair lay eggs this last weekend...hoping for the best as the others will be out by August 1. Keep us posted.
~Jen

2017-- 23 pair with 99 eggs: 81 hatched, 80 fledged.
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HighRise071117
Posts: 11
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:15 am
Location: Perry County, PA USA
Martin Colony History: 2019
Pole #1, T-14 with Troyer Tunnels and 1 brown natural gourd, 1 white natural gourd, 1 Troyer Horizontal gourd, 1 Troyer Vertical gourd hanging underneath, 96' from residence.

Pole #2, K-Series 18 gourd rack with 1 PMCA's Excluder, 3 Troyer Vertical, 3 Troyer Horizontal gourds, 64' from residence.

Pole #3 T-14 with round entrances. Two decoys sitting on porches 32' from residence.

2019
ASY male with SY female arrived 05/25/2019. I can not prove but I think he is the SY male that was here last year. He went to same Troyer Vertical gourd he favored last year. They have been here every day since arriving including today (05/30/2019).

2018
One SY Male stayed 30+ days but was unable to get one of many females to stay and nest. A couple other SY males tried for a week or so and also failed.

RJM wrote:I had a late pair begin hatching their brood today. A little more than half of my colony has already fledged.....the remainder over the next week. Based on my spreadsheet, I should have this late group until mid/late august.
Hi RJM,

I live about 12 miles from you as the purple martin flies and was wondering if I could stop by some time to see your colony?
You did not provide any way to contact you here. You can send me an email.

Regards,
HighRise
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