The fence rows are coming down!

[taxidermy lady]

This is such a dream come true for me! This will open my world up big time. The farmer started Monday. Had to share a picture. I’m so excited! The martins will have a super duper flyway! I can’t wrap it around my brain that this is really happening! Thank you lord!

[flyin-lowe]

How far are the trees from your housing? It's hard to guess from the picture.

[taxidermy lady]

Oh there’s 5 fence rows, they go this way and that way! I have one on the south side that borders my property. Weather permitting the rate he’s going he should be here taking mine down by the end of December. That’s just a guess.
Right now the fence row that borders ny property is about 130’ from my poles. After all of them get cleared my martins will a a good mile of open field before any trees. How great is that!
I’ll keep posting pictures to make it more clear. I’m bad at distance estimation but he’s an outa 1/4 mile from my house clearing now.
Here’s a google pic with what he’s clearing scribbled out.

[Kuemic]

Wow, when all of those trees are cleared out it will be an amazing open area! Please post pics when it’s all completed. Wishing you many, many martins next season!

[DerrickK]

It's nice to get a flyway for the martins but I know that in Southern Ontario the removal of fencerows has had a detrimental effect on other native species. Fields that were once about 10 acres are now 100's of acres. It's not just the affect on wildlife but also opening up large areas to wind and water erosion. With climate change we only need a few years of drought and we'll have a situation far worse than the dirty thirties.

[pmartinlover2]

That google pic really showed me how many trees are coming down. This will definitely help you attract more martins. So happy for you BMF!
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Jody

[Anthony Neira]

YES !! "Good things come....." Congrats Sharon !!

[GeneP]

If only a couple of neighbors would cut a trash tree or two...

Still had 18 pair.

[Ed Pace]

Sharon: I guess dreams really do come true. The hawks will have more trouble ambushing your martins. It will be so nice to see your birds flying in the distance. What I like most is it will open up that pond that is surrounded by trees and your birds will really love that advantage (if that is a pond that the picture shows). Next year will surely be your best season so far. Good Luck ED & Mona

[taxidermy lady]

Thanks everyone! I’m really excited about this! I live in a low area and it will bring a breeze from the south in the summer!
Ed and Mona it is an old borrow pit when they built the highway! It wraps around to the side of my shed! Just a hole that needs dug out deeper and I’d put fish in it! It floods his field when it rains heavy! The culvert that goes across under the highway was not put in low enough to keep it draining! But it’s always filled up in the spring when the martins arrive! They will like it when there’s no trees around it! He’s right by my house clearing now because he has a few deer hunters hunting this weekend! I should get multiple pairs next year with this happening! Good luck everyone!

[taxidermy lady]

A wide open fly way now!

[Emil Pampell-Tx]

Happy for you Sharon, good things happen to good people! Is the pole on the left your martin pole?

[taxidermy lady]

Thanks Emil! No that is a tall perch I made and the martins loved it! I just left it up for the winter birdies! All my poles are down and stored! I wake up every morning and have to pinch myself! Is this real!

[sugarcreek]

Christmas came early for you, you will be a great landlord ...Good luck this coming yr.

[taxidermy lady]

Thanks to everyone on here. You kept my faith and it happened! Now I’ll be wide open next spring! The female will be an ASY and he will be 3 im guessing! They both did awesome protecting their babies. All fledged! I won’t be changing anything! All gourds will be placed in the same spot they were last year! Poles will be placed on same ground stake!

The martins should come and feel safe this year. The closest trees will be in my front yard. Close to 200’ away! Any danger lurking in those tress should be detected before they could sneak up on them. (The young ones will always be vulnerable). I’ll post a new picture soon. It’s just hard to get the full perspective of the clearing on a picture. The next updated google picture will be the best and they just updated a few years ago. So a few more years yet!

Good luck to all!

[belpre gary]

That's great Sharon , Things are looking realy good for you in 2018 !

[Dave Reynolds]

Sharon --- That's great news... Love the Google pic with all the red pen marks.. It looks like things will really open up the sky for you Martins return. I just hope they still recognize your housing and know they are home.. ( Just kidding ) Enjoy Christmas came early for ya..

Dave