Checking out my colony today, I saw a yellow beak sticking out of a crescent entrance with WEP on the inside, and flush porch. . I was a little stunned that a starling was able to breach that combination. Went and got my gun, and Needless to say, I shot the female starling as she was squeezing out of the entrance, to escape. .. a porch shot from a 45 degree angle. When discarding , I could see she was a very unusually small starling. Glad she won’t be reproducing.
Rob
Starling breached crescent today
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Martintown33
- Posts: 1203
- Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:21 pm
- Location: Laplace,La
- Martin Colony History: Colony started in 1998. 2 s&k modified houses and gourd rack
PMCA member
Laplace, La
Laplace, La
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 3177
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
- Location: Corpus Christi Tx
- Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025:
HOSP: 3 Starlings: 10
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 36 PMCA excluder gourds, 4 natural gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025:
PMCA member
Good. Way to watch your colony!
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2374
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
- Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
- Martin Colony History: 2017 Visitors
Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 58 Eggs, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 128 Eggs, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 156 Eggs, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 162 Eggs, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 146 Eggs, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 157 Eggs, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 212 Eggs, 198 Fledged
Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Eggs, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Eggs, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 39 Eggs, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair 64 Eggs, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 89 Eggs, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 111 Eggs, 104 Fledged
….. Way to go…. Great shooting…. Have a great season 
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio
I had one a couple of years ago that was small enough to get through the conley 2 entrance. Fortunately it was fairly early in the year so I was able to trap it since it favored that one gourd. There are some small ones that are recently fledged that can get through. Once the martin population reaches critical mass the starlings and sparrow stay away for the most part.