Purple Martin Forum

I was wondering what happened to you....Wow 14 pair congrats, lot of chirpping for you....I agree with you open it up and they will come!!!...Better add some housing.

Happened to run by your place last night, almost dark but saw all the missing trees, wow

Stop in anytime Tim

Don't know if your playing the dawnsong tape or not but if you aren't that could shake some things up for you...If your houses are within 50 ft of your house and no trees from the houses to your place you look like you have a very nice location and its just a matter of time. My first yr it was May 2...

Wow, Bless you for your efforts

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Trying a few things to see if this works...Let me know if you can view it

https://video.nest.com/live/AEfRCkw3ef

Or a YouTube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeDbZeH ... e=youtu.be

I would love that, i have a meeting until around 4 in the afternoon hope that could work.

Wow Dick that is awesome, some of your last yr. fledglings must have made it to Sugarcreek because subbies are still pouring in. I did our nest check on Sunday and went to 35 active nests up from 18 a yr. ago , with more pairs just starting nest building this week....up close to 80 total martins.......

Thats tough, too bad....what type of SRH's are you using...?
I had a female land on the road yesterday and she got hit and didnt make it.

I have mine finally moving into a few gourds as well but most of mine like the T-14 just so much better, must be because of all the Amish around the area who use the T-14 as well, I'm with you i will probably be adding another box again next yr...They just keep coming !! Please hunt me up when you a...

Welcome to the Landlord business, its quite fun...I too would turn off the chatter, This morning i walked outside at 3:45 am there was chatter going on up above our house as our ASY's that have laid eggs were up and doing the real dawn-song chatter when its deathly quite you can listen to your ASY u...

My understanding about House wrens is that the male will make multiple nests in one area and then the female picks the one she likes best !! it can be quite maddening because they are pesky little fella's. i agree move the boxes away from Martin housing and in quite a bit of brush, trees with multip...

None of the nests had any mud in them. Last year they used a little mud in all the nest except the gourd nest. I figure we’ve been pretty dry here until today maybe they’ll gather some after the rain. Hows your yr going Mark ?? Saw you built the 2nd T-14 and was wondering if you have seen an increa...

Would keep owls out of reaching in, Like the idea

Agree on it being a stranger yr....Some of the nests in our boxes are almost so big that I'm wondering what will happen as the babies grow a little bigger kinda afraid that they will fall off towards the front of the box and won't be able to find there way back into the cavity of the nest. I am seei...

Gun wrote:

Brad-AL wrote:

Ransom Graham wrote:Since I see cats in a somewhat similar light as starlings and house sparrows you really don't want my suggestion.

He wouldn't like my suggestion either.

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I did my first nest check on Sunday in Sugarcreek, Ohio Have 54 total Cavities 30 Nests built 2 nests with 1 egg in each, Lots of green leaves So overall really happy Yr. 1 had 4 nests Yr. 2 had 18 nests Yr. 3 have 30 nests with subbies still arriving 70 plus Martins right now !! Really excited

Awesome Dick, good to hear your out and about, by next check you'll be loaded with eggs. Will do my first check Sunday.

I did a nest check today and have 16 well built nests with leaves in but no eggs yet....believe by this weekend we'll have our first eggs