When I bought my seeds to plant this year, the pack said birdhouse goards. Well, it ended up being bottleneck goards.
Is there any reason I can't use them next year if they are big around enough??
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Whippy
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I looked them up and came across this image. If yours are similar then I would think so if they are big enough. There are also ways you can add a tunnel to them. Perhaps do a quick search here on the forum as there is most likely a post on that topic.
These bottle neck gourds are similar in shape to the Troyer Vertical gourds which are very successful in my set up.
Coolwhips
These bottle neck gourds are similar in shape to the Troyer Vertical gourds which are very successful in my set up.
Coolwhips
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2016 - many visitors
2017 - 1 pair, 3 fledged
2018- 2 pair, 12 fledged
2019 - 4 pair, 21 fledged
2020 - 15 pair, 67 fledged
2021 - 29 pair, 117 fledged
2022 - 35 pair, 130 fledged
2023 - 43 pair, 196 fledged
2017 - 1 pair, 3 fledged
2018- 2 pair, 12 fledged
2019 - 4 pair, 21 fledged
2020 - 15 pair, 67 fledged
2021 - 29 pair, 117 fledged
2022 - 35 pair, 130 fledged
2023 - 43 pair, 196 fledged
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C.C.Martins
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- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
- Location: Corpus Christi Tx
- Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
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To add to what whippy says, they are very good gourds if what is pictured the type...your imagination is the limit. Mr Barrow gifted me some of those, you can turn them on their side and put the access cap on top, with porches near the neck, or have the porch under the gourd neck with it tilted just a bit forward. Martins love the roominess. They are fantastic. Should be fun to build, and watch martins claim them.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Robert Anderson
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- Location: Mt. Pleasant, IA
- Martin Colony History: 2018: 0 pair
2019: 0 pair
2020: 0 pair: 1 ASY male visitor
2021: 3 pair: 13 eggs
I am using S&K Bo 9 gourds, which are pretty much the smallest artificial gourds on the market. They are double stacked, which means the bottom gourd is attached to the top gourd with an adapter plate and so it doesn't even have the 'neck'. The martins are nesting in the bottom gourds and even ignoring the larger, PMCA excluder gourds. So as long as the bowl size is sufficient, it shouldn't matter.
2018: 0 pair
2019: 0 pair
2020: 0 pair: 1 ASY male visitor
2021: 3 pair: 13 eggs
16 S&K Bo 9 double stacked gourds; 8 PMCA Excluder Gourds; 2 Trio metal houses converted from 12 units down to 6.
2019: 0 pair
2020: 0 pair: 1 ASY male visitor
2021: 3 pair: 13 eggs
16 S&K Bo 9 double stacked gourds; 8 PMCA Excluder Gourds; 2 Trio metal houses converted from 12 units down to 6.
These are the ones I have. Should end up with 12-15 of them. https://shop.wuertzfarm.com/Bottle-Gourds_c15.htm
Tried to post a picture of mine but the file is to big.
Tried to post a picture of mine but the file is to big.