Dawn song question

[Robbi]

At nightfall last night I saw a Martin swoop in and enter a nest. Heard him/her singing for several minutes. If I have good reason to think I had an overnight guest, do I still play Dawn Song in the morning? I’ve got it going now, but to dark to know what’s going on out there.

[Robbi]

Also, I was out of town for 3 days, so no Dawn Song during that time. And no idea of activity since Monday. I did put it on for about 30 minutes late yesterday afternoon.

[rrmartins]

Very exciting news!! If you have Martins spending the night, you no longer need to play the dawn song. The Martins will bring them in for you. Good luck

[John Miller]

No. You could set a speaker in a new car lot and bring martins in for a look, but you want them coming to a martin house because they spotted it and are interested. Your martin spending the night will try to bring in females and they may not relax if the audio is playing. that's my theory anyway and I'm sticking to it.

[James Strickland FL]

I have to agree that once you have Martins staying at you site stop playing the Dawn Song. The whole idea is to get them to your site and once they stay they will bring others into the site.