As a follow-up to my other posting on Sunday...Help, Need Advice ASAP...I have the following questions....
I checked my nests this afternoon (Tuesday) and found the pair with one egg in each nest on Sunday now has one egg in one nest and three eggs in the other. So, I moved the one egg to the nest with three eggs. Both nests do belong to the same pair of Martins for sure. When the pair came back after I raised the pole I noticed the female looking out of the compartment with no eggs now and the male sitting on the porch with the four eggs. We've had cool weather move back into North Texas after several real hot days.
1) Is she just not ready to incubate the eggs yet? Maybe she is not finished laying.
2) Should I close up the compartment that I've removed the single egg from now?
Anyway, I've made the switch as suggested and hope she will move back to the nest with all the eggs now. Closing the nest without eggs would force her to go to the one with her eggs.
Bud
North Plano, Texas
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