Am I to late.

jhcox · Sat May 05, 2018 4:53 pm

Am I to late to possibly get some subbies this year. I have had a TS problem but I believe I have it under control now. But I was just able to open my houseing last week now that all the TS are nesting. I still have not seen a single Pm of any kind this year at my site. I did go by some sites several miles away that already have PM that are nest building. I thought if all else fells I could start a pretty good TS colony I have aleast 12 of them in my lower housing like BB boxes and some gourds that I have place around 25 to 30 feet from my PM site as per the TS protocol. I hope everyone has a great year with their PM. JHCox Heiskell TN.

-=DKC=- · Sat May 05, 2018 5:03 pm

jhcox wrote:Am I to late to possibly get some subbies this year. I have had a TS problem but I believe I have it under control now. But I was just able to open my houseing last week now that all the TS are nesting. I still have not seen a single Pm of any kind this year at my site. I did go by some sites several miles away that already have PM that are nest building. I thought if all else fells I could start a pretty good TS colony I have aleast 12 of them in my lower housing like BB boxes and some gourds that I have place around 25 to 30 feet from my PM site as per the TS protocol. I hope everyone has a great year with their PM. JHCox Heiskell TN.

Not too late in my opinion.

I'm still seeing lots of birds looking for a place here in Texas. I know if one of my neighbors put up a house right now they'd almost certainly get birds.

Dale D · Sat May 05, 2018 5:28 pm

I think you still have time. According to last years SY reports TN was getting them at least until May 29th. Good Luck!

jhcox · Sun May 06, 2018 6:31 pm

Well I got home from the firehall this morning and to my surprise. There was a adult male and female sitting on the gourd racks and a subadult male flying over head. I sure hope they are looking for a nice place to live. I saw a couple this afternoon while mowing I hope its the same ones and they stay. JHCox

BillieJR · Sun May 06, 2018 7:04 pm

Well, see........there ya go! Good luck! I hope they stay for ya, too.

jhcox · Sun May 06, 2018 7:41 pm

Me too thanks Billiejr.

taxidermy lady · Sun May 06, 2018 8:31 pm

Jhcox didn’t you have an SY male stay for a good while last year? Maybe that’s him with a girlfriend! Good luck!

handyman315 · Sun May 06, 2018 9:13 pm

taxidermy lady wrote:Jhcox didn’t you have an SY male stay for a good while last year? Maybe that’s him with a girlfriend! Good luck!

Exactly how my new colony got started. Good luck jhcox! It sounds very promising.

BTW, still no SYs here in SW Ohio.

jhcox · Sun May 06, 2018 9:24 pm

Yes ma’am TL I did have one stay for about 2 months he had no luck with the lady’s thou. I hope it is him and now that I think about it he did take the adult female straight to the gourd that he used every night that he stayed here. So it could be him. I really hope she stays with him and they start my colony this year. It appears that they have a subadult male tagging along with them. Good luck this season to all. Keep your fingers crossed maybe this will be the year for me.

BillieJR · Mon May 07, 2018 1:16 am

I hope it is! I hope it is for all of us.

-=DKC=- · Mon May 07, 2018 6:56 am

jhcox wrote:Well I got home from the firehall this morning and to my surprise. There was a adult male and female sitting on the gourd racks and a subadult male flying over head. I sure hope they are looking for a nice place to live. I saw a couple this afternoon while mowing I hope its the same ones and they stay. JHCox

Now that's exciting!

James A Lenz · Mon May 07, 2018 7:06 am

-=DKC=- wrote:
jhcox wrote:Well I got home from the firehall this morning and to my surprise. There was a adult male and female sitting on the gourd racks and a subadult male flying over head. I sure hope they are looking for a nice place to live. I saw a couple this afternoon while mowing I hope its the same ones and they stay. JHCox
Now that's exciting!

Congrats on the birds.

jhcox · Mon May 07, 2018 10:39 am

Well im back at the firehall today and wishing I was at home. To see if they returned again today. At least they won’t go hungry if they do come back. It’s plenty warm and plenty of May flies and black flies for them to eat not to mention those large clouds of nats. Thumbs up maybe they will still be there in the morning when I get off work. By the way my wife is starting to think I’m crazy. She walked out yesterday day evening and heard me talking to the PMs. O well!!!