I have no idea where a local roost is in the East Tennessee area.

Ya it’s a great feeling to see them in larger numbers when I go out to work in the yard they go crazy darting and diving. And I hope they grow again next year or even this year because Tennessee so far is only showing 7 to 8 subadults on the migration map. As far as room to grow I have the 30 compar...

Started this year with I think my matriarch pair. I was hoping to double the one pair I had from last year but the Lord has seen fit to give me about 10 or 12 maybe more Martins this year. Not sure how many pairs I actually have but I have 6 or seven nest with leaves in them. So hopefully I’ll have ...

Hey Terrapincove is there any way you can tilt the camera down a little more to view the center of the nest cup. If it were tilted a little more you could possibly get to view the female actually laying the eggs. And would be able to see more of the chicks when they hatch. Just wondering if that was...

The traps are pretty small and pretty cheap. At least you would know what it is and could dispatch it quickly. And if it ever happened again you wo know what it is and what to do. It would be better than loosing another single Martin.

Just a thought but a small cat or even smaller type trap baited with raw meat would catch any type of meat eating predators. Put it at the base of the pole and set it. And wait if it’s coming every day or so it will take the free meal before doing all the work to climb pole and kill the birds. Good ...

I have nine birds now and I decided to open all 24 gourds and the 6 room S&K barn just in case more move in. While I had them down I did a nest check and found two of the gourds have new green leaves in them so hopefully I’ll see some eggs soon. I have 3 adult males for sure and they have mates but ...

Hey Gotham I have an idea for you the small mouse traps work great but be advised only set and use them when you can be there to watch and make sure no other native birds try to enter. If he gets a mate wait until they commit to the alternative box house and start to build there nest or even laying ...

Me too Birds. It seems like it has taken for ever to even get any martins at all so it take what I can get.

Well I really hope at least a few of them stay. This is now my fifth year trying to get a colony started. Did have one successful breading pair last year so maybe they will convince some of them to stay.

Pull up pics of the male house sparrow he’s easier to ID. Watch the nest for a while if you see him coming or going from the nest you will know. Then do the deed and dispatch them quickly.

Came home from a 24 hour shift at the fire hall to find that the one pair I have and then one other adult male has some company. There are seven or eight new birds adult males and females also sub adult males actively using the gourds I have hung up. I don’t believe I’ve ever had this many before th...

A pellet rifle or a shot gun works pretty well for me.

Amen mjfog all gods creatures have a purpose and got to eat. On that note I believe I’ll get started on a couple Screech Owl boxes for the little fellows. I saw all kinds of birds of prey today at Dollywood’s wings over America birds of prey including a Screech Owl the average height of a Screech Ow...

Hey Dave Duet I was thinking of putting the houses 3 to 4 hundred yards away from the Martin racks up near the woods. I have all STEH and the racks at near my house. As far as the owls getting into the houses they have the tunnels. Sdsteil-IA I would think that the feathers found in your Kestral hou...

I was wondering if screech owls bother martin colonies. I was thinking about putting one along the wood line of my property. But I wanted to know if they would try to feed on martins. They are such a small owl wasn’t sure if they could even catch or kill a martin.

Darn spellcheck must be out.😂😂 I hope it fill up the 30 spots I have because I have about 70 more troyer gourds up in the barn and 4 more racks that I would really like to put up. I have a over stock of housing and a shortage of Martins. So if anyone out there has to many Martins please send them my...

Update have a second adult male and he’s working on getting a female that he’s found to except the gourd that he keeps showing her. Still got those fingers crossed to get a second pair. Good luck everyone JHCox

My adult male has a lady!!! I’m not telling tells out of school but it looks like she is staying all night. He’s fixed up the honeymoon suite and she has excepted and has moved in. Other good new seen as many as 4 or 5 here at the newbie colony today at the same time but they were fighting a little ...

I have one of the tilting repeater traps. I also have the type that had the entrances on both sides that tappers down as it goes into the trap. JHCox