Tony G. Your house is attached!

[taxidermy lady]

I attached my 2 houses this afternoon! It was fairly nice outside to do it! I'm feeling good about trying to duplicate the site up the road! And no I haven't enlarged the cavities! My focus is trying to get martins. When I get them I can make it better for them! I'm trying to duplicate the site where my visitors come from! I'm not sure if I'll attach the gourds under the houses until I get a pair. I have a gourd rack so if they want gourds they can pick them!
Thanks Tony G for a house that I see all over town!

[pmartinlover2]

Looking good, Sharon! Very attractive houses that the martins will love! Got my fingers crossed that this is your year! Then I'll send you one of those purple shirts with "Martin landlord" on the back! Nothing would make me happier! Take care! BMF it wont be long and we'll be tracking the martins coming into FL!!! Woo-Hoo!
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Jody

[taxidermy lady]

Thanks Jody, I just keep trying! Like I told Rodger there's so much out of my control! It will happen someday! All the support is what keeps us going!

[~Ray~Gingerich]

Looking great! you will like those trios placed on a 2" rack, works out so much better than on the poles that come with them.

[Anthony Neira]

Looking GREAT Sharon !!, Now, if you ever want to, see the lower nuts & bolts on the bottom of the hub, you can take out the 2 front or back ones, get some angle aluminum, about 42" & drill out 2 center holes to bolt it to the hub, & 4 holes for small hanging gourd arms ! That's what mine looks like ! Great ! about using a MSS-12 !

[taxidermy lady]

Yeah Anthony these have 4 brackets I put on the hub and I can hang gourds. The hanging arms come with the setup! I'm thinking about waiting a year. I'm trying to duplicate the site that is a mile + away. I have time to think about it! Thanks for your support!

Ray I have a trio that is on a small round pole and it's got a winch! Not user friendly and to noise! If I get Martin I may get another MPP and put it on it! Thanks for your support!

[John & Linda - KY]

Before you erect the system I strongly suggest you add an emergency stop to prevent the house from hitting you if your rope or cable breaks while you're raising or lowering it. A 5/16" hex bolt in a hole bored through the pole and secured with a wing nut should work. Locate it so in the event of a failure the house will stop before it hits your head. If you need it lower than that level for nest checks, lower it to just before the bolt, remove the bolt, then carefully lower it the rest of the way. -- John

[taxidermy lady]

Ok thanks John, I'll do that! I'm pretty short! Lol

[Jose Rodriguez]

Looks nice Sharon! Can't wait to see photos of it up and ready!

[Insectivore Villa]

Sharon, that is awesome. I agree, I can't wait to see pictures. Love your determination to start this year out already.

Henry

[Anthony Neira]

Sharon, I may be wrong ( ) , but I think you might want to remove the hub & rotate your pole one side to the " left " so that the pulley system is in between the houses, if you haven't done that already , if I'm wrong, I'll just Shut Up !!

[taxidermy lady]

Yep I did that already! I seen where the rope was going to rub the roof! Thanks for your eagle eye!

[Anthony Neira]

Thanks for your eagle eye!

Thanks , I call it my "Cursed Eye " myself ! Keep on Martining !!!

[Rodger Drye]

Looking Good Sharon.! Keep it going Girl.!

[taxidermy lady]

Made a roof out of some rolled aluminum that was left over from when they did my roof on the house! The one house had a pole going through it! I'll be spray foaming the attic cavity and pop riveting the new roof onto the old roof! Any suggestions welcome!

[Kyler]

Sharon that looks great! I was wondering how you were going to cover that hole! Good luck in the 2017 season I know you are going to get them to stay!!

Kyler,

[taxidermy lady]

Thank you Kyler, it's gonna be exciting to see them and how they react to the same setup as up the road! I have noticed one of the houses up the road is missing! Whoop whoop! But he may just be repairing it! The doors were falling off a few cavities He's not a friendly man! Very few words spoken when I stopped up there! He told me he had 30 pair and I seen maybe 8! Oh well he may have had 30 birds there at one time when they all go to one setup to another! I'll post a picture of the MPP pole when I get the roof done and get it in the air! Thanks agin!

[Anthony Neira]

Looking Good Sharon !
You're a regular " This old Martin House " Roof flipper over..er.. , you know what I mean !

[Rodger Drye]

Hey Sharon,
I've had the same reaction from a couple of my neighbors. It is somewhat discouraging when you just try to offer friendship about something you both must have in common - Martin's.!! One neighbor has like a 20ft. Pole with homemade Fountain Type arms. He has made it looks to me like 5" x 5" square bird houses.?.? Way to Small!!!!!! And he probably doesn't do any nest checks because the only way you can get his pole down is to (Lean) it down.
I have a friend that lives right down below him and I've never seen any Martin's at his place.!!!!!
I tried to be cordial and talk and tried to suggest going on the internet or writing the PMCA.! He told me he'd been keeping Martin's since he was a young Boy and had all the Bird's he wanted - Yeah Right!!!!!!!
He's got to be like in his 70's or 80's and may be embarrassed or not know how to use a computer.? A lot of older folks are like that.! And they don't want to learn either --- it's kinda sad - technology is passing them by.
Remember what I said about leading a Horse to Water <^^??^^>.......................
Rodger

[taxidermy lady]

Yes Anthony I love the hgtv shows! Right up my alley!

Yes Rodger some people just think they know everything and won't bring themselves to let someone give them advice! Oh well I just hope the one house that is down right now won't be going back up!