Check out the Terrapin Cove Gourd Cam https://youtu.be/7xWuA5xHOn4
The nest is ready, leaves are coming in, eggs due any time.
Have a great martin season.
Best regards
Hugh @ www.terrapincove.org
Gourd Cam
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terrapincove
- Posts: 366
- Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:06 pm
- Location: Maurice River, Southern NJ
- Martin Colony History: Well established 90 cavity colony. Mostly plastic gourds with some custom cedar houses atop pilings out over the river. We live stream the activity on our website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
We are on the Maurice River. The Maurice is brackish and tidal. It meets the Delaware bay about three miles down at East Point, NJ. The area is remote and consists of dense marshland and swamp. Dragonflies abound.
Swallows arrive in mid August and finish nesting mid July. There is a large annual roost in mid August upriver a few miles at Mauricetown.
Good luck Purple Martin Landlords.
Terrapin Cove
Always Live https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
Terrapin Cove
Always Live https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
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Dave Duit
- Posts: 2093
- Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:02 pm
- Location: Iowa / Nevada
- Martin Colony History: In 2023, 81 pair with 350 fledged youngsters. 106 total cavities available, 82 Troyer Horizontal gourds and 4 modified deep trio metal house units, 1 fallout shelter, owl cages around all units. Martin educator and speaker. President and founder of the Iowa Purple Martin Organization. Please visit Iowa Purple Martin Organization on Facebook. Emails send to [email protected]. Subject line include Iowa Purple Martin.
Thank you so much for sharing this gourd cam. Much appreciated and enjoyed.
Mite control, heat venting, predator protection and additional feeding during bad weather add up to success.
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terrapincove
- Posts: 366
- Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:06 pm
- Location: Maurice River, Southern NJ
- Martin Colony History: Well established 90 cavity colony. Mostly plastic gourds with some custom cedar houses atop pilings out over the river. We live stream the activity on our website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
We are on the Maurice River. The Maurice is brackish and tidal. It meets the Delaware bay about three miles down at East Point, NJ. The area is remote and consists of dense marshland and swamp. Dragonflies abound.
Swallows arrive in mid August and finish nesting mid July. There is a large annual roost in mid August upriver a few miles at Mauricetown.
I'm not sure what type gourds these are but i did buy them on this site
Good luck Purple Martin Landlords.
Terrapin Cove
Always Live https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
Terrapin Cove
Always Live https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKqSW ... Ph2tywu4eg
Thank you terrapincove for providing your PM gourd camera , I sure enjoy looking at it and your other cam’s !
Robert , South Carolina
PMCA member
40 year PM landlord
2018 season
21 pairs 107 eggs 99 fledged
2019 season
23 pairs 122 eggs 105 fledged
2020 season
23 pairs 122 eggs 72 fledged
2021
PMCA member
40 year PM landlord
2018 season
21 pairs 107 eggs 99 fledged
2019 season
23 pairs 122 eggs 105 fledged
2020 season
23 pairs 122 eggs 72 fledged
2021
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jhcox
- Posts: 760
- Joined: Thu May 26, 2016 9:23 am
- Location: tennesse
- Martin Colony History: Started colony in 2014. 0 pairs
2015 0 pairs
2016 0 pairs
2017 0 pairs but visitors
2018 1 pair fledged 5
2019 10 pair
2020 25 pair
2021 42 Pair
2022 60 Pair
2023 72 Pair
Hey Terrapincove is there any way you can tilt the camera down a little more to view the center of the nest cup. If it were tilted a little more you could possibly get to view the female actually laying the eggs. And would be able to see more of the chicks when they hatch. Just wondering if that was an option or not. But it is still really ice to see what goes on in there when we can’t see them. Thank you JHCox
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Fuzzmeister
- Posts: 178
- Joined: Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:02 pm
- Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Awesome!! The male looks like he is sedated, I gotta get me one of them what brand of camera is that?
Troyer Vertical gourd.terrapincove wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:47 pmI'm not sure what type gourds these are but i did buy them on this site
Thanks for posting Hugh!
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Dave Duit
- Posts: 2093
- Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:02 pm
- Location: Iowa / Nevada
- Martin Colony History: In 2023, 81 pair with 350 fledged youngsters. 106 total cavities available, 82 Troyer Horizontal gourds and 4 modified deep trio metal house units, 1 fallout shelter, owl cages around all units. Martin educator and speaker. President and founder of the Iowa Purple Martin Organization. Please visit Iowa Purple Martin Organization on Facebook. Emails send to [email protected]. Subject line include Iowa Purple Martin.
terrapincove,
I would like to get your permission to add your gourd cam to our website at www.iamartin.org
If you are ok with that, I would include a copyright with the link and your website name for credit to you. Thanks.
Dave Duit
I would like to get your permission to add your gourd cam to our website at www.iamartin.org
If you are ok with that, I would include a copyright with the link and your website name for credit to you. Thanks.
Dave Duit
Mite control, heat venting, predator protection and additional feeding during bad weather add up to success.