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Conrad Baker
Posts: 754
Joined: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:43 pm
Location: Paulina, Louisiana

Carolyn Prevost in Branch posted a sighting today!! Getting real now!
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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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Time to finalize! Purple wave coming.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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brent
Posts: 1280
Joined: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:43 pm
Location: Raceland, Louisiana

OMG!!!! They’re here!!
Brent
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MY FYN 79
Posts: 163
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:58 pm
Location: Chilton Wisconsin
Martin Colony History: 2019 - Sighting
2020 - Pair investigating
2021 - Got 2 eggs. HOSPs poked holes in them. Commence HOSP reduction
2022 - Off to a good start, tree swallows took over and Martins left
2023 - Off to a good start, Martin population dwindled and they eventually left
2024 - New standalone pole and gourd rack. 1 nest, 4 eggs, none hatched
2025 - 9 nests, 37 eggs, 23 hatched, 19 fledged!

So exciting!
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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

Haha, Brent...expecting visitors? Do we know the family? Haha, I still remember that one.

It is exciting, and when they start arriving they act like they never left.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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brent
Posts: 1280
Joined: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:43 pm
Location: Raceland, Louisiana

LOL Tom. I laugh every time I’m reminded of it. :lol:
Brent
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Thomas Maddox
Posts: 580
Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:23 pm
Location: Sulphur, Louisiana

We on da map! Small town about 1.5 hours from me.
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seth❤️birds
Posts: 39
Joined: Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:54 pm
Location: Clark,MO
Martin Colony History: The first year I started keeping track was 2023
2023 - 1 T-14-
38 eggs
28 nestlings
26 fledged
2024
67 eggs
56 nestlings
54 fledge
2025
Added another T-14 & 4 gourds
157 eggs
140 young
126 fledgling

Hooray 🥳🤩
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Seth
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Seth
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Dave Reynolds
Posts: 2441
Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
Martin Colony History: Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 198 Fledged
2025 - 44 Pair, 168 Fledged

Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 104 Fledged
2025 - 28 Pair, 83 Fledged

.. So great to see the Purple Martins Dots on the map…. They’re on the way.. :grin: Love this time of year.. :grin:

Dave
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Little Hocking, Ohio
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Mstan
Posts: 159
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:52 pm
Location: Missouri
Martin Colony History: 2023- 2 racks. 24 gourds
2024- 2 racks.28 gourds. 100 fledged
2025- 3 racks. 24 gourds,6 chirpy nest.105 fledged.

Yes,it’s exciting to see the martins coming back. Makes me reflect on last year and the trials early on. I love this about being a landlord. Here in Farmington we are still approximately seven weeks away from their return. I hope everyone has a good early arrival of their martins.
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Martintown33
Posts: 1366
Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:21 pm
Location: Laplace,La
Martin Colony History: Colony started in 1998. 2 s&k modified houses and gourd rack

Awesome! Nice to see y’all all back for another season.. here we go!
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Laplace, La
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LCM
Posts: 121
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:33 pm
Location: Many Louisiana
Martin Colony History: Have had martins 20 years, I have anywhere from 6 pair to 10 pair
yearly.

Good evening everyone and hello to what feels like my long lost birding family from Toledo Bend Country in Many Louisiana.
I am pumped now reading about Branch, gosh I don’t even know where that is, I’m assuming Louisiana?

Dear Lord, as bad as I want martins again another year, please don’t send too early because I’ve never had opportunity or know how to feed these sweet babies.
If my hand was forced I would sure do my best to learn.

I pray God’s blessings to all my PM friends out there for another blessed privilege to enjoy these amazing feathered friends in 2026.

Sincerely,
Linda
Linda Moore, Many Louisiana
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brent
Posts: 1280
Joined: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:43 pm
Location: Raceland, Louisiana

And two more sightings!! Crowley and Baton Rouge…get ready everybody. I’m as excited as you Linda!! The best to everyone this season! Brent
Brent
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LCM
Posts: 121
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:33 pm
Location: Many Louisiana
Martin Colony History: Have had martins 20 years, I have anywhere from 6 pair to 10 pair
yearly.

Oh my goodness Mr Brent, that is such wonderful news regarding our Purple Martin friends. Crowley and Baton Rouge is about two hours from me.
Thank you for this update!!
Linda Moore, Many Louisiana
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