Forgive me if this has already been brought up......

[flyin-lowe]

I was thinking today about some of the old timers on this forum. One that crossed my mind was Emil Pampell. For those of you who have been around for a while know him from the forum. After a quick internet search I found he passed away late last year. I used the forum search feature and didn't see anything brought up about him recently so I thought some of you would like to know. I do not use facebook so I am not sure if this was brought up on the facebook page either.

Emil was one of the good ones..........

[dsonyay]

Darn.. yes I remember him. I hope someone picked up his hobby and is continuing on with his colony.


If you have a link to his obituary, please post it.

Thanks-
David

[Birdiegirl]

I have not been on the forum long, but I have benefited from several of Emil's posts while searching different topics here. He was clearly a dedicated landlord!

[dsonyay]

I found his obituary.. there’s a slideshow, and a few pics of his colony in it. Very sad news. He sure was a good man.

https://www.schmidtfuneralhome.net/obit ... il-pampell

[John Evans]

Sorry to hear. What a treasure. Remember him from way back. He had some ground breaking martin methods and would always assist anyone with questions

John

[C.C.Martins]

Darn, he was very good. The martins sure benefitted from him, as did we. That will carry forward, guess thats the most we can ask.

[flyin-lowe]

No doubt many new colonies were started from the thousands of martins his colony fledged.

[brent]

Respectfully read his obituary. What a wonderful person. What did he develop as predator protection? He definitely would be the neighbor I'd love to have. Many of his generation valued gardening, birding and the environment. Great that this was shared. Thanks. Brent

[Doug Martin - PA]

Emil sure earned my respect. The kind of person I wish I knew personally. We shared many strings on this forum. He helped me quite a bit.

My thought and prayers to all those that knew and loved him.

Doug

[Sharon - Central TX]

What a beautiful tribute to Emil. He was always kind and helpful to all. Very sad to lose him.
Thank you for letting us know.

[Jones4381]

I found his obituary.. there’s a slideshow, and a few pics of his colony in it. Very sad news. He sure was a good man.

https://www.schmidtfuneralhome.net/obit ... il-pampell

A life well lived Emil! Thank you for what you've taught and left behind for others and I to learn from (very purposeful and enjoyable life to emulate). RIP (and love the plant a tree in remembrance...I'll do one in your honor in April sir).

Thank you for sharing this dsonyah.

[C.C.Martins]

Respectfully read his obituary. What a wonderful person. What did he develop as predator protection? He definitely would be the neighbor I'd love to have. Many of his generation valued gardening, birding and the environment. Great that this was shared. Thanks. Brent

Brent,
I found this piece from him. He discusses at length, have to do a search for his posts. From Emil:

I Never tried putting the sideboards on the inside, even though it should work.

The SIMPLE idea behind this method is to make the entrance thicker so the starling cannot turn sideways and get his back inside the entrance. The starling must be forced to go straight in which it cannot do. (EXAMPLE: (if you could make the entrance 1 inch thick, it would have the same effect as sideboards)

I used 1/2inch sintra sideboards. I think that the 1/2in would be more caulking surface and would hold better (than 1/8in surface). What I meant is that any thickness would be ok if you can fasten it good.

I do not know if 1/2 in thick entrance would be thick enough, I have not tried it, but I know that 1 inch deep entrance will work

In answering your first question, yes, you have it right. However, I did not try going straight to a gourd with the sideboards, I attached them to the floor of the porch and the SREH entrance.

Another great advantage to this method is that it completely stops wing entrapment

[brent]

Interesting. Before the season I added Wing Entrapment Protectors to my houses. I attached them to the outside of the entrances.The houses came with them attached inside but they were not thick enough. Of course I was worried that the martins would have a difficult time entering but the martins had no problem and so far, no wing entrapment. Thanks for the post. Brent

[Dave Reynolds]

I was thinking today about some of the old timers on this forum. One that crossed my mind was Emil Pampell. For those of you who have been around for a while know him from the forum. After a quick internet search I found he passed away late last year. I used the forum search feature and didn't see anything brought up about him recently so I thought some of you would like to know. I do not use facebook so I am not sure if this was brought up on the facebook page either.

Emil was one of the good ones..........

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... Thanks so much flyin-Lowe ,, I was wondering the same.. not seeing his name or post lately,, He definitely knew Purple Martins.. The Purple Martins lost a great Landlord.. Years ago He answered so many of my post when I first got started. Though I live in Ohio, and never met him is person, I always fell I knew him.. He added so much of his personality into all his answers to my questions.. What a great Man... RIP Emil .. We all will miss you.....

Dave

[Ryan]

I was thinking of Emil and hadn't seen him post recently and just did the internet search of his name as well, and sadly found the obituary.

He was a great person. He posted in a lot of my threads and answered a lot of my questions. So experienced, and straight answers.