Baby Martins Moving compartments and Jumping
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Purplemartinfan6
- Posts: 32
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:42 am
- Location: Bell county Texas
- Martin Colony History: 2021--12 pairs a mix of ASY and SY, 32 fledged!
I have had 2 babies die from this heat and martins moving from compartments is there anything I can do to help?
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Whippy
- Posts: 1023
- Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:15 pm
- Location: Plano, Texas
- Martin Colony History: See Signature
PMFan6,
Best you can do is find a way to provide some shade on your housing. Have a look at the other heat thread and you'll see what i did . No jumpers yet after doing that. My point on that is the martins don't mind a change as long as you don't change the orientation of the entrances. If you can expand on your venting do that. A sample of my venting is in that same thread.
Shade and venting will be the best you can do.
Coolwhips
Edited to add:
I had 7 jumpers I found. 6 are in the holding cage for a bit to cool off and one was dead. I'll put the 6 back in some gourds for the night hoping the parents will feed them.
Best you can do is find a way to provide some shade on your housing. Have a look at the other heat thread and you'll see what i did . No jumpers yet after doing that. My point on that is the martins don't mind a change as long as you don't change the orientation of the entrances. If you can expand on your venting do that. A sample of my venting is in that same thread.
Shade and venting will be the best you can do.
Coolwhips
Edited to add:
I had 7 jumpers I found. 6 are in the holding cage for a bit to cool off and one was dead. I'll put the 6 back in some gourds for the night hoping the parents will feed them.
2016 - many visitors
2017 - 1 pair, 3 fledged
2018- 2 pair, 12 fledged
2019 - 4 pair, 21 fledged
2020 - 15 pair, 67 fledged
2021 - 29 pair, 117 fledged
2022 - 35 pair, 130 fledged
2023 - 43 pair, 196 fledged
2017 - 1 pair, 3 fledged
2018- 2 pair, 12 fledged
2019 - 4 pair, 21 fledged
2020 - 15 pair, 67 fledged
2021 - 29 pair, 117 fledged
2022 - 35 pair, 130 fledged
2023 - 43 pair, 196 fledged
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 3368
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
- Location: Corpus Christi Tx
- Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
PMCA member
Good job on those caps whips, and insulation. Have to beat this heat somehow. Liked your helper! Full of pointers im sure.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
I switched over to the Troyers horizontal gourds. Installed two 3/4” ells in the back and one in the cap.
Haven’t had any early jumpers since and it’s been years.
Had one yesterday that was knocked off his perch at the mouth of the gourd and one went down in the lake. Got him back and sat him on a fence to dry out and in an hour he was up and flying.
Haven’t had any early jumpers since and it’s been years.
Had one yesterday that was knocked off his perch at the mouth of the gourd and one went down in the lake. Got him back and sat him on a fence to dry out and in an hour he was up and flying.
Colony started in 2002
Offering 82 Troyer Horizontal Gourds
2018 - 45 PAIR - FLEDGED 203 MARTINS
2019 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 268 MARTINS
2020 - 82 PAIR - FLEDGED 392 MARTINS
2021 - 78 PAIR - FLEDGED 349 MARTINS
2022 - 76 PAIR - FLEDGED 373 MARTINS
2023 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 355 MARTINS
*2023 Added 2”X4” wire cages to all three Troyer Gemini Gourd Racks to deal with Great Horned Owl predation on Colony.
Offering 82 Troyer Horizontal Gourds
2018 - 45 PAIR - FLEDGED 203 MARTINS
2019 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 268 MARTINS
2020 - 82 PAIR - FLEDGED 392 MARTINS
2021 - 78 PAIR - FLEDGED 349 MARTINS
2022 - 76 PAIR - FLEDGED 373 MARTINS
2023 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 355 MARTINS
*2023 Added 2”X4” wire cages to all three Troyer Gemini Gourd Racks to deal with Great Horned Owl predation on Colony.
I switched over to the Troyers horizontal gourds. Installed two 3/4” ells in the back and one in the cap.
Haven’t had any early jumpers since and it’s been years.
Had one yesterday that was knocked off his perch at the mouth of the gourd and one went down in the lake. Got him back and sat him on a fence to dry out and in an hour he was up and flying.
Haven’t had any early jumpers since and it’s been years.
Had one yesterday that was knocked off his perch at the mouth of the gourd and one went down in the lake. Got him back and sat him on a fence to dry out and in an hour he was up and flying.
Colony started in 2002
Offering 82 Troyer Horizontal Gourds
2018 - 45 PAIR - FLEDGED 203 MARTINS
2019 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 268 MARTINS
2020 - 82 PAIR - FLEDGED 392 MARTINS
2021 - 78 PAIR - FLEDGED 349 MARTINS
2022 - 76 PAIR - FLEDGED 373 MARTINS
2023 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 355 MARTINS
*2023 Added 2”X4” wire cages to all three Troyer Gemini Gourd Racks to deal with Great Horned Owl predation on Colony.
Offering 82 Troyer Horizontal Gourds
2018 - 45 PAIR - FLEDGED 203 MARTINS
2019 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 268 MARTINS
2020 - 82 PAIR - FLEDGED 392 MARTINS
2021 - 78 PAIR - FLEDGED 349 MARTINS
2022 - 76 PAIR - FLEDGED 373 MARTINS
2023 - 68 PAIR - FLEDGED 355 MARTINS
*2023 Added 2”X4” wire cages to all three Troyer Gemini Gourd Racks to deal with Great Horned Owl predation on Colony.
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 3368
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
- Location: Corpus Christi Tx
- Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
PMCA member
glad you got that guy before a bass did!
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Purplemartinfan6
- Posts: 32
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:42 am
- Location: Bell county Texas
- Martin Colony History: 2021--12 pairs a mix of ASY and SY, 32 fledged!
I'll try to put shades...now we have had 3 babies die in the nest, and 3 eggs nonviable. :(
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C.C.Martins
- Posts: 3368
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
- Location: Corpus Christi Tx
- Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.
Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
PMCA member
Dang. Bad news but shading will help alot.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Purplemartinfan6
- Posts: 32
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:42 am
- Location: Bell county Texas
- Martin Colony History: 2021--12 pairs a mix of ASY and SY, 32 fledged!
Yeah it's so sad...But we had 1 fledge today and we got to see it!(made sure it wasn't to young because it flew all the way across the street into an oak tree with the parents folllowing it) So some good news!