Feeding time again
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Craig Haddox
- Posts: 444
- Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:13 pm
- Location: Missouri Washington
Here it is the middle of May and feeding my martins again. Just got another box of 1,000 crickets last week and the martins are eating them as fast as I put them in the feeder tray. They greet me as I go to feeder to feed them. Around 35-40 pair are eating the crickets with the males making pigs of themselves. Hopefully after this bad weather it will warm up for good!
How cold is it??
2007 none
2008 few landed
2009 - 2 pair - 9 eggs- 9 fledged
2010 - 1ASY pair and 4SY pair total 10 bird
2011 first ASY pair May 06
2012 first pair arrived May 01, May 21 total 10 pairs 49 babies
2013 May 04 martins 2 pair May 19 total 12 pair
2014 May 08 2 pair May 12 almost full 10 pair
2008 few landed
2009 - 2 pair - 9 eggs- 9 fledged
2010 - 1ASY pair and 4SY pair total 10 bird
2011 first ASY pair May 06
2012 first pair arrived May 01, May 21 total 10 pairs 49 babies
2013 May 04 martins 2 pair May 19 total 12 pair
2014 May 08 2 pair May 12 almost full 10 pair
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taxidermy lady
- Posts: 2988
- Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:21 am
- Location: IL/Ellis Grove
- Martin Colony History: Started trying to attract purple martins in 2012! It's finally happened in 2017! 5 years!!! ASY male and SY female came May 1st, fledged 5 babies!
In southern Illinois we are 50 degrees! Chilly for middle of May. Broke a record for the temperature during the day!
Sharon from southern Illinois
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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..
hi
May be a good time to try some eggs, I micro wave them, cut them into 1/4" pieces and put them on a feeding platform. I started feeding yesterday morning and they have not slowed down yet, they pretty much have set around for the last 2 plus days.
May be a good time to try some eggs, I micro wave them, cut them into 1/4" pieces and put them on a feeding platform. I started feeding yesterday morning and they have not slowed down yet, they pretty much have set around for the last 2 plus days.
itsjustLEV