ASY male returns
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Harold Green
- Posts: 44
- Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:30 pm
- Location: Georgia/excited
I usually wait till about the last of February to put my gourds up, but decided to put them up yesterday the 9th. I just happened to be out yesterday afternoon late and lo and behold here comes this pretty blue male and went in one of the gourds just like he was home. He stayed the night and was sitting there this morning with his head hung out. If you are like me and wait till the last minute to put your gourds up you might want to get out of the easy chair and get it done.
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2444
- 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
Harold ---- That's Great news.... Congrats, 
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio
Harold,
I had about the same thoughts.
I had all my gourds down yesterday to finish getting ready for the season. (cleaning plus adding six more gourds). I left them down because I still had some more work to do and thought I would finish them the first of next week.
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and saw a black looking bird (which I thought was a starling) and grabbing my gun, went outside.
When I did I realized that it was NOT a starling but two adult male martins circling over my head. I immediately raised all the poles back to the original heights until I could determine which ones they were partial to. They quickly landed on the ones in the garden.
Don't know if they are some of mine or just passing through. I hope they did not come too early.
I had about the same thoughts.
I had all my gourds down yesterday to finish getting ready for the season. (cleaning plus adding six more gourds). I left them down because I still had some more work to do and thought I would finish them the first of next week.
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and saw a black looking bird (which I thought was a starling) and grabbing my gun, went outside.
When I did I realized that it was NOT a starling but two adult male martins circling over my head. I immediately raised all the poles back to the original heights until I could determine which ones they were partial to. They quickly landed on the ones in the garden.
Don't know if they are some of mine or just passing through. I hope they did not come too early.
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rtanner77
- Posts: 51
- Joined: Thu May 10, 2007 10:47 am
- Location: Georgia/Milledgeville
- Martin Colony History: We've hosted purple martins since around 2002 and currently have 5 gourd racks with 22 Excluder gourds, 9 Super gourds, 18 Troyer gourds, 4 Bo gourds, 6 natural gourds, and 3 homemade boxes for martins to use.
I had a solo ASY male arrive two days ago here in central Georgia. I was just putting up a new gourd rack, and I hadn't yet raised my older one. Just as soon as I did, he went straight to them and started checking out different gourds. A second one showed up yesterday, so they are definitely coming through Georgia. I just hope the weather doesn't take a turn for the worse.
"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough
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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.
I'm hearing this alot:
Just put my housing up today and suddenly a Purple Martin showed up and went inside.
Bless his heart! That bird could have been waiting for you to get his housing up for a week. Congratulations on your returning birds!
Let the season begin!
Just put my housing up today and suddenly a Purple Martin showed up and went inside.
Bless his heart! That bird could have been waiting for you to get his housing up for a week. Congratulations on your returning birds!
Let the season begin!
Sincerely,
Laverne
Laverne
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James Strickland FL
- Posts: 2249
- Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:04 pm
- Location: Reidsville NC
- Martin Colony History: 2017 Had a lot visitors no Matins nesting, hoping 2018 will be different.
2018 Had 1 pair
2019 had 30 pair
I always put my housing up a month ahead just in case they show early and also to shot Starlings.
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