Babies in Florida

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steve r
Posts: 371
Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:16 am
Location: Antioch/Plant City Fla

:grin: Did a nest check today and have 5 beautiful babies, also have 125 eggs in 25 nests. I have 2 nests with 7 eggs and 5 nests with 6 eggs. I not sure how this is compering to other years as my computer crashed and i lost all records.
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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.

WOW! None of my South FL martins have even made a nest yet! Your's are FAR AHEAD.
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Laverne
Posts: 2216
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:58 pm
Location: TX/Alvin
Martin Colony History: Erected 1st house in 1997. Birds were checking it out before Mike got down from the ladder. Six cavities had a little colony 1st year. Grown to 88 cavities all gourds with near 100% occupancy. Most important factor for success is rain = bugs.

Awesome!! We need to have a nationwide party celebrating the hatching of the "first" Purple Martin babies of the season! I'll drink to that!!

Congratulations, Steve. Here's to many more...
Sincerely,
Laverne
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steve r
Posts: 371
Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:16 am
Location: Antioch/Plant City Fla

Early birds Early eggs and early babies just means they leave earlier. Im with you Laverne il have a drink to celerbrate
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FlaSpartan
Posts: 45
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:46 am
Location: Florida/Clermont

Wow Steve - I thought we were doing well over here in Clermont (Central Florida) with egg laying starting on March 21st - 10 days ahead of last season! Congrats
There is no greater thrill than interacting with nature. Fledged 144 in 2014.
I participate in PROJECT MARTINWATCH.
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Matt@atx
Posts: 728
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:13 am
Location: Buda, TX, south of Austin

congrats man. You are way ahead which is good thinking about the heat later on in the middle of summer coming. Only some of our birds have just starting building nests right now ...and barely.
wish our would get done much sooner than July. have fun with your babies
2008~(1st yr) 4 pairs, 11 to 12 fledged
2009~(2nd yr) 9 pairs, 41 fledged
2010~(3rd year) 11 pairs. 50 fledged
2011~(4th year) 20 pairs, 23 out of 23 gourds Martin occupied, 3 fledged, the rest died in the drought. (1 new Blue Bird, 3 BB fledged.)
2012~ 26 pairs, approx. 100-110 fledged
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