I don't have Facebook, don't want it, seems it causes a lot of problems with people. if this shutdown I will be on my on.

One thing I have learned this year is spend as much time as possible around your site, Martin's love to see you engaging with your housing. If they are flying above and see you messing with the housing/gourds they will come down and take a closer look.

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I want some of them seed next year.

I added these porches to these Oblong entrances, First year using the gourds but starlings are getting in. Is it the porches or are the oblong Entrances, maybe both?

I think next season I will add those Tunnels.

I haven't had any problems with martins getting in the S&K Clinger SREH.


Thanks

Is the Ideal time to play the dawn song, between the hours of 4am and 7am? Been playing it at that time but haven't seen any martins early in the morning I did see 2 Martins this past Saturday and Sunday about 10AM. Look like a ASY male and female the male going in and out and the female just perchi...

I don’t have any natural gourds left to take a picture of. I haven’t used any naturals probably in the last decade. The gourds I use to grow looked like a super gourd with a flat bottom. By all means post some pics and let me see them. I could kick myself for not being planting my seed at least eve...

I have a starling breeching my oval openings that are SREH these are naturline gourds. Been many try but this one is getting in fixin to kill it.

Thanks

Got to build me a starling trap.

Can you post a picture of the gourds your talking about I have seed just want to see what you mean. I post a picture of what I got then you can tell me it you want
them

Sounds like a good problem to have.

I heard a bunch of barn swallows squalkin yesterday. They were badgering a hawk.
a coopers hawk attacking my decoy I could hear the talons tearing at the decoy from about 60 feet away.

I think maybe what I have read about the decoy helpin save Martin's during attack makes sense.

If you got pm trying to get in, I would open at least a couple because the clock is ticking. Maybe try a gourd on a shepards hook. That's what mind ts are nesting in.


Good luck.

Sometimes they do sometimes they don't. They are more territorial against their own species. Hopefully they will start nesting soon and be more occupied with eggs and young. They seem to be more worried about competitors when they are trying to claim a cavity. Yea the blue birds have young and ts h...

I have both blue birds and tree swallows nesting within 25 feet of my 2 gourd racks. I don't have established colony still trying to get my first pair, but this morning I noticed a starling investigating the gourds and the blue birds and tree swallows went on the attack ran him off which is good. Bu...

Thanks so much for pointing me to the TS protocol. I have an extra gourd in the way and plan to put it on a shepherd hook. All 24 of my cavities are now closed until we see some PMs. The TS pair are none too happy and now spend all day looking for open gourds. It’s a little tough to comprehend the ...

Ed,
This is a public forum. People ask questions.

I would think you still have plenty of time to get Martin's this year, those tree swallows can be a big problem if left in the housing I'm trying now to get rid of a pair.

Maybe some more experienced people can weigh in.

Go to Chucks Page and index to the left "moving tree Swallows" I'm trying it right now with Gourds, waiting for them to start laying eggs before trying this method.


http://www.chuckspurplemartinpage.com/

My third year nothing yet. Excluder II SREH. Because the past couple of years what visitors I had gave up on trying to enter the SREH's. After an interested male and female became curious yesterday, I decided to try change out one of the SREH with an original door with the round hole to make it eas...

Hi buckdog, I'm in north central Ohio and this will be my 4th year trying in good martin country (Amish). this year the closest I've come to a martin landing here was a week ago when an adult male landed several times looking at different openings. nothing since but it seems martins are drifting in...