Full houses 😁
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seth❤️birds
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- Location: Clark,MO
Last year our old house was full.This spring I put up the new house (the one with the gourds) and it’s already full too
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Mstan
- Posts: 105
- Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:52 pm
- Location: Missouri
- Martin Colony History: 2023 two gourd racks 24 gourds ,kept no records. Became an official landlord. 2024 28 gourds keeping records.
That’s great Seth. What a beautiful picture. I like your set up. I hope you have many successful fledges.
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Thomas Maddox
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- Location: Sulphur, Louisiana
That's gorgeous! Predator guards?
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2378
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
- Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
- Martin Colony History: 2017 Visitors
Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 58 Eggs, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 128 Eggs, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 156 Eggs, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 162 Eggs, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 146 Eggs, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 157 Eggs, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 212 Eggs, 198 Fledged
Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Eggs, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Eggs, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 39 Eggs, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair 64 Eggs, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 89 Eggs, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 111 Eggs, 104 Fledged
.. Great photo of your houses…. Hope you have a great season….
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio
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seth❤️birds
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Yes, I have seen the Martens use the water to drink, and bathe. They do it fairly often.
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seth❤️birds
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Thanks Thomas . No I do not have predator guards on them yet. I have metal flashing on the old houses pole But nothing on the new ones. But I’m working on making two real predator guards right now
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Thomas Maddox
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Oh good! When I first started, I didn't have predator guards and I learned the hard way. I came home from work and found a large rat snake going from 1 compartment to another. The PMs abandoned the house and never came back. 3 years later, I got a new house and moved it to another location in the yard. I have pms now and won't make that mistake again. I used a cylinder with netting on top. Good luck!
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seth❤️birds
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I’m very sorry to hear that your Martins got wiped out, but I’m glad you have them again