The Martins here are now beginning to head North. Today I saw my first Martin, Covington La,
fly pass my house. Just waiting for the rest.
Today
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2441
- 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
,,, Roymg ... Sounds great..they are on the move.. Love to watch the Purple Wave advance to the North.. Have a good Season in 2023.. Enjoy ...
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio
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mwren
- Posts: 174
- Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:43 pm
- Location: OH/Athens
- Martin Colony History: I have had my martin colony on the dam of one of my ponds for nine years. The colony has grown each year, but I am now concentrating on helping friends and acquaintances who have shown interests in martins. My colony consists of three T-14's with 8 Troyer gourds attatched to each T-14, a Troyer gourd rack with 12 gourds, and another gourd rack with 18 Troyer gourds for a total of 96 nest cavities. I am having serious predation issues with hawks and owls and am experimenting with various hawk guards and "screens". Established successful supplemental feeding the last few seasons and have had a blast flipping mostly meal worms and some crickets. Faculty from Ohio University are using my colony as a research site to study parasites that target cavity nesting birds. In exchange for access to my bird trail nest boxes and martin housing, they are banding all birds involved in their study.
It certainly is fun to watch the wave of martins as they can be followed on the Scout Reports. It is amazing how accurate the projected arrivals are shown state by state on the maps on the Scout Reports! My main concern is the problems that severe cold weather can cause as our birds can starve when migrating martins fly into an area that is too cold for insects to fly. I am getting my large mighty mealies ready for supplemental feeding for the martins and bluebirds in case we have another severe March with cold, wet weather.!
"Bird"
"Bird"
Mike "Bird" Wren