Purple Martin Forum

Good luck you guys ! Post when they show. Good to hear about martins in our neck of the woods.

Those of you who get birds that would go through Pensacola area should be seeing them soon. At least 50 this AM. Most moving on.

Looks great The round entrances are the way I will go if I get another one Mel and I are keeping in touch about the SRES We have ours attached to the pier as our all our housing They have height off the water and get used to us . We keep this pier traffic free I put a rack of Troyers at a neighbors ...

Deb Last year pretty much what I did . Cutting back nest trays and nonskid tape is what I told him As advice I got from the blog.. Hope to discuss the entrances next. As Steve says it may be an issue from time to time with them.i want to ask why the wing guards are on inside and not out. My birds ha...

Thank you Steve .I do have the newer one with the guards. The last time I talked with the manufacturer he was interested .I will review all you had to say to him also. Don' t have a starling problem and no house sparrows . My BIG problem is the owl I think I won' t be happy until these entrances are...

Steve Are all your Trendsetter entrances round. I have lost my third bird to wing entrapment. Two last year .I have the starling resistant ones. I took your suggestion and talked with the manufacture and am sending picture of this one. I got nest trays ,trimmed them , put down non skid tape. The owl...

It has been rough even down here . North wind gusting to 15 to 20 makes flipping crickets impossible and the poor crickets died immediately. Has been a struggle to get Handwarmers in guords. They are sleeping together thank goodness . They do have a bayou that is protected to try to feed . Today sho...

Hi to Cary in Northwest Fl . Holt in particular
Sounds like your colony is growing great
Good to hear from some one nearby

All the information can only benefit the martins. My posting was not meant to be critical . My comment regarding data was not referring to your data but to the panhandle not being included in much of "Florida" stats in general
Thank you for the info

I report in on Fl but live across the bay from Ala and according to the charts my martins don't use the "Fl" flyway. My reports have been first or 2nd week of Feb. Often data regarding other matters does not match the panhandle data.


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Louise . Is this a current study . Have pictures of past attacks
Thanks

Bills
Thank you so much for giving me a clearer picture of what was happening. They were all over the porch . We will follow your suggestions . Thank you for giving me a plan
Sue

Thank you for replies. We are trying to transition from gourds because of the owls. We have a t14 which is great but heavy for us to handle. Have a lonestar goliad enclosed in a cage my husband made and they love it too. This house will be hard to put a cage around but will have to try it looks like...

First year with Trendsetter 16 didn't go well ! Owl did attack and wonder if that contributed to 3 birds getting caught trying exit Starling resistant entrances which have the pad installed. Didn't have trouble getting in . One bird died before I got to it. Should I remove the pad.? Is upsetting!

Please, please don't give up or go crazy either! One option is if it happens again and you have a rehab close enough you can take the fallen one to them . I had this happen late in one season and figured out only mom was trying to tend to them. If they go there they will need to be released with oth...

Mississippi came through ! Knew you would ! I know you will keep us up to date.
Sue

First flights usually go pretty well. Some not so much! A first landing on the neighbor's pier left one fledgling reluctant to try again. My husband and I were ready for a water rescue. The parents made three passes ending with them landing beside the kid and then flying off. The third time he went ...

The weather has been windy and record low temperatures for us. The last five evenings we have been inundated with at least 50 martins seeking housing . It breaks my heart but the weather is breaking so I hope they resume their journey safely. We do have food back in the protected swamp and wetland a...

I put troyer tunnels on my t14 and it stopped my current starlings. Have there been starlings that breach them. My starlings haven't been to aggressive as the regular starling resistant entrances have worked on the gourds but not the house?.Thanks

Connie,
Thank you for the advice . I had a scaup with a bright yellow bill patch. It took a few links among friends to find the origin , why he was tagged ( he was chubby) and who did it etc
Thanks again,
Sue