Nestcam is occupied

RandallRash · Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:52 pm

My nestcam has been adopted, at least for tonight. This is the first sleepover for the season.

LoneOakMartins · Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:18 pm

How cool!

jeffwilliams72 · Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:54 pm

I checked him out, seems real comfortable, preening a little.....
VERY COOL!!!!!!!

Guest · Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:04 pm

Great stuff Randall! He definitely looks comfortable in "his new crib"!

Annie G · Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:32 am

I see that Randall, yay!! I love to watch. Thanks for making it possible for all of us to see. Annie

Guest · Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:37 am

Very neat Randall! Thanks for sharing this. Can you tell us a little about the setup?

DornCounty · Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:54 am

no body home this morning.

apundt-TX · Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:08 am

He was in there at 5am CST this morning.

Tony · Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:22 am

I have been enjoying your web cam. Saw two martins sleeping in the nest last night and today there has been one in and out. Also enjoy hearing their sounds as it will still be a while before mine are back. Last year the first Iowa scout report was yesterday on St. Patricks day. This year I thought they would be even earlier with the warm winter and early spring but no one reported any in Iowa yesterday. The martins must just be having too much fun south of here.
Thanks for sharing your birds with the web cam.

klcretired · Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:03 am

cool Randall , as always I enjoy visting your site ,

Don Troha · Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:07 pm

Watching now, two Martins.

Ben@SWMichiganPM · Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:54 pm

Very cool. I bookmarked it! Can't tell which direction they face at night? Always looking out the opening or no?

Annie G · Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:08 am

They are so cute! They always seem to be touching.

Ya gotta love it.

Tony · Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:40 pm

Hey Randall, is the camera in a multi-room house or a gourd ? It looks like the martins enter and exit easily. What kind of entrance hole is on the cavity ? Is what I see on the camera at the entrance a wing entrapment guard ? Thanks again for hosting the camera as we enjoy checking in.

Edit- I'm guessing it must be a gourd as loud as the rain sounds hitting it tonight.

Laverne · Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:56 pm

As I watched tonight, the female tucked her beak under her wing. Sweet dreams little birdies...

I checked the video a couple of times this afternoon and noticed there must a lot of wind today. Rock-a-bye baby!!

Thank you, Randall! Beautiful!!

RandallRash · Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:09 pm

Hi everyone. Thank you for the kind comments. The camera this year is mounted in the top of a LoneStar gourd facing straight down. In past years it was mounted to the access lid looking down at about a 45 degree angle which gave a nice view angle but was so close that much of the action was out of frame. At the top of the picture is the edge of the porch, one inside and one outside. They Crescent SREH entrance obviously does not slow them down. We received about 4 inches of rain between 7pm and 10am so they had a lot of camera time,

lcline85 · Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:38 pm

the pair in there now are just adorable! Thanks for posting this for us!

LoneOakMartins · Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:39 pm

Now there are 3 in there!!!

Tony · Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:43 pm

Well he lost his second friend, back to only two in the gourd tonight. I am not sure but it looked to me like two females with one male last night. It must be cold in Texas as they cuddled together all night.

RandallRash · Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:16 am

I wondered if a Hawk may have scared the 3rd one in to the wrong house. It was intent on staying because it was also just about dark.