Hello Purple Martin enthusiasts.
We just started live streaming our Gourd Cam.
There is a mated pair occupying the gourd. They are not with eggs yet.
You will also see two osprey nests and a barn owl nest box. One osprey nest has eggs about to hatch. The other osprey are about to lay eggs. The barn owl is on 5 eggs so far.
Hope you have a wonderful and successful year with your martins.
Watch at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkLD_lBx9T4
Best regards
Hugh
2022 Gourdcam Now Live
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terrapincove
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- Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:06 pm
- Location: Maurice River, Southern NJ
- Martin Colony History: Well established 90 cavity colony. Mostly plastic gourds with some custom cedar houses atop pilings out over the river. We live stream the activity on our website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
We are on the Maurice River. The Maurice is brackish and tidal. It meets the Delaware bay about three miles down at East Point, NJ. The area is remote and consists of dense marshland and swamp. Dragonflies abound.
Swallows arrive in mid August and finish nesting mid July. There is a large annual roost in mid August upriver a few miles at Mauricetown.
Good luck Purple Martin Landlords.
Terrapin Cove
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