Is it too late in SE Louisiana for subbies?
I have an ASY pair with 6 hatchlings and one subbie male that is alone. He has been around for about 2 weeks looking for a mate. Is it too late for him to find a mate this year? Will any more subbies be passing through Southeast Louisiana?
"Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap, yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
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Emil Pampell-Tx
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I would think its too late, but you may get some that renest. Mine are busy feeding babies, and I had no new couples for about 2 weeks.
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i had a pair start a nest in june of last year, but your odds are poor at best.
c.d. bailey
c.d. bailey
Well, if the subbie doesn't find a mate this year, will he have any attachment to my site or do they only come back to a site if they have nested there?
Jeanne
Jeanne
"Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap, yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
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John Barrow
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Hi Jeanne.
We are not seeing female SYs arriving now, and I also have a couple of bachelor SY males. Some wreck havoc, and some only hopelessly watch the sky waiting for the girl of their dreams to arrive.
I have posted several times the story of my batchelor male, who I named "Lowrider", and the hard time he endured trying to search for a female and being harassed by the few ASY pairs I had in those days. He never found a mate. But he returned the next year as a strong ASY and lured hundreds of martins (many migrating through) into my colony in Corpus Christi. He was truly the building block for the 45 pairs I have here today. Perhaps his main claim to fame was his tenacity to nest his second year in the earliest troyer hg gourds, whcih led to a brood of six, and to many of the changes that went into place to modify the gourd entrance into a safe and welcome entry way. Lowrider's gourd hangs with pride from my garage ceiling.
Best of luck in the years ahead. jb
We are not seeing female SYs arriving now, and I also have a couple of bachelor SY males. Some wreck havoc, and some only hopelessly watch the sky waiting for the girl of their dreams to arrive.
I have posted several times the story of my batchelor male, who I named "Lowrider", and the hard time he endured trying to search for a female and being harassed by the few ASY pairs I had in those days. He never found a mate. But he returned the next year as a strong ASY and lured hundreds of martins (many migrating through) into my colony in Corpus Christi. He was truly the building block for the 45 pairs I have here today. Perhaps his main claim to fame was his tenacity to nest his second year in the earliest troyer hg gourds, whcih led to a brood of six, and to many of the changes that went into place to modify the gourd entrance into a safe and welcome entry way. Lowrider's gourd hangs with pride from my garage ceiling.
Best of luck in the years ahead. jb
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Member/Mentor-PMCA. I do regular nestchecks and participate in PROJECT MARTINWATCH!! Coordinated 3 geolocator studies-2009, 2010 & 2013. State and Fed licensed bander (retired Jan., 2020)
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loco for purple
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I had some more subbies show up today May 8th.At least two of the birds were female but were very nervous.They flew off at sunset with some established subbie males at my site in hot pursuit.It had been at least two weeks since their had been any new arrivals ,so there might be hope for your subbie male...You just never know....I'm located in north Texas not that far from you..