Dropped my two colonies today. The Tri-Tel with 6 Troyer Horizontals is still batting .000. Just used for perching. The second colony is now up to 19 eggs in 4 of the 24 gourds on this spread. A S&K B011 has 5 eggs as it did on the 4/13 check. This gourd had a single egg on the 4/6 check - hatch 4/25. A B09 with 4 eggs on 4/13 and 4/20 - hatch 4/28. A B09 with 2 eggs on the 4/13 and 5 on 4/20 - hatch 4/30. And a B09 with 5 eggs observed today, none on 4/13 so clutch may not be complete but I'm prognosticating a 5/5 hatch. I'm using the magic prognosticator wheel, of course.
Fun and games in Martin Land. Peace and Happy Easter to y'all and will bring more news with next week's nest check.
Mike
4th Nest Check
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mjfog
- Posts: 450
- Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:40 pm
- Location: Palm City, FL
- Martin Colony History: 2018 will be my first try. 6 S&K B09s. 29 eggs - 8 fledged
2019 - 12 Troyer Horizontals with tunnels, 6 S&K B09s and 12 B011s all with tunnels. 43 eggs - 36 fledged
2020 - Rack 1 - 6 B011s, Rack 2 - 24 B011s, and Rack 3 - 24 Troyer Horizontals. All gourds have tunnels, porches and crescent/Conley 11 entrances; racks have predator guards. 161 eggs - 88 fledged.
2021 - 54 gourds-214 eggs, 184 hatched, 168 fledged.
2022 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 363 eggs, 294 hatched, 278 fledged.
2023 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 321 eggs, 276 hatched, 246 fledged.
2024 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 330 eggs, 283 hatched, 250 fledged.
2025 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 347 eggs, 281 hatched, 266 fledged.
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Dale D
- Posts: 329
- Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:11 am
- Location: Orlando, Fl
- Martin Colony History: Landlord since 2004
Congratulations, mjfog on your Martin eggs. I did a nest check here again yesterday. To date my Martins have laid a total of 63 eggs in 12 nests averaging 5.25 eggs per nest. Of the 63 eggs I have one nest with 6 hatch-lings.
Orlando, FL Landlord since 2004
Offer 42 Cavities Total
Offer 42 Cavities Total
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PMDavid
- Posts: 534
- Joined: Wed May 16, 2018 8:50 pm
- Location: Boyce,Louisiana
- Martin Colony History: 2018 1 lone nut and lots of visitors
2019 6 pair -21fledged
2020 18 pair -60 fledged
2021......to be seen.
24 natural gourds on a satellite rack,9 other gourds scattered around
2-12 compartment trio houses
Rarely see a sparrow or starling,but when I do they don’t last long!
Will have a second satellite rack for the 2022 season and phase out the houses,the martins here strongly prefer natural gourds.
Happy Easter er body. David in Louisiana here . Yesterday and today all morning long I finally saw heavy nest building with my three pair ,mud weeds ,green leaves etc. It also seems like another fourth pair was scoping out the place too! You could tell they were new because you could see the others going in and out building in the sights they stay in and this other pair was circling and landing here there and yonder kinda scattered around as if trying to decide where they liked. We’ll see how that plays out this evening at dark and the next day or so. But,I am ecstatic my three pr are off to a start to getting my colony going !!