Do you have your colony on Google Maps yet?

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Great idea.... bump
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~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

added several sites within 3 miles of my place, there are more but these are known to be active.
~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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mclifton
Posts: 25
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:32 pm
Location: Howden, Manitoba (Winnipeg)

This is so interesting. I went on, put in my info, everything fine. Now I have my name right at the top, and not on the list with everybody else. Sheepishly I goofed. Please help.
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Guest

don't forget you can get a Street View in Google Maps. When you click on a pushpin an info bubble pops up. Click on 'more' and then select Street View. You get street level view. Hopefully when they came by for the pictures, it was during PM season and the racks were up.
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KathyF
Posts: 3522
Joined: Thu May 24, 2007 1:57 pm
Location: Missouri/Licking
Martin Colony History: Colony started - 2007 with one pair
As of 2018 - 84 cavities offered, max # of pairs hosted - 82.

mclifton - close out then log back in - I see your site listed at the bottom of the list, just above "Placemark 174" and Bob-O. Is your pin where you want it to be? If not, just click on it and drag it to where you want it. I don't think I can drag it for you - maybe hugh can.... :grin:
"Sometimes", said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
2023 - 82 pair
2022 - 80 pair
2021 - 75 pair
2020 - 78 pair
2019 - 80 pair
http://kathyfreeze.blogspot.com
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~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

Some of my markers were slightly off, used street view instead of satellite, did an edit of those locations this evening so they should be pretty close now. All my extra markers are Amish farm sites to the west and south west of my location.There are many more sites nearby but I didn't keep close tabs on them.
~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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Stretch
Posts: 192
Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:25 pm
Location: White House, TN

bump...

I see some missing colonies....Darryl? D'Nese? :roll:
2011 19 Pair, 108 eggs, 74 fledged
2010 9 Pair, 44 eggs, 30 fledged
Mast 1: western cedar T18 + 4 SREH tunneled gourds - 3"x3"x24' alum. custom fab mast
Mast 2: 11 Horizontal Gourds with custom Jack Petty entrances +6 SREH tunneled supergourd - 2in deluxe 18.
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Leverett Doehring/Mo
Posts: 95
Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2004 12:04 pm
Location: Villa Ridge, Mo
Martin Colony History: 1st birds 1990. 1 12 room metal house, colony started.
current 2 tr14s, 1 tr18, and 56 gourds, usually average @ 70 pair. 102 rooms available.
above mounted on 4 structures..

Well it took a while but I finally got thru edit and moved my pin back to my location, was about 5 miles off??? You have to sign in google, upper right hand corner to select edit and then work out the choices you want to do.
itsjustLEV
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Carlton
Posts: 1959
Joined: Tue May 17, 2005 6:42 pm
Location: Florida/Deerfield Beach
Martin Colony History: I moved to South Florida, from Delaware, in August of 2015.

I care for a 6 condo Sunset House as well as two Deluxe Gourd Racks, with 24 Chirpynest/Excluder gourds, along a canal in Pompano Beach, Florida.


At Quiet Waters Park, nearby in Deerfield Beach, I care for a Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 TVG's. I also care for a Deluxe Gourd rack with 12 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder entrances. I am substituting 6 Chirpynest boxes for 6 of the Conley II entranced gourds in 2026.

At another local park, Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, I care for a Trendsetter 12, 5 gourds rack with 60 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder Entrances and 1 Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 Troyer Vertical Gourds with Starling Stoppers over the Conley II's to keep out smaller starlings.

Thanks for the reminder,Hugh.

I added my three satellite sites (South FL and Delaware) and updated my home site totals as well.
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Bill Pec
Posts: 545
Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:21 am
Location: Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Virginia
Martin Colony History: 2010- 2 pr. Fledged 6
2011- 20 pr. Fledged 75
2012- 35 pr. Fledged 143
2013- 37 pr. Fledged 153
2014- 40 pr. Fledged 198
2015- 40 pr. Fledged 183
2016- 42 pr. Fledged 189
2017- 42 pr. Fledged 168
2018- 43 pr. Fledged 172
2019- 43 pr. Fledged 193
2020 -44 pr. Fledged 181
2021 -43 pr. Fledged 184
2022 - 40 pr. Fledged 160
2023 - 39 pr. Fledged 151
2024 - 40 pr. Fledged 154

Hey Hugh,
I'm on!
Interesting! Thanks.
Having problems locating chosen individual's site.
Reasons:
1) I don't know landlord's real names so I don't know how to find them using their real names. I only recognize their Forum handles.
2) Not being alphabetized makes it difficult.
3) Not having landlords grouped by states makes it difficult.

Is it me or am I missing something?
Bill
THE MORE ONE LEARNS THE MORE ONE SEES! While the ignorant person sees only a blackbird the enlightened person sees a Purple Martin.

2010- 2 pr. 6 fledged, + many visitors
2011- 20 pr. 75 fledged,
2012- 35 pr. 143 fledged
2013- 37 pr. 153 fledged
2014- 40 pr. 198 fledged
2015- 40 pr. 183 fledged
2016- 42 pr. 189 Fledged
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Suzette McGowen
Posts: 53
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:38 am
Location: Texas/Plano

We added our site last year, it was fun to go to the map and find it again.
Suzette & Charles McGowen
Plano, TX
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Stephen Thomas
Posts: 359
Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:24 am
Location: LeRoy/IL

:grin: Well I am on the map. Haven't had much time to be on here. Been working 10 hour days and 3 hours on the road getting to work and back home. 13 hour days sure makes one tired.

Been looking at the scout report daily and it is so exciting to see 50 to 60 landlords a day getting there martins. I think this could increase as the purple wave starts on it's way northward. Hope my pair made the trip down and back. I also had 4 SY males stay for 6 to 8 weeks as well. Maybe they will be back too.

For the people with your birds back, I hope you have a good season and for the people still waiting to get yours back, just remember they will come. We don't need them to early with this cold/snowy weather. To a good season to all!!!!!!!!

Steve
Steve Thomas (LeRoy,Il) trying since 2003, visitors 2006 & 2007 had 1 visitor.
2009 had 6 visitors, 3ASY & 3females(1 male serious)
2010 1ASY male & 1ASYfemale, May 9, 2010 I became a landlord
2011 They came back. Got cold .they left. Never came back. starting over.
2012 1 came by. 2013 (0)
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Carolyn C
Posts: 172
Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:45 am
Location: Georgetown, TX

Not me. I signed in and found the edit button but don't see that I am there.
Carolyn
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Carolyn C
Posts: 172
Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:45 am
Location: Georgetown, TX

I'm on the map--not too sure how close to my location I am but close enough! lol
Carolyn
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Don~VA
Posts: 391
Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:01 am
Location: Virginia/King George
Martin Colony History: Had a colony many years ago which dwindled over a couple of years and then did not return. Kept trying each year for almost 20 years and finally had a small success in 2011 with two pairs nesting. Colony has grown slowly each year with 22 pairs in 2015. In 2016 my gourd rack of 18 gourds filled up so I added 4 more gourds and then put up a small rack of 6 gourds. All of those were claimed within a few days so I believe I have at least 25 pairs this year.

Stretch, Thanks for bumping this up. Hugh had a great idea.. Thanks Hugh. I was a little disappointed last year as I thought there would be a lot more locations posted especially in Virginia. Come on VA landlords let us know where you are :-)
Don~Northern Neck of Virginia-PMCA Member
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gwarnerjr
Posts: 153
Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:36 am
Location: Virginia/Northern Neck

I agree Don. There must be more than 4 of us!
First pair in 2005
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Bill Pec
Posts: 545
Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:21 am
Location: Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Virginia
Martin Colony History: 2010- 2 pr. Fledged 6
2011- 20 pr. Fledged 75
2012- 35 pr. Fledged 143
2013- 37 pr. Fledged 153
2014- 40 pr. Fledged 198
2015- 40 pr. Fledged 183
2016- 42 pr. Fledged 189
2017- 42 pr. Fledged 168
2018- 43 pr. Fledged 172
2019- 43 pr. Fledged 193
2020 -44 pr. Fledged 181
2021 -43 pr. Fledged 184
2022 - 40 pr. Fledged 160
2023 - 39 pr. Fledged 151
2024 - 40 pr. Fledged 154

gwarnerjr and Don,

Virginia appears to be in the "Apathy Zone"
Bill
THE MORE ONE LEARNS THE MORE ONE SEES! While the ignorant person sees only a blackbird the enlightened person sees a Purple Martin.

2010- 2 pr. 6 fledged, + many visitors
2011- 20 pr. 75 fledged,
2012- 35 pr. 143 fledged
2013- 37 pr. 153 fledged
2014- 40 pr. 198 fledged
2015- 40 pr. 183 fledged
2016- 42 pr. 189 Fledged
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terrapincove
Posts: 366
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:06 pm
Location: Maurice River, Southern NJ
Martin Colony History: Well established 90 cavity colony. Mostly plastic gourds with some custom cedar houses atop pilings out over the river. We live stream the activity on our website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg

We are on the Maurice River. The Maurice is brackish and tidal. It meets the Delaware bay about three miles down at East Point, NJ. The area is remote and consists of dense marshland and swamp. Dragonflies abound.

Swallows arrive in mid August and finish nesting mid July. There is a large annual roost in mid August upriver a few miles at Mauricetown.

There are three colonies in the Atlantic Ocean
Good luck Purple Martin Landlords.

Terrapin Cove

Always Live https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
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Bill Pec
Posts: 545
Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:21 am
Location: Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Virginia
Martin Colony History: 2010- 2 pr. Fledged 6
2011- 20 pr. Fledged 75
2012- 35 pr. Fledged 143
2013- 37 pr. Fledged 153
2014- 40 pr. Fledged 198
2015- 40 pr. Fledged 183
2016- 42 pr. Fledged 189
2017- 42 pr. Fledged 168
2018- 43 pr. Fledged 172
2019- 43 pr. Fledged 193
2020 -44 pr. Fledged 181
2021 -43 pr. Fledged 184
2022 - 40 pr. Fledged 160
2023 - 39 pr. Fledged 151
2024 - 40 pr. Fledged 154

WOW, in the Atlantic Ocean :?:
Just goes to show how creative landlords can be and how adaptable martins are. :wink:
Bill
THE MORE ONE LEARNS THE MORE ONE SEES! While the ignorant person sees only a blackbird the enlightened person sees a Purple Martin.

2010- 2 pr. 6 fledged, + many visitors
2011- 20 pr. 75 fledged,
2012- 35 pr. 143 fledged
2013- 37 pr. 153 fledged
2014- 40 pr. 198 fledged
2015- 40 pr. 183 fledged
2016- 42 pr. 189 Fledged
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Stretch
Posts: 192
Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:25 pm
Location: White House, TN

the usage, I agree is a bit difficult. Everyone has the ability to add and delete anything/anyone.

I added a couple sites around me just so I could zoom out and see. I didn't know there names, but put markers and a little description of the housing.

I too, wish you could search by state, sort...etc...maybe google will listen... :)

thanks for the interest! here's another bump!! :)
2011 19 Pair, 108 eggs, 74 fledged
2010 9 Pair, 44 eggs, 30 fledged
Mast 1: western cedar T18 + 4 SREH tunneled gourds - 3"x3"x24' alum. custom fab mast
Mast 2: 11 Horizontal Gourds with custom Jack Petty entrances +6 SREH tunneled supergourd - 2in deluxe 18.
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