Subies?

phldave · Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:47 am

Attention landlords:
Please take a few moments and report your subadults, for those of us sitting on pins and needles STILL hoping to start a colony. Haven't seen a darn thing, and once again I'm beginning to wonder what the hay! Believe me, the only thing I haven't done is place a vacancy add on here, but I'm pretty sure they haven't learned how to get online

thanks,

Dave

BillieJR · Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:54 am

lol!!! I hope your request ends up showing more subs further north than what is on the map, currently. I haven't seen one yet this year at all either.

Dave Duit · Mon Apr 22, 2019 12:52 pm

Hi Dave,
None reported on our Iowa Organization as of 4/22/19. But, I do believe they are probably at least at the Missouri/ Iowa border.

deancamp · Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:05 pm

I've been watching here and nothing yet just South of Kansas City, MO. I'll be sure and post when I see one.

Dave Reynolds · Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:49 am

Dave --- No Subbies here yet either... I usually see Subbies here around the first or second week in May. Always seems to be near or on Mothers day here in Southeastern, Ohio.. . Best of luck this season...

Dave

phldave · Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:20 pm

I see there’s a sy report half way across Iowa today. Maybe they’re finally starting to move again. I’m home this week maybe I’ll get lucky.

lynnh · Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:35 pm

There's only a few reported in the whole state of Missouri i find it hard to imagine an Sy male in Iowa.

deancamp · Thu May 02, 2019 7:08 pm

I have been watching a couple females for the last couple days and I am finally ready to commit to them being sy birds.

phldave · Mon May 06, 2019 4:43 pm

Well it looks like they (SY) finally showed up in West Des Moines and Slater, Iowa. Now I'm really gonna go nuts with uncontrollable anticipation. Aint spring migration in the Midwest marvelous.

itroyer · Mon May 06, 2019 8:06 pm

I'm in ne Ohio, just saw my first subby today

phldave · Sat May 11, 2019 11:53 am

Finally observed some Martin activity overhead between 7 and 8pm on the 8th of May in Pleasant Hill. If they heard the vocals they ignored them.

Heavy_D · Sat May 11, 2019 7:57 pm

I'm in the Kansas City area and this is my third year. I have kept notes the last 2 years and the SYs that have been at my site were here the last 2 weeks in May into the first 2 weeks of June.

So far this year I have had an ASY male visit last Saturday followed by what looked like an ASY female last Sunday. I'm assuming they were just visitors from another colony.

All that said I'm hoping some warm south breezes bring the subbies north. I've 6 compartments and 3 gourds with vacancy.

avesrun · Mon May 13, 2019 11:04 am

Phl Dave I would like to think we still have a solid 2 wks chance for seeing some subadults arrive at our home sites. Not sure on the sy females but still have seen only 1 sy male at the satellite area to date so more have to forthcoming. The two asy males that have been hanging around my home site are out looking for them right now! I was able to feed them flipped crickets the last few days of the cool temps. They've been here about 3wks now waiting for subadults. Attached is a photo of them taken this weekend.
TimG

-=DKC=- · Mon May 13, 2019 1:09 pm

Here in south Texas I saw significant northbound swallow and Purple Martin migration last week.

avesrun · Mon May 13, 2019 1:16 pm

Thanks for the post DKC. Exactly the heads up info many perspective new landlords of northerly states like to hear throughout the Month of May! Thanks again.
TimG

-=DKC=- · Mon May 13, 2019 1:43 pm

avesrun wrote: ↑
Mon May 13, 2019 1:16 pm
Thanks for the post DKC. Exactly the heads up info many perspective new landlords of northerly states like to hear throughout the Month of May! Thanks again.
TimG

Heavy_D · Thu May 30, 2019 9:33 pm

What's the latest on this topic?

I'm still hopeful here around Kansas City but not seeing as much action as I did last year.

avesrun · Thu May 30, 2019 9:51 pm

Subbies has turned into 2 pr with nests/green leaves and at least 2 more pr paired up and getting serious; and 3 bachelor male subadults here daily in W. Des Moines Iowa. Subbie arrivals maybe just starting to peak/level off?? Good luck everyone waiting and don't give up an ounce of hope till mid-late June this season. I waited 7 years. Play the dawn song/chatter anytime you're home with speaker on pole. It all starts with getting visitors each season and the recordings do bring them in and they can here it from pretty far away.

lynnh · Fri May 31, 2019 1:37 pm

I have never seen so many subadult purple martins as I have this spring! I am located here in southern Iowa . As Tim Gedler stated migration may be leveling off but I’m pretty sure there are still A few weeks left of decent numbers migrating through our colony.
Good luck to all of you still waiting ,hoping they show up soon.
Lynn.