Our Purple Martin friends are without rebuttal a very fascinating specie having many unexplained activities and probably a multitude of undiscovered inbred or learned characteristics. PM annual migration is a phenomena that interests me. Even though I have thought of myself as a Purple Martin Landlord for several years, I am a novice who is held hostage every spring by anxious anticipation. My thoughts, dreams, activities, and most social contacts are colored purple. When will they be arriving? Am I ready? Where are they? Are they all right? Are they going to come back? What am I going to do if the weather is too cold? Damned old Sparrows and Starlings!! The only relief from this extreme stressful anxiety is the sight and unmistakable sound of that first circling or perched purple tenant. At 10:40 a.m. March 12, 2011 a beautiful sound pierced the morning silence as three purple streaks orbited their Northern home. Although there are still many daily landlord obligations, all is well on the home front. It is now time to crank the tiller and plant the garden.
THE MORE ONE LEARNS THE MORE ONE SEES! While the ignorant person sees only a blackbird the enlightened person sees a Purple Martin.
2010- 2 pr. 6 fledged, + many visitors
2011- 20 pr. 75 fledged,
2012- 35 pr. 143 fledged
2013- 37 pr. 153 fledged
2014- 40 pr. 198 fledged
2015- 40 pr. 183 fledged
2016- 42 pr. 189 Fledged
2004...notta
2005-2008 lookies
2009...lookies, and a SYM hanging around a bunch
2010...an ASY pair! 5 eggs, 5 babies fledged! yehawwwwwwwwww
2011....still only one nesting pair..extreme heat killed the babies
2012..ASY pair...fledged 4 babies!
2013 notta, few lookie lous
Our Purple Martin friends are without rebuttal a very fascinating specie having many unexplained activities and probably a multitude of undiscovered inbred or learned characteristics. PM annual migration is a phenomena that interests me. Even though I have thought of myself as a Purple Martin Landlord for several years, I am a novice who is held hostage every spring by anxious anticipation. My thoughts, dreams, activities, and most social contacts are colored purple. When will they be arriving? Am I ready? Where are they? Are they all right? Are they going to come back? What am I going to do if the weather is too cold? Damned old Sparrows and Starlings!! The only relief from this extreme stressful anxiety is the sight and unmistakable sound of that first circling or perched purple tenant. At 10:40 a.m. March 12, 2011 a beautiful sound pierced the morning silence as three purple streaks orbited their Northern home. Although there are still many daily landlord obligations, all is well on the home front. It is now time to crank the tiller and plant the garden.