I'm so happy I have found this forum I'm hoping you guys can help me with this situation. My next door neighbor has a beautiful tree in her back yard but in time it has started to damage her property so she has decided to get it cut down. Unfortunately, there is a small nest or Martin's in there and she would love to know how to get them re-homed the safest way.
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!
So your saying there nesting in a hole in the tree? I would say let them fledge then cut the tree! Should be fledging soon! That's what I would do. Goodluck!
Echo Sharon, ask her to wait...she wont have to wait long now, they will be gone soon...another suggestion for you...consider putting up a Martin house! lol
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
Is that a photo you or somebody took locally or is it a photo you found online for comparison? I notice from the way the picture is taken it looks like it was taken by someone who knows what they are doing (could very well be you!). That is definitely a martin in the picture but there not a lot of cases of martins nesting in trees. They will go to trees for roosting and go to trees for leaves for their nests but a vast majority of them utilize man maid housing. It would be more likely if that photo was just grabbed from the internet that there has been a misidentification of the birds in the tree. Try to get a photo of the actual birds coming from the tree and let us know your location.
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'm so happy I have found this forum I'm hoping you guys can help me with this situation. My next door neighbor has a beautiful tree in her back yard but in time it has started to damage her property so she has decided to get it cut down. Unfortunately, there is a small nest or Martin's in there and she would love to know how to get them re-homed the safest way.
All suggestions are greatly appreciated, really looking forward to some replies.
Thanks guys
PMTOM:
Could you tell us what state you are from?
Purple Martins haven't nested in trees in many many years. So unless this is a super rare occasion I doubt it's a Purple Martin. If it is a Purple Martin nest Federal law prohibits moving a bird nest until all the egg hatch & chicks have taken flight.
Could you take an actual photo of the bird and nest, so we can help identify it?
