Purple Martin Forum

Bill
I have an older model that takes 10 pumps that I have loaded all the time.

I know what you mean. I had 4 pair last year and others have returned with in 10 miles of my place?

When I got home from church this morning I saw a baby on the ground. Not knowing where it belonged I just put it in my egg shell platform which is close to my gourd line. I made a quick fall out shelter out of a excluder plate and 6" tube from a plastic down spout I used for my gourds and attac...

They did return last night. And tonight also. I have to put up more places up for them to roost. When they leave the nest they land in a near by tree and thats where mom and dad feeds them. I think the reason I got martins this year is because there was a colony about 1/2 mile from me and the owner ...

After 10 years I can say 5 fledged and 15 to go. This was sure a different year for me. I put 6 gourds on a line and had 4 pair. I sat on my porch with binoculars in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other and enjoyed watching all the activity that goes on when the little ones leave the nest. Ther...

Bill I know how you fell. I to don't want to get my hopes up because I also have one pair nesting in one of my gourds and this morning I had another pair checking out another gourd. I had a pair a few years ago but lost them because of starling. Now I only have cresent and excluder holes. I just put...

Bill I have a subbie male coming every day for about three weeks now and he just can't seam to attract a mate. When he see's the tree swallows flying around getting food for their baby's he thinks their martins and he really gets loud with his chirping and goes in his gourd. I think that is what is ...

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Message me your e-mail I will try that way?

I made it myself and will throw in 2 trap inserts for $200
If that's fare?

Anyone in south central Pa looking for a T-14 with pole and winch?
If so send me a message.
I have decided to just let my gourd line up. I have to many starlings at my location.

Same thing here in Dover Pa. A colony 2 miles from me had 6 houses up for years with round holes. Now he only has 3 houses.
Don't know if he got hit with starlings or not?
I know thay are bad at my seight. I changed to all cresent and excluders.
I don't expect any this year.

Good luck to all

I know exactly how you feel!!!!! Two weeks ago I had my first SY going in and out of a SREH gourd then he got a female to come along. They were here off and on for a couple days. I have a trap up but, the starlings like my T-14 with SREH'S better even though they can't get in. I started playing the ...

It has been over a week sense my last post about the excluder conversion,and the SY male managed to get in the excluder gourd. He also found a female and yesterday morning they both landed on the T-14 perch, but I think the starlings are still giving them a problem or they found a safer place becaus...

I played it a little but, not sense the SY has been coming and trying to get the female to stay. He was in and out of a gourd several times tonight but I don't know if their spending the night or not.

ToyinPa I know the starlings would give me trouble using round holes so for right now I will hold off. I had to shot at one this morning but only made the feathers fly. The SY male was here at 6am and when I got home from work he had a female along but, she didn't land. Ronnie I have some gourds wit...

I also had a SY male tonight around 5pm. Don't know what happened during the day because of work. When I got home I turned the dawnsong tape on for about 30 min's and he showed up. It took him awhile but he did manage to get in the modified excluder SREH in one of the gourds. That was good to see. A...

Thanks for all the help. Will let you know what happens
Denny

This year I changed all the openings to excluders on my T-14 ,and tonight I had one martin and Sunday I had a pair. When they land on the porch the opening looks even smaller. The one tonight tried a little to go in and seamed to have trouble. Yesterday I rechecked the openings with a 1 3/16" g...

Thanks for the reply but after posting it I had a SY pair visit. The Male went to the T.S. gourd and the Female just flew around the house then the T.S chased them away. At this point it will be easyer for me to shot the T.S than to take a chance of loosing the Martins.

There seams to be a lot of T.S at my location. I have one pair that I am trying to force to a gourd 20 ft away from a T-14 house. When other T.S come around they do a good job of keeping them away. I live between two extablished martin conleys about a mile away. Is it possible that the T.S patrol th...