Almost that time again
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Conrad Baker
- Posts: 756
- Joined: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:43 pm
- Location: Paulina, Louisiana
I put up the PM houses in January 2025, and that time is fast approaching! Won't be long before we start getting the PM sightings in Florida and the news they are heading our way. I ordered my pine needles from the "Shop Purple Martin" and they are on their way. I need to get the houses down out of the attic and do necessary repairs so I don't get caught short and have my Martins heading to stay with someone else. SO, this is a friendly reminder for those landlords here in the South to consider what has to be done for the upcoming season. GOOD LUCK !!
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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
Conrad too right! Its just at the cusp of arrivals. Time sure dragged the last 2 months.
Good advice, get ready now and work out the kinks. Last year had jan 27 arrivals, 10 days early. Talk about NOT ready. Ran out, got the house up and that bird zoomed right in. Raised up the gourds and we were in business.
Do the final checks now, sure right!
Here's to a bang up season sir!
Good advice, get ready now and work out the kinks. Last year had jan 27 arrivals, 10 days early. Talk about NOT ready. Ran out, got the house up and that bird zoomed right in. Raised up the gourds and we were in business.
Do the final checks now, sure right!
Here's to a bang up season sir!
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Conrad Baker
- Posts: 756
- Joined: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:43 pm
- Location: Paulina, Louisiana
I put my houses up January 26 and got my first birds Feb 1st. It snowed really heavy the week before I put the houses up. Glad the birds waited for that mess to pass before they came.
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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 just in time!!! And agree, don't want that kind of stress.
Good post, time to start shaking things loose.
Good post, time to start shaking things loose.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Bird Brain
- Posts: 332
- Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:22 am
- Location: Highland Village, TX
- Martin Colony History: 2022-visitors, 2023-visitors, 2024-1 pair, fledged 4, 2025-10 pair, fledged 42, 2026-18 pair
I'm already getting ready myself. Not wise to wait till the last minute because you might have to order something and wait for it. Then you might have to wait for a day off with good weather so you can make the necessary adjustments. Good post and good advice.
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Dave Reynolds
- Posts: 2442
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:35 pm
- Location: Little Hocking, Oh.
- Martin Colony History: Satellite Site “Oxbow Golf Course”..
2018 - 15 Pair, 36 Fledged
2019 - 26 Pair, 97 Fledged
2020 - 30 Pair, 137 Fledged
2021 - 30 Pair, 144 Fledged
2022 - 27 Pair, 125 Fledged
2023 - 31 Pair, 130 Fledged
2024 - 41 Pair, 198 Fledged
2025 - 44 Pair, 168 Fledged
Home Site "Little Hocking, Ohio".
2019 - 1 Pair, 5 Fledged
2020 - 1 Pair, 4 Fledged
2021 - 8 Pair, 36 Fledged
2022 - 13 Pair, 46 Fledged
2023 - 16 Pair, 84 Fledged
2024 - 22 Pair, 104 Fledged
2025 - 28 Pair, 83 Fledged
.. Hello Everyone . . The season will be starting in no time... Early for me here in Ohio, but going to rebuild one of my old wooden gourd rack.. Won't take long to do.. Just need to start around mid Feb. ... Hope you all have a great season...
Dave
Dave
PMCA Member
Little Hocking, Ohio
Little Hocking, Ohio
I’m not ready and was hoping to get an owl guard up but not sure it will happen. I have the month of January. They showed up the first week of February last season. Need to add to my collection of frozen crickets because last year they ate all of them. The weather was so cold and they were hungry. Getting nervous and excited at the same time. One year I had a scout show around the first of January. Not good. Has anyone put up an owl guard after their arrival? Brent
Brent