No nest changes this year maybe...super happy with the nesting material and job parents are doing.

[Jones4381]

Getting close to finished nest check on primary pole 1. ages eggs to 24 days old. very dry this year and nest look almost like they day I put in white pine needles and of course their leaves...parents doing a great job of cleaning the toiletries this year and all 60 gourds perfectly dry and in great shape. No mites--very thankful this season thus far. Worried with the tough season last year on the deaths of so many chicks but the colony has recovered and grown. Quite a few bad nest with a solo egg or 2 on the bottom of the gourd and the poor work of some SY pairs but overall very satisfied as nest checks will be limited on all but new 24 pole with a lot of eggs and youngsters (7 days and younger.) Hope everyone else is having good fortune but I realize it's can change so quick...hoping for continued good weather. Minor predation as it appears I've lost 2 females as two nest each has 8 eggs but you can tell both have 4 new eggs and 4 older eggs in each and a start over...based on data from nest checks they should be hatching this coming week...happy about that...

I know most do nest checks and I'm a big believer to know what's going on inside so we can do the best we all can. 2nd year participating in Martin watch here on the site and I'm going to start a wall with what PMCA sends us after the season and submittals are over. Thanks to the PMCA for the engraved mementos they send out...hopefully that will continue. Well done PMCA and glad to help provide the staff with the data and the behind the scenes with sorting through it all for science and the continued monitoring of this species!!

[Mstan]

That’s great on the condition of your nest. Sounds like you have a good healthy colony. Congratulations on a good healthy season so far.

[C.C.Martins]

Wonderful report and glad they are flourishing! Yes, nest checks tell us so much. Really pays off. Goes a long way to a healthy colony.
Ps: sorry so short, very demanding green cheek conure.
Learned PMCA uses nest data for their studies, read one where they were gathering data to determine humidity levels in diffrent house styles to determine best for a particular area. Spoke to one of the authors of the study in Austin, he said their data from landlords was some of the best he has seen.
Tom

[defed]

it appears I've lost 2 females as two nest each has 8 eggs but you can tell both have 4 new eggs and 4 older eggs in each and a start over...

i think i have a similar situation. we had a bad stretch of 3 cold (50's-60s) days w/ non stop rain. barely even saw any of them during those days. i had 1 nest w/ 6 eggs before the weather, and only 2 now. i don't think predation as parents are acting normal and continuing to use the gourd, so i think they must have determined the eggs were not viable and got rid of them. another nest, had 1 egg before the cold and that's all it still has. i have only seen the male, so i think the female is gone. looks like he may have a new female, so hopefully they start up soon. my other 4 nests all have more eggs than when the weather event started, but next check should help determine if they also started re-laying or if their original eggs made it through.