New Purchases
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Thomas Maddox
- Posts: 274
- Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:23 pm
- Location: Sulphur, Louisiana
So what are your new purchases for the 2024 season? I bought a few troyer vertical gourds and some vented caps for them. Also, some cooling caps and tunnels for a few S&K gourds.
Since experiencing the heat wave last year, I decided to add shading above both racks. Purchased a 4'x8'x3/8" PVC sheet from Lowes and cut two 4' circles with a 3" wide rectangle strip to slide it onto the pole. After installation the removed strip then bolts back in place with 6 carriage bolts with wing nuts. Takes about 5 minutes to install or remove and the martins love it. For the public perception of my sanity, I'll refrain from talking about how many camera mounts and cameras I added this year. 
2019- 6 Pair, 31 Hatched, 30 Fledged
2020- 8 Pair, 38 Hatched, 32 Fledged
2021- 10 Pair, 51 Hatched, 39 Fledged
HOSP count 130, Starlings 2
2022- 31 Pair, 154 Hatched, 146 Fledged
HOSP count to date 17, Starlings 1
2023- 28 Pair, 128 Hatched, 124 Fledged
HOSP count 47, Starlings 1
PMCA Member
2020- 8 Pair, 38 Hatched, 32 Fledged
2021- 10 Pair, 51 Hatched, 39 Fledged
HOSP count 130, Starlings 2
2022- 31 Pair, 154 Hatched, 146 Fledged
HOSP count to date 17, Starlings 1
2023- 28 Pair, 128 Hatched, 124 Fledged
HOSP count 47, Starlings 1
PMCA Member
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 2879
- 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.
HOSP: 52 Starlings: 29
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 36 PMCA excluder gourds, 6 room trio mini castle with troyer tunnels and enlarged compartments.
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,
PMCA member
Traps! Lots of sparrow traps. Found the round universal sparrow traps placed next to the ground trap sprinkled with millet work great!
Beeman r7 with scope-be here tomorrow
Bought some quarter inch threaded rods to attach to the predator guards for snake netting, guards look like they belong in space now.
Some more traps.....did I say sparrow traps? Them too.
Beeman r7 with scope-be here tomorrow
Bought some quarter inch threaded rods to attach to the predator guards for snake netting, guards look like they belong in space now.
Some more traps.....did I say sparrow traps? Them too.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.