To complete the process, two martins jumped on him on the ground and proceeded to attempt to grind him into molecular bits.
I'm sure more will come to take his place, but it is blessedly silent at the moment.
GOT HIM!!!!!
Finally, after days and days of watching and listening to that insufferable HOSP, he postured on top of the house for just a second too long
To complete the process, two martins jumped on him on the ground and proceeded to attempt to grind him into molecular bits.
I'm sure more will come to take his place, but it is blessedly silent at the moment.
To complete the process, two martins jumped on him on the ground and proceeded to attempt to grind him into molecular bits.
I'm sure more will come to take his place, but it is blessedly silent at the moment.
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DornCounty
- Posts: 2169
- Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:58 pm
- Location: Rural SE Kansas
- Martin Colony History: .
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Trio-Jedi
I loath that sqeeky chalk board sound
2017 - Home & Public Colonies - 300 Cavities
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KathyF
- Posts: 3522
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2007 1:57 pm
- Location: Missouri/Licking
- Martin Colony History: Colony started - 2007 with one pair
As of 2018 - 84 cavities offered, max # of pairs hosted - 82.
Congratulations, Tax and good job! I love hearing all my birds all singing, but I can detect that "insufferable" sound the moment he arrives. I learned a long time ago, be relentless in your pursuit and never, ever let up on them. 
"Sometimes", said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
2023 - 82 pair
2022 - 80 pair
2021 - 75 pair
2020 - 78 pair
2019 - 80 pair
http://kathyfreeze.blogspot.com
2023 - 82 pair
2022 - 80 pair
2021 - 75 pair
2020 - 78 pair
2019 - 80 pair
http://kathyfreeze.blogspot.com
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Peggy Riley
- Posts: 885
- Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:21 pm
- Location: TX/Tolar
Yes! Don't you just hate that sound he makes. It grates on my nerves.
Peggy
Peggy
PMCA Member
2017 101 pair
2017 101 pair
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MingjoMartins
- Posts: 312
- Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:28 pm
- Location: Pataskala, OH
GOT HER!! LOL - I too have been pestered by a very persistent sparrow problem, interestingly I think it is one male and two females in different nests, well tonight the little threesome came to an end!
I continue to pull nests to keep them occupied, and watched as more martins arrived and the sparrows had to fight just to sit on the house since the martins now outnumber them more than 8:1, but I knew sooner or later that the ole .410 was going to have to solve my problem.
Well tonight, one of the females hesitated just long enough to get lead poison from my .410.
Now I will sleep better tonight - knowing that there is now one more hole for a subbie!
JohnM
I continue to pull nests to keep them occupied, and watched as more martins arrived and the sparrows had to fight just to sit on the house since the martins now outnumber them more than 8:1, but I knew sooner or later that the ole .410 was going to have to solve my problem.
Well tonight, one of the females hesitated just long enough to get lead poison from my .410.
Now I will sleep better tonight - knowing that there is now one more hole for a subbie!
JohnM
2013 - 37 pair-179 eggs,142 hatched,139 fledged
2012 - 32 pair-163 eggs,141 hatched,134 fledged
2011 - 19 pairs - 78 fledged successfully!
2010 3 pairs - 9 eggs - 8 fledged!
2009 - 1 Sub Adult Male (only) - LOTS visitors
2008 - 58 Visitors by year end
2007 - 13 Visitors by year end
2012 - 32 pair-163 eggs,141 hatched,134 fledged
2011 - 19 pairs - 78 fledged successfully!
2010 3 pairs - 9 eggs - 8 fledged!
2009 - 1 Sub Adult Male (only) - LOTS visitors
2008 - 58 Visitors by year end
2007 - 13 Visitors by year end
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Doug Martin - PA
- Posts: 1988
- Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:47 am
- Location: Pennsylvania/Fombell
- Martin Colony History: First pair in 2009 after 28 years of trying. 3 pairs 2010, 17 pairs 2011 and 35-45 pairs since. Many additional colonies are now springing up around mine in an area once completely void of Martins. I offer 50 compartments at my site consisting of primarily Excluder II gourds on Gemini racks. Also a wooden T-14. I utilize electric fence type predator guards on the base of the poles. Supplemental feeding is crucial in maintaining my colony. I platform feed throughout the season as needed. My site tends to be a stop over point for additional birds as they migrate further north.
I just got 4 of them and once again i am hearing a "cheep cheep" from across the road.
Supplemental feeding plays a major role in Western Pennsylvania. Finally got my 1st pair in 2009 after 28 years of effort. The colony has grown quickly to 45 pairs that I care for. Many new colonies have now sprung up around me in the past few years as well. Where there was none.... there is many.
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Mike in NC
- Posts: 75
- Joined: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:29 pm
- Location: Graham/North Carolina
Gobbler T wrote:It amazes me how many times I hear a sparrow in the background of movies and news reports.
...even in video games. In the big online game "World of Warcraft", they added sparrow chirping in the background sound at one of the main cities (Stormwind). Bugs me whenever I hear it.
2008 - 0
2009 - 0
2010 - 0
2011 - 0
2012 - 3 Nesting Pair / 10 Fledged
2013 - 10 Nesting Pair and still going!
2009 - 0
2010 - 0
2011 - 0
2012 - 3 Nesting Pair / 10 Fledged
2013 - 10 Nesting Pair and still going!
My husband watches golf and there is never a time that I don't hear some sparrow in the background. Every place I go I hear that grating cheep of the male "come hither, darlin'". I swear, I hear it in my dreams sometimes. In the morning the first sounds are the mockingbirds, then the whitewings, then the martins, then usually those dang sparrows.
It was a wonderful morning as no sparrow song made me get out of bed, today. Additionally, no sparrow songs or flyby's today...I know it won't last long, but I'm really enjoying it for as long as it lasts!
It was a wonderful morning as no sparrow song made me get out of bed, today. Additionally, no sparrow songs or flyby's today...I know it won't last long, but I'm really enjoying it for as long as it lasts!