Purple Martin Forum

Randy74 you should ultimately be in good shape with whatever amount of patience will be required for your site. I'm a firm believer that if you're seeing martin visitors/lookers each season it's only a matter of time. Not knowing exactly how much time is obviously the tough part. Meanwhile all one ...

Great Looking house and looks like you got some action.

Good Luck.

Fun thread. Looking forward to following this one. Rooting for you. Very cool thread. Randy74 pulling for you and the asy male. Reminds me of the season after I had my first single pair (asy male/female. The next season the female didn't make it back. The male stuck things out by itself well into t...

Now for a simpler solution. Blue tooth speakers can be found for as little as $10, and everyone has their older cell phone on a drawer, right? Find the Martin day chatter, or dawn song on YouTube and record it on the cell phone's record app. (download a sound record app. if you need to.) Now you ca...

I went we the one I posted its Cheap will see how well it works. Hope to mount on the rack it self.


Thanks for the replies.

Looking For a outdoor Speaker for dawn song Does anybody know if this one is any good? https://www.amazon.com/Indoor-Outdoor-H ... B002UL0WH8

Thanks

Brad Biddle wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:41 pm

That's great. He's definitely bonded to your site. He'll find a mate soon. Those south winds yesterday were howling. There should be lots of new SY girlfriends around today.

He is not here very much he might sneak in out, I hope as it gets warmer more sy start showing up.

I was wondering how you were making out. I'm hoping the activity starts picking up this week.

Good luck.

Lowered my gourds today and asy was in there he just looked at me when I raised back-up he flew.

My wife said he was here Yesterday but still no Mate, I am still playing the dawn song. I think adding the mirrors helped. he usually hangs out in one of those gourds.

Thanks

Your ASY will get a sub adult female as soon as they arrive in your area. He’s going to bring her to your site and you’ll have sub adult males too working your site before you know it. Good to hear. Thanks I have been inspecting the gourds he goes into they have droppings I assume from him, is that...

Brad Biddle wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:54 pm

It’ll work. By the way, I have not seen an SY yet and I watched last night with binoculars until the last one came to roost.

Brad my ASY is still coming everyday but still no mate.

Thanks for the heads up, I opened all my gourds up today.

Thanks for the Report.

I live right behind a school so there is no telling how many are around here. I seen your trap plans on here I may need to build one.

Do you still have issues with HOSP? Sounds like I need to tend to those I see in the yard.

I have some HOSP I have seen in the yard but not on the rack, I will shoot any HOSP I see now. Will they just attack a Martin the first time they encounter one inside of a gourd? Are they territorial like a Tree Swallow would they try and dominate the whole rack? I can put one of decoys back up on t...

Yea I have 2 but I had taken them down about a month ago, So yesterday I mounted one of them inside one of my three gourds that are open. the other two that are open have the mirrors mounted in the back. I have three open and 3 closed on that rack. Then I have 4 natural gourds on another rack with o...

I don't know Randy, I'd more likely suspect a House Sparrow. I going to keep a eye out. It’s frustrating I thought maybe he would get me a colony started but I’m not giving up. Thanks Brad Oh I’m sure it has been done but I mounted a decoy inside one of my gourds, like it is setting on eggs. I had ...

I still hadn't seen my Martin so inspected my 2 gourds that I had opened found a couple of small Martin feathers and small amount of blood splatter. Didn't look like enough of blood to have killed him maybe a fight. The only birds I have seen him combative with was 2 Tree Swallows. Which look like h...