Tulsa International Airport Roost
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zatn02
- Posts: 34
- Joined: Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:35 pm
- Location: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
- Martin Colony History: I live on Keystone Lake which is 25 miles west of Tulsa Oklahoma. For 2020 I will be offering: 1 Gemini rack with 12 Troyer Horizontal and 12 Troyer Vertical gourds, 1 Multi-Purpose pole with 2 Trio M12K houses with expanded compartments and 4 S&K Bo 11 Plus gourds with clinger tunnels, 1 Multi-Purpose pole with 2 Trio Mini-Castles with expanded compartments and 4 Troyer Vertical Gourds underneath, 1 MPP pole with 2 Trio MSS12 houses with expanded compartments, 3 Super gourds and 1 Excluder gourd underneath, 1 Fountain Gourd rack with 12 Troyer Vertical Gourds, 1 AAA16 rack with 8 Troyer Horizontal and 8 Troyer Vertical gourds, 1 rack with 3 S&K Double Gourds, 1 Trendsetter 16 house with 4 Troyer Vertical Gourds underneath and 1 S&K Barn style house with expanded compartments and 2 gourds underneath. This will be a total of 127 nesting cavities offered for 2020. Hopefully this will help to increase my numbers over 2019 which were 60 active pair that fledged 274 babies.
Tulsa International Airport roost report - I went out to the airport last night and even though the airport cut down trees on the east end of the terminal there are still a large number of martins. They have moved to the trees closest to the parking garage midway down across and left of American Airlines baggage claim. Just to the left of the east elevator. You will get an up close view of them coming in and roosting in the trees from the top level parking garage. It will cost you $2 per hour to park up there. Wear an old ball cap because you will get dropped on with their close proximity. Tulsa Audubon is having a roost watch event this Saturday night between 8:00 and 9:00pm. The majority of the birds were coming in between 8:30 and 9:00. Tulsa Oklahoma
Where did they go. We went Sat. night, the 20th, and only saw maybe 40 or 50. We set up on the east side of the parking garage expecting to see thousands coming in from the Mohawk Park area and nada, no groups, large or small. Oddly no starlings either.
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 3368
- 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
PMCA member
Storms coming, likely they got out of the way.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23