Flipped food to the martins today…interesting so I wanted to share.
We had very windy weather for the last few days and yesterday it rained for most of the day. This morning I chased the owl away at 5:30 and stayed out until sunrise. That damn owl. But the subject of my post is not the owl, it’s my martins behavior today. I went out just to check on them and while out there under my patio two or three martins made a straight flight to me then up to the roof where they landed. Immediately I knew they were asking for food. I rushed inside the house and quickly thawed out crickets and began flipping to them. Before you knew it the whole colony ( it seemed like all of them ) were taking the crickets. They were hungry. I ended up flipping 2 thousand crickets and several meal worms. Isn’t that interesting? Just thought I’d share. Hoping the owl will leave soon. Brent
Brent
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Thomas Maddox
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They remembered and great job! 2,000!!!
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C.C.Martins
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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:
HOSP: 12 Starlings: 10
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 36 PMCA excluder gourds, 4 natural 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:
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Brent,
Try to cement it in their brain. Keep offering food, even if just for a few times.a week. They do remember.
Well done and hope that owl quits its $hit.
Try to cement it in their brain. Keep offering food, even if just for a few times.a week. They do remember.
Well done and hope that owl quits its $hit.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
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Birdiegirl
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2020- Visitors
2021- 1 pair, 5 fledged
2022- 11 pair, 36 fledged
2023- 20 pair, 78 fledged
2024- 32 pair, 109 fledged
That is a fantastic report, Brent! Well done! I must not be getting it… are you for hire? 
Laura
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Martintown33
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That’s awesome Brent! You definitely have them trained.. great accomplishment ! You won’t have to worry about bad weather ever again… as far as that owl, I know I’ve said it before. But I’d be shooting bottle rockets at him every time I saw him. Make it miserable for him to be around. He will find some other place to hunt..
Great accomplishment on your trained martins! That’s a big tool you have now..
Rob
Great accomplishment on your trained martins! That’s a big tool you have now..
Rob
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Laplace, La
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