If he is just wanting to spend the night on his way to my house, I'll give you a big Thank You for helping him on his path home.

That's a cool looking pipe gourd. Good work.

They definitely put the hurt on them. Glad you were able to figure out a way to repair them. It's good to know there is a possibility of that happening.

I'm not an expert on this, but the goal would be to have some dirt up on them to mimic the dirt or filth that the martins leave as they are using the gourd going in and out and hanging out on the porch. I think you have done that, probably didn't need that much but I can't imagine that would be detr...

Must have been a sinking feeling, when you happily opened that box of gourds and seen the damage. That LEXEL sounds like a great product I need to check out.Those new racks will be sweet when they're all decorated with gourds.

Happy for you, you know there back, just like last year. I am a good 5 weeks out for mine, but we must enjoy the ride. Can't wait to hear the stories of Hot Rod and The Nut bringing in their ladies to raise a family. Living through you guys down South until my birds make it home.

Whippy,
Please keep us posted as to how this new house performs this year.

This is a comparison original vs green grass.

Hey guys, after much anguish and debate with
myself, I decided on a "green grass" color I found at Menards. It is a little bit lighter than the original color, but I felt it to be the closest I could get.

Good news. That's good to hear you can trap and relocate with no troubles.

Hey pmdavid, I bet you would look good on that Harley wearing full Martin plumage in a Mardi Gras parade. If you decide to do it I need pictures.

Well, i guess I got 2 pictures on.

Geno, this might help keep your decoys upright. I learned this from someone on this sight. Get a fairly stiff spring and twist one end of it up into the mounting screw hole on the decoy and then fasten the spring with a screw. He will pop right back up after taking a hit. I'm trying to add a picture...

Good story Steve, must have been spectacular to watch. Many thanks to " your stunt double" the decoy.

We're all still learning, part of the fun. Each bird is different and might react differently to the same thing.Keep watching and don't be afraid to tweek things a little bit to see if you get a different (better)reaction.

T-bird, you are light years ahead of where I was my first year trying when I stuck a post in the ground and crossed my fingers. Stay the course and keep learning.

Dave, that's crazy talk. That ASY must have had more ladies than he could handle and turned one over to his wing man. What a good friend.

Brads comments in the SY or ASY thread made me wonder. As a successful landlord, can you name one or two things that you might of changed after trying for several years that you can attribute to your success. It is probably different for each of us, but I think this would be helpful for wanna be lan...

Again this is a very small sample size, so I'm trying not to read to much into it, but the ASY responses are overwhelming in comparison. Some have had a SY stay for a year and unable to attract a mate until it had the adult plumage the next year. It could be as someone suggested that it is very diff...

I agree, I have them struggle at first to get in a SREH entrance, but then they always seem to pop right out.