what is best time of day to do nest check??

[razman]

does anyone know if there is a certain time of day that the females tend to lay their eggs? wanting to do nest checks but don't want to interfere with egg laying. thanks! Rick

[ToyinPA]

They generally lay eggs in the morning hours. Nest checks are best done in the afternoon to early evening hours while they are usually out feeding.

Toy in PA

[razman]

They generally lay eggs in the morning hours. Nest checks are best done in the afternoon to early evening hours while they are usually out feeding.

Toy in PA

THANK YOU!!

[flyin-lowe]

As long as you don't do it in the morning during egg laying, any other time is fine. Sometimes I have to do them while all the martins are still around and they get noisy at first but they usually fly around for a minute and then land on the furthest house from the one I am looking at. I have just under 70 cavities so it takes a little time. Back when I only had 5-10 with martins in them I could do them quick enough the martins would just buzz around until I was done. Almost every time I do nest checks there is a female or two who stays in their house. I haven't done full next checks yet this year but yesterday I opened my T14 into insert a trap and one of the females stayed in the entire time.