Something has been going on in one of my rooms....

[T-Bird]

First year landlord, and now anxiously awaiting babies!!

[Whippy]

Well I guess that's what happens when you're told to stay inside.

On a side note. My first ever pair was a real trip. The stuff I found in their nest as nesting material was crazy. They had a zip tie, a twisty tie, a ticket stub, and all kinds of weird stuff. Your nest in the photo reminded me of that. I also recognize those pine needles.

Congrats on the eggs. Looking forward to seeing the babies.

Keep an eye on them and send photos.

Coolwhips

[T-Bird]

Well I guess that's what happens when you're told to stay inside.

On a side note. My first ever pair was a real trip. The stuff I found in their nest as nesting material was crazy. They had a zip tie, a twisty tie, a ticket stub, and all kinds of weird stuff. Your nest in the photo reminded me of that. I also recognize those pine needles.

Congrats on the eggs. Looking forward to seeing the babies.

Keep an eye on them and send photos.

Coolwhips

Thanks Whip, will do !!

[rrmartins]

Crazy birds, lol!!! Congrats on your first pair. I always help my SY martins out a little trying to ensure success. I would help them build a little better nest, put some leaves under the eggs and build the nest up a little to keep them together, so they don’t roll around, they won’t mind the help. I’ve been doing that for about six years now and it seems to work.
Good luck!!!

[Dave Duit]

Hi T-Bird,
The SY young pairs will sometimes make shotty nests with little effort. You will see nests of SY pair with a single egg. The older ASY pairs will sometimes make very well constructed nests and some include mud dams near the front of the nest. I suppose as they age they get better at nest building.

[Kegger]

Congrats on your pair and the eggs to follow T-bird

[T-Bird]

Well, 2 eggs quickly turned to 4. And after checking the nest just a couple of days ago to still find eggs, I checked again today, and wouldn’t you know?

Very exciting times!

[Whippy]

That is great.

It is interesting though. Those guys are just a couple of days old and I have 4 or 6 gourds about to fledge and we are 20 minutes apart as the crow flies.

Coolwhips.

[white-out]

Congrats!

[T-Bird]

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Nest check 6/22/20.

[Dave Duit]

Hi T bird. Those are some great pics. Just remeber to not do nest checks when the babies are 20 days old or older. After 20 days of age, you run the risk of the babies trying to fledge too early and it is very hard to get them to stay in a cavity once they have jumped out. Take a look on the PMCA website as to what a 20 day old would look like.

[T-Bird]

Hi T bird. Those are some great pics. Just remeber to not do nest checks when the babies are 20 days old or older. After 20 days of age, you run the risk of the babies trying to fledge too early and it is very hard to get them to stay in a cavity once they have jumped out. Take a look on the PMCA website as to what a 20 day old would look like.

Thank you for bringing that up. As a first time landlord, I hadn’t thought of that, but makes perfect sense.

[Dave Duit]

Hi T-bird. You are welcome. It always feels good to help someone out.

[TheSmiths]

If that is a piece of landscape fabric, aka weed cloth, and it is still in the nest I'd recommend removing it. It tends to unravel and can get wrapped around toes, wings, and legs.