converting trio round hole to conelyII SRE

bobeteb · Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:31 pm

Do the conely II plates work well to convert the trio round hole entrance to SRE has anyone used them? Mounting them to the outside of the trio door does it interfere with the clip that closes the trio door, is there a better way? Does anyone have recommendations for the best way to accomplish this conversion? Even though i trap the Starlings i can't rest easy having round hole entrances.
Thanks for any advice or opinions,Bob

Tim m. · Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:52 pm

hi i have done 100's converting to conely 2's on my 20 trio houses and we converted all the trios at Griggsville also. Get scrape piece of 2x6 lay door with outside up lay conely plate just above spring latch trace with pen at same time drill 4 hole through door. cut 1/8 on outside pen mark with tin snipes than pop rivet plate on with white rivets . no need to sand works great. I had 155 pairs last season and fledged 510. Also have 50 troyer gourds. Call me if you have questions 319-931-3321 Tim Millard at Purple Martin Ridge,Lockridge,Ia.

Dave Reynolds · Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:59 pm

Bobeteb ... It can be done fairly easy... Just take your time and trace the inside of the Conley11 on the door with in an 1/8 of inch of the Clip that holds the door shut. Then when you cut the hole 1/16 bigger then the opening that you drew on the door, it should be just find... Tryed to post a pic, but I must be doing something wrong.. it didn’t show up ..

Sorry about that..

Dave

Dave Reynolds · Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:21 pm

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I will try one more time to post a photo of the Trio House with the new Conley11 entrances mounted on the doors..

Dave

Dave Reynolds · Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:23 pm

Hey Everybody .... It worked.. Hope you like the photo..

Dave

Matt F. · Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:24 pm

Great work Dave!
Those look fantastic!

Dave Reynolds · Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:45 pm

Matt F. wrote:Great work Dave!
Those look fantastic!

Thanks Mattt,,, It was my winter project for my Satilite Site.. I switch the doors to Conley11’s on two Trio Houses with expanded rooms for my Satilite Site at the Golf Course... Also they (the Golf Course) had two Heath Houses that they said I could expand the rooms and change the entrance to Conley11s on those too. So I did.. Hope this will get rid of some of the Starlings and help the Martins fill safer..

Dave

belpre gary · Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:16 am

Thanks for the photo Dave . You do nice work *** It looks great !

Dave Reynolds · Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:08 am

belpre gary wrote:Thanks for the photo Dave . You do nice work *** It looks great !

Gary -- Thanks. You know hard I have worked to get these project done before this coming March..

Dave

bobeteb · Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:43 am

Thanks Tim and Dave for your response, it was very helpful. Knowing it has worked well for you gives me confidence to do it to my Trio.
Just need to order some plates and get going on the project.
Bob

Dave Reynolds · Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:54 pm

bobeteb wrote:Thanks Tim and Dave for your response, it was very helpful. Knowing it has worked well for you gives me confidence to do it to my Trio.
Just need to order some plates and get going on the project.
Bob

Bobeteb,,, I order my Conley11 entrance Plates (they are plastic) from Troyer’s Birds’ Paradise..
1-link not allowed
Hours are Monday Thur Friday 7:30 to 4:30pm EST
Every Saturday in March and April: 8:30 to 11:30 am EST
Closed on Sunday.

The PMCA shop also has Plastic Conley11 replacement plates..

I’m sure you can buy them from some other places too, so shop around.

Good Luck.... Dave

daveh · Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:03 am

I use the Trio crescent and excluder doors on my Trio houses. They keep 99% of the starlings out. They work great. The wing entrapment protector works well on the crescent openings but the excluder openings are to wide.

Dave

ldybala · Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:02 am

I've had a Treo Castle for 15 years. And several times I was prepared to convert it. But I am glad I didn't. This house has been a Martin magnet, luring birds that are used to round holes. I found after I moved to another location and moved the Treo, that this was where all of the birds gravitated towards. Only after a few years did the birds branch out and colonize my gourds, which have SRH''s.

Of course I would never use a round hole on anything larger than 6x6. This has long been determined to be the size that discouraged Starlings. I will always have a mix of round holes with 6x6 compartments and SRH's with large compartments or gourds. I believe that it is best to let the Martins decide.

I've been trying to attract Martins to a vacation home that I have in Arkansas for three years and have to date only had SRH's. This year, I will put up a house with round holes and 6x6 compartments. This is what everyone else in the area uses.