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Roymg
Posts: 135
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:05 pm
Location: Covngton, La

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I know when it's getting close for my Martin's arrival because my buddy always shows up. Mine are not due until mid Feb.
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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
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Boy. Hope he or she moves on for you.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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brent
Posts: 1280
Joined: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:43 pm
Location: Raceland, Louisiana

Looks just like the one hanging around here. Yikes! Brent
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mjfog
Posts: 443
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:40 pm
Location: Palm City, FL
Martin Colony History: 2018 will be my first try. 6 S&K B09s. 29 eggs - 8 fledged
2019 - 12 Troyer Horizontals with tunnels, 6 S&K B09s and 12 B011s all with tunnels. 43 eggs - 36 fledged
2020 - Rack 1 - 6 B011s, Rack 2 - 24 B011s, and Rack 3 - 24 Troyer Horizontals. All gourds have tunnels, porches and crescent/Conley 11 entrances; racks have predator guards. 161 eggs - 88 fledged.
2021 - 54 gourds-214 eggs, 184 hatched, 168 fledged.
2022 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 363 eggs, 294 hatched, 278 fledged.
2023 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 321 eggs, 276 hatched, 246 fledged.
2024 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 330 eggs, 283 hatched, 250 fledged.
2025 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 347 eggs, 281 hatched, 266 fledged.

Young red-shoulder hawk. No threat but it might get lucky every now and then. When a Coopers hawk shows up that's when the martins and landlords get nervous. Remember, all God's creatures gotta eat. Happy Martining, Mike
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Jones4381
Posts: 830
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:54 pm
Location: Southwestern VA
Martin Colony History: 2020- 0
2021- 1 pair-5
2022- 5 pair-20
2023 34 pair-44
2024 30 pair-122
2025 54 Pair -178

mjfog wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:36 pm
 Young red-shoulder hawk. No threat but it might get lucky every now and then. When a Coopers hawk shows up that's when the martins and landlords get nervous. Remember, all God's creatures gotta eat. Happy Martining, Mike
I agree...I've had a nesting pair about 100 yards away in the woods below the racks. I enjoy their early morning calls and watching them get field mice and a snake last year. I think the Red Shoulder Hawks go after easier meals but they are a hawk and opportunist. Good photo hope he/she gets plenty of varmits instead of your birds.

I'd add that this is my experience in a rural setting...in more suburban areas maybe others could add if the red shouldered is more of a threat or a deterrent to the PM's. I also have a flock of Black Crows in my white pine area of the forest that keeps the hawks in more a defensive mode as they are constantly harrassing the pair.
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." - Lao Tzu
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Martintown33
Posts: 1366
Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:21 pm
Location: Laplace,La
Martin Colony History: Colony started in 1998. 2 s&k modified houses and gourd rack

Man those hawks definitely know what time of the year it is! My bottle rocket rifle is ready to scare them away. I agree, they have to eat, but my martins aren’t on the menu, if I can help it.
Rob
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Laplace, La
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