PMCA Colony Update 2018: We have Eggs

Our first egg of the season was laid on May 22 in a gourd at our Sommerheim location. Although our martins arrived later than they have in recent years, they took no time waiting to lay eggs, with our first egg appearing a week earlier than last year. With each nest check, we are finding […]

PMCA Colony Update: Nest Building is Underway

As June approaches, our colonies are filling up with martins. The adult birds have been busy building nests for a couple weeks now and have begun to bring in green leaves, indicating that they are getting close to laying eggs. The first sub-adults arrived last week and are slow to the game of nest building, […]