Purple Martin Forum

James i GOT 75 TWO DAYS AGO THANKS FOR THE INFO
DICK

this warmer weather is bringing the birds in
i raised 3 more t-14s up last night and this morning the bird count went from 16 to 30
I hope everyone else ges more today

thanks Dave and James I wish you both a great season

im so glad your back may God bless you and your colony

im so sorry for you james. I know exactly how you feel . I have the same problem here each year.
I also have read a new preditor exists. A black vultur

Im so glad for you Doug God bless you and your colony

the go away for a couple of days and bring more, I cant wait for the next increase

got 5 tree swallows and i love them
Can you imagine 20 years ago i thought they were pms

i'm glad my scout lived thru the last 3 days . Thank God hes not alone now.
i raised two Gemini Gourd racks and two t-14s ill do the rest laster.

so good hearing from you guys i have snow today would you beleive that

im really frustrated that he came back but while i was putting up all 67 gourds he was singing to me and all i thought about was God's wonderful creatures. When i got the gourds he left because it was sunny and he was looking for crickets. I no sooner got done and snow came. In fact its still snowin...

I was so shocked this morning when i heard a scout singing the the sky then saw him land on the top of my Gemini Gourd rack. He sat there for an hour while i got one t-14 ready. I suspect he wanted the gourds though. I hate for them to come this early. I will just have to feed and protect him from t...

yes put them in with smaller babies if you can

Your doing a great job Toy.
God bless you

You have to remember that even though the pms have all the dragon flies they could want they lose much weight and get worn out by constantly flying and feeding the babies. If your a true landlord you will suppliment the feeding with crickets meal worms and scrambled eggs, plus egg shells and oyster ...

dont stop nest checks you have to be aware of whats happening in the nests all the time. As far as the hawks my wife and i are in our 70's and constantly watch out for hawks a couple times a day to shout at them and scare them. We shout blank shells at them just to scare them off. Its a pity they ar...

good luck to you dave

I'm a strong believer of scrambled eggs. We have gone thru 25 dozen already and will do 40 more dozen. The only problem i see is the babies grow much faster. Ive had 4 nests fledge already. Its sad but makes me somewhat proud. During these cold days my martins had meal worms crickets oyster shells a...

i go thru 100 lbs a year
the pms love them i dont use the ones at tractor supply they are twice the cost and are bigger then the local feed stores

we have 388 eggs now and 216 babies, we are down a little from last year. I hope the subbies will get off their butts and lay eggs.