First: What is the longest number of days young have stayed in the nest prior to fledging for some of you out there? I have an ASY pair with 3 young. Two of them flew yesterday for the first time on day 31. The third one has yet to leave the nest as of day 32. Still coming to the front to be fed, but have only seen on the porch a couple times. I thought they would fledge early as it is an adult pair, there are only 3, and insects are plenty this year.
Second: Do lone/unpaired SY males roost in trees for the season? I have two lone SY males that have spent a better part of each day around my houses for the entire season, but they have never roosted overnight. If they are roosting at another colony, wouldn't they spend more time there during the day?
Days to Fledging and SY Male Questions
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switchgrass2001
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- Martin Colony History: 2015-2021: Visitors with no nesting pairs
2022: 1 pair, 5 fledged
2023: 1 pair, 5 fledged
2024: 2 pair, 3 fledged (Female from 2nd pair killed with 4 days of incubation left)
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ToyinPA
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- Location: PA/Avis
- Martin Colony History: The 1972 St. Agnes flood wiped out all the Martins in my area. One day, in 1997-98, 5 or 6 Martins landed on the power wires crossing my back yard. I had no house for them. They kept coming back day after day. We got a martin house a few weeks later & they have been coming back every year since. I average 12-15 pair per year.
I had one chick that took 40 days to fledge & that was with us tossing him over & over for many days. He'd crash land & we'd get him & put him back in the nest. Finally on day 40 he fledged with 3 tries.
I don't have an answer for your 2nd question, but I'd assume they roost in trees.
Toy in PA
I don't have an answer for your 2nd question, but I'd assume they roost in trees.
Toy in PA
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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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Can only speak to what iv seen, had a group of subbies this year. Saw a subbie gather up the others and direct them to a neighbors tree just at dusk, almost like an adult with chicks. Was really interesting, the other subbies were flying around trying to get into occupied gourds, he started calling and went right to the tree, they followed. That went on for about a week, when he finally got a gourd, the subbies slept in the gourd arms.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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switchgrass2001
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Wed May 25, 2022 4:57 pm
- Location: SW Minnesota
- Martin Colony History: 2015-2021: Visitors with no nesting pairs
2022: 1 pair, 5 fledged
2023: 1 pair, 5 fledged
2024: 2 pair, 3 fledged (Female from 2nd pair killed with 4 days of incubation left)
Thank you for the replies. These wonderful birds are always teaching me something!
I guess I just had to ask the question - the final nestling just fledged. Mom had to coax it a little, but its first flight was successful.
Also witnessed a vicious chase between an Eastern Kingbird and PM. Starting to think that is how the SY female was injured earlier in the year as I have witnessed these chases 3 times now. The EK took the male ASY purple martin down today. No injury, but took him out of the air. Crazy.
I guess I just had to ask the question - the final nestling just fledged. Mom had to coax it a little, but its first flight was successful.
Also witnessed a vicious chase between an Eastern Kingbird and PM. Starting to think that is how the SY female was injured earlier in the year as I have witnessed these chases 3 times now. The EK took the male ASY purple martin down today. No injury, but took him out of the air. Crazy.
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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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Congrats!!! Glad it made it.
Wow no kidding! King birds are really something, tough and fearless. Suspect you are right, may have your culprit.
Good to have around though, will defend an area from all comers.
Wow no kidding! King birds are really something, tough and fearless. Suspect you are right, may have your culprit.
Good to have around though, will defend an area from all comers.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23