D**N Hawks are back again

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jhcox
Posts: 803
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
2024 74 pair
2025 78 pair

I love birds of prey with a passion but I hate them when it come time for the young martins to fledge. Watching them and knowing you’re fighting a losing battle. I know I average between 350 and 400 fledgelings a year and I’m doing far more good then the hawks are downing bad. But it sucks when you witness the attack and you are just helpless. 😢😢😢

JHCox
Heiskell TN
sonja8582
Posts: 23
Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:31 am
Location: Tyler, Texas

I’m so sorry. I’ve witnessed a cooper hawk capture a recently returned (from Brazil or S. America) and resting on the house - right in front of my son and I. Also, captured on my blink camera where the hawks wings wrap around my 3x3 foot trendsetter. I think gourds help in this situation. The babies don’t get so crammed. Try the horizontal gourd from troyer. My colony is smaller than yours but I live in texas and the birds are prey have pretty good populations and also nest around here
2021: 1 pair-2 fledged
2022: 3 pair- 7 fledged
2023:5 pair- 16 fledged
2024: 14 pair- 62 fledged
2025: 15 pair-55 fledged

Sonja Hampshire APRN, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP
Purple Martin Landlord since 2021
Texas Girl - born and raised, not leaving either
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