Kerrville colony on the river

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G Saner
Posts: 256
Joined: Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:37 pm
Location: TX/Kerrville
Martin Colony History: Fort Worth, TX (1967-1976), The Colony, TX (1981-1985), Carrollton, TX (1986-2013), Kerrville, TX (2015-present).

Two SuperGourd poles (12 gourds on each) at River Point Assisted Living Center.

Out of respect, I waited a while before posting this report. My colony is a little over a mile downstream from downtown Kerrville. The poles are slightly more than 100 yards from the Guadalupe River. This is year 10 for this colony. It is located behind an Assisted Living Center.

I live about 4 miles from the colony. After the flood, on the way over to see if the gourds had been washed away, a lot went through my mind. However, since I had not heard of the residents being evacuated from the center, I was optimistic.

What I found was that everything was unaffected. The side of the river where the poles are was a little higher than the opposite side of the river and the channel is wider in that area. Four days earlier, my nest check showed 23 gourds fully fledged and one gourd left with 4 young still being fed.

24 pair raised 106 young this year. Since 2020, only two gourds were not nested in (142 of 144). This site is martin heaven due to its openness and being close to the river.
G Saner
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dsonyay
Posts: 1677
Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:10 pm
Location: Louisiana/Broussard
Martin Colony History: 2010-2014 located in Slidell LA. Gourd rack with 16 gourds. Max of 2 pairs during this short period in Slidell. Plenty of fledglings.

2014-present.. moved to Broussard LA. Same Gourd Rack but added a 6 room house (modified from a 12 room)

2020: after a long drought of nothing, 4 pairs and 4 nests, 23 eggs total.
6 fledges.

2021: 9 pair, 47 eggs
36 hatchlings
30 fledged

2022: about 12 pairs.. many eggs, all fledged.. only had one hatchling die.. probably because of our schnauzer. :(

2023: 16 pairs. So far about 60 chicks with about a dozen eggs to go.

2024: 13 pair. About 60 eggs
2025: 14 pairs .. 69 eggs.

Good to know. Glad to see you had a great year with the martins. :)
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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
PMCA member

Hearts go out to everyone effected by that flood. Glad you, the residents and your colony is ok.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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