Martin Colony History: 2014 - first year, zero activity 2015 - Nothing 2016 - SY male visited and stayed a few weeks, unable to attract a mate 2017 - SY pair arrived June 6 - 3 eggs laid, 2 hatched, 1 fledged. 2018 - ASY male, SY female - 5 eggs, 5 hatched, lost all 5 prematurely 2019 - SY male hungout for a month, no mate, several visitors 2020 - SY Pair - 4 eggs, 4 fledged 2021 - ASY male returned 4/26
Are there still SY's moving north in MN? I had a male SY stick around for about 10 days (dubbed Marty Jr. by my kids). He was very protective of the setup, stayed each night, and even brought some visitors. Haven't seen him the past couple of days so think he may have given up on finding a mate and moved on. We are suffering from dawn song fatigue and starting to feel pretty bummed.
Do I have hope for this year, or do I need to start thinking of 2021?
If he was locked into your housing you may have a chance for him next year. The good thing about being late in the season for you is that if your SY took off it's better late in the season as the odds he's shacked up elsewhere are more slim in June.
So it was only 10 days, but he may just be floating around colonies for the rest of the year and there's a chance he comes back to you next year.
Hard to say, but this year sounds like it was late across the board. Still a bit of time for you being this far north I'm thinking.
2010- 1 SY male on and off for a couple weeks
'11- 0 visits
12- 0 visits
13- 0 visits
14- 1 SY male stopped by over 2 weeks.
15- 0 visits
16- 0 visits
17- 0 visits
18- 0 visits
19- Break-through year. Had a SY Male stop in on June 7th and stay all day, every day until end of June
20 - The male didn't return. I did see a SY male do a few flyovers.
21- a couple brief visits
22-3rd rack added, all within a mile. This one at prime location, 0 visits
23- 0 visits
My son just had a couple subbies show up yesterday and they were hanging around pretty well all day....I believe the season is a couple weeks later this yr than last yr....Central Ohio
16 - 14 Cavities 4 Act. Ne 9 fledged, 2.25 Fl. per Act. Ne
17 - 36 Cavities 18 Act. Ne 65 Fledged, 3.61 Fl. per Act. Ne
18 - 54 Cavities 43 Act. Ne 169 Fledged, 3.93 Fl. per Act. Ne
19 - 108 Cavities 67 Act. Ne 209 Fledged, 3.12 Fl. per Act. Ne
20 - 108 Cavities 72 Act. Ne 243 Fledged, 3.38 Fl. per Act. Ne
21 - 112 Cavities 91 Act. Ne 313 Fledged, 3.44 Fl. per Act. Ne
22 - 114 Cavities 101 Act Ne 355 Fledged, 3.51 Fl. per Act. Ne
Martin Colony History: 2019- Several large groups stopped and visited. 2020- 2 pair seemed interested but left after 2 weeks, daily visits since first week of June from neighboring birds. 2021- First pair nested, 4 eggs. Unfortunately 0 fledged. Constant attacks by SY males caused nesting female to crash into privacy fence and she didn't survive.
We are suffering from dawn song fatigue and starting to feel pretty bummed.