Everyone post a picture of your setup!!

Bob Flam · Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:55 am

A couple morning pic's....

bob

Brad-AL · Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:51 am

Here's a pic of mine. Forgive the smudge on the lens of the camera. I have heard that Martins don't like tunnels or porches, but mine apparently don't know that.

All my gourds have tunnels with porched WDC entrances. I had three pair at this site two years ago on the one rack on the right side of the picture. I added the second rack last year and had 34 pair. I now have 70 gourds on the three racks and expect all of them will be full this season. It's hard to tell until egg laying starts, but I think I have close to 50 pair here already. I have 2 more racks with 32 gourds down at the barn. They are all full.

Guest · Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:36 am

Heres a 16 gourd rack i made last month.

Julio · Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:34 am

S&B/ Super Martin wrote:Well, Here is half of it, I must have deleted the other half.

Is that a satellite dish rack ? IF it is it looks great

Julio · Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:36 am

GourdRackMan wrote:Heres a 16 gourd rack i made last month.

IS that a tilt pole ?

John Atteberry · Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:58 pm

Here is a picture of my lake site! John!

Guest · Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:23 pm

Julio P wrote:
GourdRackMan wrote:Heres a 16 gourd rack i made last month.

IS that a tilt pole ?

yes

Guss P O'Brien · Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:52 pm

Sometimes the cows come up and ask me, "Howdy Mooo! Do those birds eat horse flies and deer flies?" I delight in telling that yes as a matter of fact they do.

Julio · Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:13 pm

John, Gus, Kapp your sites look fantastic, well kept. I really need to do the whole gourd thing.

bbillyc · Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:00 pm

Here is my 20 unit, 5 gourds slung below on 22 foot steel pole with cable winch

TreeGreenwood · Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:07 pm

Offering 60 cavities this year. This pic was taken in March just after the new goud rack was assembled.

Everything looks better today. The grass is green and the Martins are back. Counted 11 ASY males and 8 ASY females this evening. Haven't seen an SY here yet.

With all the new housing, my Martins still go to the old S&K house that got me started. Double-gourds also fill up.

Tree

Guest · Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:23 pm

These photo's are from 2006 (the start of our martin colony) five pairs.
The wife and I are looking forward to their return...can't wait.

John Atteberry · Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:28 pm

Hello Wayne, Tree, and Bill,
Those are some great looking pics!!!! I hope and wish you all a great successful season this year! And Wayne, I bet your excited right now and can't wait!!!! You will double or triple your numbers this year! Keep us posted on your numbers, will you? Thanks John!

Guest · Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:45 am

These are the Johnson martins. This is our third year. We have added a pole with housing each year. Also I have attached a picture of the two gourds that are hanging from the open shed that have a pair. We love to listen and watch their antics.

Guest · Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:52 am

Let me try this again

Sue · Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:41 pm

My racks are in our front yard. This is looking from the side, east to west. The trees in the distance are much farther than they appear - several hundred feet. We do have one rack in the back that supports 16 gourds.

John Atteberry · Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:09 pm

AWESOME SUE!!!!! What a great site!!!! John!

Dale Davis · Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:08 am

This is 2 pictures of my house's. They are a T-10 design. They have 100% occupancy at this time. I started hosting martins in 2004 with 2 pair. 2005 I had 5 pair. 2006 I had 14 pair and this year I have 21 pair counting the 3 lb. coffee can I hung under one of the house's

Julio · Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:39 am

Wow that T10 look really nice, must heavy too

The owl guards are fashioned just perfectly great Job Dale.

Dale Davis · Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:49 am

Thank you Julio. Glad you like them. Yes they are somewhat heavy. This off season I am going to build 2 T-14 house's and put them on a winch system.