Well, the toughest one of the bunch made it home first and it she is an ASY female from room 28 on pole #3. Came home and she was on one of the poles just looking down at her house (they were ready to go up, just plugged and lowered). Scrambled the first of many eggs and she ate a couple/three chunks on the fly, but with 35 mile an hour winds out of the northwest today, she won't go to the tray. We will let her sleep tonight in a warm, dry, pre-nested room and get her fed tomorrow when the winds tone down and the sun shines.
The last fifty miles this girl flew were into horrible headwinds and probably all the way across lake Erie from the north shore of Ohio to our house ten miles inland. She is tough, and we love her...so it starts, one here, lots more to come....
#1 is Home
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Insectivore Villa
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:55 pm
- Location: Blenheim, Ontario
Henry W.
2015, 28 pair, 102 fledged
2016, 39 pair, 154 fledged
2017, 44 pair, 164 fledged
2018, 68 pair, 218 fledged
2015, 28 pair, 102 fledged
2016, 39 pair, 154 fledged
2017, 44 pair, 164 fledged
2018, 68 pair, 218 fledged
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pmartinlover2
- Posts: 521
- Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:37 pm
- Location: IL/Hillsboro
- Martin Colony History: 2011 Home site--1 SY pair--2 fledged
2016 Satellite Site---4 pair--19 eggs laid--17 hatched--16 fledged
2017 Satellite Site--8 pair--37 eggs laid--34 hatched--34 fledged
2018 11 pair--fledged 60
2019 20 pair-fledged 94
2020 23pair-fledged 108
Congrats Henry! Have a great Martin season!
Jody in Central Illinois
Landlord in 2016
2016—4 pr fledged 16
2017—8 pr fledged 34
2018—11 pr fledged 60
Landlord in 2016
2016—4 pr fledged 16
2017—8 pr fledged 34
2018—11 pr fledged 60
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taxidermy lady
- Posts: 2988
- Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:21 am
- Location: IL/Ellis Grove
- 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!
She is in the best place now Henry! Your a great landlord and she will survive! I wish you the best this martin season my friend! 
Sharon from southern Illinois
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Insectivore Villa
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:55 pm
- Location: Blenheim, Ontario
She is one weird bird...eats about three or four pieces of egg,only on the fly, nothing off the feeder, and the settles somewhere else within sight of me. Pretty sure she is training me rather than the other way around. I have never had a solitary female first, so this is new. Not much vocalization, she is constantly looking around for others,extremely wary and definitely not a binge feeder. She looks good and moves around really well, so she must be doing fine, I think she just needs some company or something like that. Well at least she is eating something.
Come one warmer weather...
Lizzie, here is a picture from last year when it was warmer of my setup, we are no where near this green yet, still freezing here
Come one warmer weather...
Lizzie, here is a picture from last year when it was warmer of my setup, we are no where near this green yet, still freezing here
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Henry W.
2015, 28 pair, 102 fledged
2016, 39 pair, 154 fledged
2017, 44 pair, 164 fledged
2018, 68 pair, 218 fledged
2015, 28 pair, 102 fledged
2016, 39 pair, 154 fledged
2017, 44 pair, 164 fledged
2018, 68 pair, 218 fledged
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2444
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
- Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
- Martin Colony History: Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 198 Fledged
2025 - 44 Pair, 168 Fledged
Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 104 Fledged
2025 - 28 Pair, 83 Fledged
Henry —- Congratulations on your new arrival... I know you feeling good again, have a great year...
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio