HELLO ALL,
HOPE EVERYONE HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEASON,JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I DID A NEST CHECK THIS PAST SUNDAY(JULY 23) AND DISCOVERED 4 EGGS IN ONE OF MY TROYER HORIZONTAL GOURDS.THE MAJORITY OF MY COLONY HAS LEFT....NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND A ACTIVE NEST THIS LATE IN THE SEASON,BTW I LIVE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER REGION.
BernDog
LATE NEST!!!!
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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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Berndog,
I did a nest check on the 16th and found eggs in a gourd where I had subbies playing house all season. I too was surprised as the other birds will be long gone. Will be interesting to see if they hatch!?! I'm further north than you so should be close to the same schedule for fledgling/migration given the dates, I think.
I believe a couple others on the forum have late nesters too.
Best
J
I did a nest check on the 16th and found eggs in a gourd where I had subbies playing house all season. I too was surprised as the other birds will be long gone. Will be interesting to see if they hatch!?! I'm further north than you so should be close to the same schedule for fledgling/migration given the dates, I think.
I believe a couple others on the forum have late nesters too.
Best
J
~Jen
2017-- 23 pair with 99 eggs: 81 hatched, 80 fledged.
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2017-- 23 pair with 99 eggs: 81 hatched, 80 fledged.
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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.
I also have 3 nests with eggs waiting to hatch. 2 were re-nests, one was a late nest. If they all hatch & make it they will be here until late August early September. Many of my colony has left too.
Had one nest with 2 new pinkies today. 2 more eggs in that nest.
I also have 3 chicks in 2 nests that have a few weeks to go before fledge yet.
I've had major losses this season...will post about it later on at seasons end. A very wet & cold spring damaged many eggs, torrential rains & heat wave, disease took chicks :(.
It sure has been a messed up season.
Toy in PA
Had one nest with 2 new pinkies today. 2 more eggs in that nest.
I also have 3 chicks in 2 nests that have a few weeks to go before fledge yet.
I've had major losses this season...will post about it later on at seasons end. A very wet & cold spring damaged many eggs, torrential rains & heat wave, disease took chicks :(.
It sure has been a messed up season.
Toy in PA
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