Fledglings this week

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sle62
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Joined: Wed May 03, 2023 6:09 pm
Location: Palm Beach County

The first born Martins of 2025 that I host, have fledged this week. They were born sometime between 4/5-4/10 and in nest check today, they were not there.
Lots of Martins hanging around and still feeding, hopefully teaching the young ones how to survive out there.
Susan

Happy Purple Martin Landlord since 2021
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Martintown33
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Location: Laplace,La
Martin Colony History: Colony started in 1998. 2 s&k modified houses and gourd rack

Congrats on the fledglings! It’s always a great day!
Rob
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Thomas Maddox
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Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:23 pm
Location: Sulphur, Louisiana

That's awesome! Growing the population. This season is flying by.
SSMartin
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Joined: Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:05 pm
Location: FL

Had several leave this week as well. Watched a hawk snatch one when I got home today it didn’t even have a chance :/
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