The second photo is of Wendell's ingenious 3-pronged predator guard consisting of a baffle, netting and live wiring.
Our season locally will wind down about July 4. Enjoy those martins!
Jim
SC GEO Project finds a late seson nugget
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Jim Beatson~SC
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- Location: Sumter, SC
- Martin Colony History: Started 2000
All natural gourds. Access ports and clinger SREH.
32 of 32 gourds occupied 2020
We placed some GEO's on martins at Wendell Rogers colony today. While attempting to trap a SYM in his gourd we accidently caught his mate, a ASYF GEO bird. Fortunately we read the band--SCH810 before we released it assuming it was this year's GEO bird. (We had recovered our last GEO returnee Apr. 21.) After discussing and researching it, we decided it was a returnee from last year that we were unaware of.(Wendell has a Super colony of 100 plus gourds--all occuppied.) So we recaptured it and recovered the GEO. A very pleasant surprise and bonus.
The second photo is of Wendell's ingenious 3-pronged predator guard consisting of a baffle, netting and live wiring.
Our season locally will wind down about July 4. Enjoy those martins!
Jim
The second photo is of Wendell's ingenious 3-pronged predator guard consisting of a baffle, netting and live wiring.
Our season locally will wind down about July 4. Enjoy those martins!
Jim
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DakotaLady
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- Location: Bismarck, ND
I know the importance of these geo locators but I bet she is relieved to get that thing off of her. I enjoyed reading about all the places these birds traveled and overwintered. Thank you for sharing.
~Tangula~
2013 - 16 pair, 79 eggs, 71 fledged
2012 - 4 pair, 18 eggs, 18 fledged
2013 - 16 pair, 79 eggs, 71 fledged
2012 - 4 pair, 18 eggs, 18 fledged
what does geo locator look like
2015 69 pairs 418 eggs 396 fledged
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
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Louise Chambers
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- Location: Corpus Christi, TX
This link shows the original model: http://purplemartin.org/main/geolocator.html
Geos being used now have much shorter stalks, are thinner and lighter.
Geos being used now have much shorter stalks, are thinner and lighter.
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Jim Beatson~SC
- Posts: 226
- Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:54 pm
- Location: Sumter, SC
- Martin Colony History: Started 2000
All natural gourds. Access ports and clinger SREH.
32 of 32 gourds occupied 2020
pmlover,
This is a photo of a martin with a Geolocator we attached today. The black blob over the GEO is a stack of Super glue gel first, then black liquid electrical tape over that to secure the teflon harness knot that holds it on.
Jim
This is a photo of a martin with a Geolocator we attached today. The black blob over the GEO is a stack of Super glue gel first, then black liquid electrical tape over that to secure the teflon harness knot that holds it on.
Jim
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