more and more martins

[Guest]

Every morning we have anywhere from 10 - 20 martins visiting our site. ARe they just passing by on their way south. They are not here in the evenings.

[Guest]

YES. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS BIRDS THAT ARE HEADED SOUTH.
I'M IN MALVERN, & MINE HAVE BEEN GONE 2-3 WEEKS,EXCEPT FOR VISITORS.
MARK HARPER

[Guest]

This is my first year to have martins houses. I put up four gourds, played dawnsong and did not get any for a long time. Then all of a sudden one day they were here. I had three sets. It is very exciting to watch them. I am going to add more houses next year and get me a pellet or BB gun to ward off the sparrows. (Although I did not have too much of a problem with them this year.)

I am looking forward to next year. And enjoying the visitors as they migrate south.

[Guest]

i bought this house last august. the lady got too old to clean out the houses she left. i cleaned them out & had 3 pairs nest this year. i am putting up a coates 8 room house next year, & i'll have 1, 12 room that she left.i have a nieghbor that has an established colony. i'm hoping between the visitors & returns next year i'll have a lot more. i guess i got lucky my first year, because those houses that were left were in really bad shape. i could only salvage the 1.

[Guest]

I didn't have martin nest this year either. The sparrows ran them off. However I'm getting hoards of about 25-30 every morning and whenever it clouds up during the day. They are all over my house and are covering much of the power line near my house. They are a beauty to watch. Almost all of them are subadults so they are brown not purple. I'm enjoying them while I can because I probably won't be living here next year.

[Guest]

I have more now than I did when they were nesting. This morning there were between 25 - 30. It was hard to count. I love listening to them sing. I am looking forward to next year. Maybe these that are visiting your house now will come back to your houses next year.