Purple Martin Forum

Hi ALL : Are those of you in my area in Maryland and Pennsylvania still seeing daily subbie arrivals ?? Anyone have any predictions as to whether they will be arriving LATE in June this year because of the late arrival start in our area ?? Another WAVE would be great ! As always . . . . . . . . . . ...

To ALL :

Thanks for all of the good wishes from those on the PMCA Forum ! Will give an up-date on " NOMORE-Beggin4Birds " later. Until then, we remain as . . . . . . . . . .

" NOMOREBeggin4Birds "

To All of our PMCA Forum Friends : Please know that our User Name has now changed from Beggin4Birds to " NOMORE-Beggin4Birds " this year ! This is Year 11 of trying to get our beloved Purple Martins to come and stay and FINALLY it has happened !!! They arrived on my 75th birthday on May 31...

PaulS and MamaBruff : Glad to hear all of your suggestions for attracting martins. My response anymore when asked what attracts martins is . . . . . . I DON'T KNOW ! Who really knows are the martins. I have done all that I can do and it is up to the martins to decide, not me !!! Presently, I continu...

DakotaLady, JR4-AL and WanderingPM : Thank you ALL for your post on the Forum. I have seen more SUBBIE visits in the past several days than I have all season. Possibly there is still hope for this season. Thank you all for your warm wishes and for letting me know that there are others out there that...

JR4-AL : Thank you for your post on the Forum. I wanted to respond back to you, regarding natural gourds. I have offered them at my site over the past years, without much interest. Most of the large colonies in my area that are very close to me are offering Super Gourds with ROUND holes. I have neve...

TO : " ALL " : Just a brief update on this morning. 2 SUBBIE'S arrived around 6:30 a.m. this morning and investigated my site. After 20 minutes or so, 1 left, but the other martin stayed until around 10:30 a.m. Hope I will see them both tomorrow ! For now, I continue to be . . . . . . &quo...

TO : " ALL " It has been awhile since I made a posting on the Forum. I wanted to let you folks know that it has been extremely quiet at my site. There has been an occasional SUBBIE or two making a quick visit, but other than that, I have seen very few subbies this year ! WHERE ARE THEY ???...

TO : " ALL " The time seems to have arrived for another wave of SUBBIES this week into next week. Hopefully, it will be a " BIG " influx with good weather and a warm southerly flow to bring them to those of us who have been patiently waiting for more arrivals ! PATIENCE, PATIENCE...

" DOUG " : I read your post on the Forum this morning, regarding another Subbie wave arriving at this time. I have posted this questions several times on the Forum and got NO response. I know from past years that this is about the time that we get another wave of subbies and then again in ...

TO : " ALL " Just wondering, if those of you that have large colonies . . . how do YOU compare the number of subbies so far this year, as compared to this time last year ??? Many of those in my area that I have talked to, are of the opinion that the subbies have NOT arrived in great number...

omyakinback : Thanks for your post this morning, regarding my opinion on decoys. I also have ONLY 2 decoys on just one of my racks. I have three other racks, which I have NOT put decoys on. My personal opinion, is that this is enough decoys, as the martins will immediately see these decoys when they...

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What is your opinion as to the next influx of subbies headed north into Maryland and Pennsylvania ??? I would think that there will be another BIG wave migrating this way in the very near future. As ever, I continue to be . . . . . .

" Beggin4Birds "

sanny1 : Nice to hear back from you again. YES, YES, and YES . . . . . . I would really love to get them to come to my site and STAY !!! After 10 LONG years, I am still waiting and will continue to wait for as long as I have to. After 10 LONG years, I would NEVER consider giving up now !!! My effort...

TO : " ALL " I thought I would send a posting out to " ALL " of you, regarding what I observed at my site Friday, Saturday and this morning. I have not monitored my site constantly for the past few days, but I have been in and out and have been watching from the large window faci...

baileysambone : Enjoyed receiving your posting this morning. Our FIRST subbbie visitors came last Friday ( May 10 ) and landed in my nesting tray around 4:30 p.m. It was a pair of sub-adults. Saturday was not a pretty day with showers and it was chilly, but our first one of the morning flew over my ...

Mike in NC : POST of : " To those waiting for birds " I read your recent post on the Forum " To those waiting for birds " and wanted to address what Mike said, regarding leaving your gourd racks and houses up after the martins leave. This is a very good point ! New martins and ma...

sanny1 : I wanted to respond to your posting after reading it. There may be a few things to try with the starlings, like trapping them in a starling trap if you have one or possibly closing off the cavities on the back side of the T-14. However, if you close them off in the back the starlings may th...

DornCounty : I finally pulled myself away from the large picture window facing my site where several martins have visited this Mother's Day morning. ONE subbie has been here for seveal hours gliding over my site on this windy day. This martin finally landed on the Trio House that is NOT converted an...

DakotaLady : I was happy to read your posting this morning. I read it in between watching several subbies and even an adult male visiting my site. I have seen 5 martins at different times this morning, returning to visit shortly around 7:00 a.m. Possibly the same ones from yesterday ??? However, the...