Yesterday, around 4 pm I looked outside and saw a male and female HS go into one of the gourds on our martinless PM setup. I immediately went outside, lowered the rack and removed the access caps from all of the gourds, removed the bits of nesting material the HS had added, then left the gourds uncapped and the rack lowered to discourage the HS from returning. I went into the fenced area of our backyard about 25' away and watched with my husband as the male HS returned and sat atop the pole. As we stood staring at the little bibbed hooligan a PM made two passes around the setup chirping in response to the audio we had not yet turned off. The HS watched the PM intently as it circled and flew away into the distance. W... T... H...!!! The universe just gave us a big raspberry with a side of nanny-nanny-boo-boo! What are the odds that we get our first PM flyby EVER on the same day a HS decides to take up residence?! And why did Mr. Mockingbird, who has been harassing every bird on our property (along with the humans a time or two) for nearly two months pick yesterday to mellow out and let riffraff move in?! My optimistic spouse suggested that the PM might go tell other PMs about our house. I responded that if he did it was just to tell them it was in a bad neighborhood! *insert Charlie Brown 'AAUGH' here*
After the flyby we recapped the gourds and raised the rack. We have several nest boxes on the property so we removed the fishing line deterrent from one and sprinkled some hulled sunflower seeds onto its roof hoping the HS might relocate. We then had dinner alfresco so that we could ward off the HS. The PM did not return.
Funnily, today was the day my spouse was planning to purchase a 20' pole so we could relocate our PM setup (since we had never seen a PM here). Now I'm not sure what to do. Do we go ahead and move the pole as planned or leave it since a PM has finally paid a visit? Would the PM be spooked if we tied holographic ribbon to the rack or tacked fishing line around the entrance holes to discourage the HS? Ugh!
2 Unwanted Guests, 1 Flyby, & A Question
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TheSmiths
- Posts: 336
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 1:02 pm
- Location: Western KY
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Tried to attract PMs 2004; began more earnest attempt in 2014.
Current home site consisting of 2 modified Trio M12Ks, 4 ChirpyNests, and assorted artificial gourds, all enclosed in owl/hawk cages.
2018 — 3 pairs
2019 — 6 pairs
2020 — 12 pairs; barred owls late in season
2021 — 17 pairs; enclosed housing
2022 – 14 pairs
2023 – 18 pairs
2024 – 18 pairs
2025 – 24 pairs
2026 –
Manage FILs colony & public park colony. Attempting to start a colony at a wildlife refuge.
~20 years of providing housing for cavity nesting birds including Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Northern Flickers, & Prothonotary Warblers.
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Luv Ya Purple
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:44 pm
- Location: SE Texas
- Martin Colony History: 2012 - 2014 - 0 pair
2015 - 1 pair
2016 - 5 pairs
So your martin house you want to move isn't in a good location?
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TheSmiths
- Posts: 336
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 1:02 pm
- Location: Western KY
- Martin Colony History: •
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Tried to attract PMs 2004; began more earnest attempt in 2014.
Current home site consisting of 2 modified Trio M12Ks, 4 ChirpyNests, and assorted artificial gourds, all enclosed in owl/hawk cages.
2018 — 3 pairs
2019 — 6 pairs
2020 — 12 pairs; barred owls late in season
2021 — 17 pairs; enclosed housing
2022 – 14 pairs
2023 – 18 pairs
2024 – 18 pairs
2025 – 24 pairs
2026 –
Manage FILs colony & public park colony. Attempting to start a colony at a wildlife refuge.
~20 years of providing housing for cavity nesting birds including Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Northern Flickers, & Prothonotary Warblers.
Some say it is and some say it isn't. You can see pics in this thread -- WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR (OR RATHER, READ) YOUR THOUGHTS -- https://www.purplemartin.org/forum/view ... hp?t=27983 . The house and pole are in the same place but there is now a large gourd rack with 6 different gourds hanging below the house.
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TheSmiths
- Posts: 336
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 1:02 pm
- Location: Western KY
- Martin Colony History: •
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Tried to attract PMs 2004; began more earnest attempt in 2014.
Current home site consisting of 2 modified Trio M12Ks, 4 ChirpyNests, and assorted artificial gourds, all enclosed in owl/hawk cages.
2018 — 3 pairs
2019 — 6 pairs
2020 — 12 pairs; barred owls late in season
2021 — 17 pairs; enclosed housing
2022 – 14 pairs
2023 – 18 pairs
2024 – 18 pairs
2025 – 24 pairs
2026 –
Manage FILs colony & public park colony. Attempting to start a colony at a wildlife refuge.
~20 years of providing housing for cavity nesting birds including Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Northern Flickers, & Prothonotary Warblers.
I looked out at 5 am this morning and saw a female HS sitting on one of the gourd rack arms. While watching her a PM swooped in and landed on a different arm. I went outside to see if my presence would cause the HS to fly away but both birds flew away instead. At 6 am the PM was back. He sang and chattered then stuck his head inside two of the gourds. I imagine he was yelling "Anybody home?!" He never lowered his body low enough to go into the crescent entrances so I do not know if he is uncertain how to get into them or if he simply didn't want to go in. He flew a few circles then landed again but the male HS appeared to chase him away. We watched for a couple of hours but the PM didn't return.
The HS were bound and determined to use the gourds so I took up arms (water hose) and sat nearby so I could douse the HS when they returned. Later my spouse went outside and closed the open cavities on the house as I lack the height to do so and we lowered the rack and left it. We also erected another bluebird house parallel to the PM setup in the hopes they would move to it.
Just shy of 3 pm I looked out and saw the HS trying to figure out where the entrance holes to the house had gone. Unable to find the house entrances they went back to the original gourd they had chosen to nest in. Irritated, I went outside and removed the caps from all the gourds. The frustrated HS are now going to each gourd and the house over and over again. I've not seen the PM since early this morning. (My spouse just returned with a bee bee gun). Later we will see if we can find a few small mirrors, PM size egg replicas, and possibly another decoy or two as suggested by Sharon aka taxidermy lady to entice the PM to stay.
It would be very helpful to us if someone could share their own experience/opinion regarding my original questions especially the second one --- Do we go ahead and move the pole as planned or leave it since a PM has finally paid a visit? Would tying holographic ribbon to the rack or tacking fishing line around the entrance holes to discourage the HS spook the PMs?" We'd really appreciate your assistance.
The HS were bound and determined to use the gourds so I took up arms (water hose) and sat nearby so I could douse the HS when they returned. Later my spouse went outside and closed the open cavities on the house as I lack the height to do so and we lowered the rack and left it. We also erected another bluebird house parallel to the PM setup in the hopes they would move to it.
Just shy of 3 pm I looked out and saw the HS trying to figure out where the entrance holes to the house had gone. Unable to find the house entrances they went back to the original gourd they had chosen to nest in. Irritated, I went outside and removed the caps from all the gourds. The frustrated HS are now going to each gourd and the house over and over again. I've not seen the PM since early this morning. (My spouse just returned with a bee bee gun). Later we will see if we can find a few small mirrors, PM size egg replicas, and possibly another decoy or two as suggested by Sharon aka taxidermy lady to entice the PM to stay.
It would be very helpful to us if someone could share their own experience/opinion regarding my original questions especially the second one --- Do we go ahead and move the pole as planned or leave it since a PM has finally paid a visit? Would tying holographic ribbon to the rack or tacking fishing line around the entrance holes to discourage the HS spook the PMs?" We'd really appreciate your assistance.
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handyman315
- Posts: 300
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 11:03 am
- Location: SW Ohio
- Martin Colony History: Colony established May 20, 2017 after three unsuccessful years. Persistent and aggressive Tree Swallows plagued the site, but beyond learning - and practicing - to control them, was the return in 2017 of a 2016-SY-M previously unable to find a mate. As a handsome ASY-M, he brought along two females and a swagger that soon put the Tree Swallow issue to rest. As the anchor pair, he and his mate hatched all six of their eggs into fat and healthy babies into what settled in to be a three-pair, flourishing new colony with up to 11 birds total, including 3 SY-M trouble makers.
Leave the house where it is, get rid of the HOSP, trap or shoot, either way. The HOSP must go, quit trying to accommodate them, it won't work. Forget the string, ribbons and fishing line; the HOSP won't be deterred, PMs might be.
Try not to obsess . . . I'm not being critical. As a wannabe landlord myself (my 4th season) it's easy to do, and have been guilty myself. You're getting some PM interest; think of the ones who might have visited while you weren't watching.
Follow the guidelines on this fine Forum, many by (real) landlords. A few pine needles, clean and dry, in each gourd/cavity might help. Do you have any Tree Swallows? They are a real puzzle for establishing that first colony . . . and must be dealt with.
Don't give up, keep trying, it'll happen, and often only after a few years of trying.
Try not to obsess . . . I'm not being critical. As a wannabe landlord myself (my 4th season) it's easy to do, and have been guilty myself. You're getting some PM interest; think of the ones who might have visited while you weren't watching.
Follow the guidelines on this fine Forum, many by (real) landlords. A few pine needles, clean and dry, in each gourd/cavity might help. Do you have any Tree Swallows? They are a real puzzle for establishing that first colony . . . and must be dealt with.
Don't give up, keep trying, it'll happen, and often only after a few years of trying.
2023-42 Nests, 197 Eggs/Babies
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
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TheSmiths
- Posts: 336
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 1:02 pm
- Location: Western KY
- Martin Colony History: •
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Tried to attract PMs 2004; began more earnest attempt in 2014.
Current home site consisting of 2 modified Trio M12Ks, 4 ChirpyNests, and assorted artificial gourds, all enclosed in owl/hawk cages.
2018 — 3 pairs
2019 — 6 pairs
2020 — 12 pairs; barred owls late in season
2021 — 17 pairs; enclosed housing
2022 – 14 pairs
2023 – 18 pairs
2024 – 18 pairs
2025 – 24 pairs
2026 –
Manage FILs colony & public park colony. Attempting to start a colony at a wildlife refuge.
~20 years of providing housing for cavity nesting birds including Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Northern Flickers, & Prothonotary Warblers.
handyman315 wrote:Leave the house where it is, get rid of the HOSP, trap or shoot, either way.
The spouse returned home yesterday with a bb gun. Though the fact that I misspelled bb gun in my previous post should be taken as an indication at just how adept our shooting skills are likely to be.
The PMs being spooked is what I was wondering about. Although I have never used holographic ribbon I have done experiments using fishing line with a great deal of success. *knocking on wood* I'm not saying it works for every situation. I suspect its effectiveness may be dependent on the individual personality of the HS as well as population density. For our location it has worked extremely well when used on wooden nest boxes and on the M12K. (The trial with the M12K was done late last summer but I removed the fishing line early this spring).handyman315 wrote:Forget the string, ribbons and fishing line; the HOSP won't be deterred, PMs might be.
We started adding pine needles last year.handyman315 wrote:A few pine needles, clean and dry, in each gourd/cavity might help..
We've lived in our current house for 13 years and we have never seen a tree swallow in this area. Never seen a martin either until a few days ago though.handyman315 wrote:Do you have any tree swallows? They are a real puzzle for establishing that first colony . . . and must be dealt with.
*cough* 13 years *cough*handyman315 wrote:Don't give up, keep trying, it'll happen, and often only after a few years of trying.
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handyman315
- Posts: 300
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 11:03 am
- Location: SW Ohio
- Martin Colony History: Colony established May 20, 2017 after three unsuccessful years. Persistent and aggressive Tree Swallows plagued the site, but beyond learning - and practicing - to control them, was the return in 2017 of a 2016-SY-M previously unable to find a mate. As a handsome ASY-M, he brought along two females and a swagger that soon put the Tree Swallow issue to rest. As the anchor pair, he and his mate hatched all six of their eggs into fat and healthy babies into what settled in to be a three-pair, flourishing new colony with up to 11 birds total, including 3 SY-M trouble makers.
Did not mean to discount your 13 years' of effort. It can be discouraging.
Keep trying new ideas, e.g., this year (my 4th season) I tried pine needles, keeping all housing closed much longer then only opened a few, dealt differently with my Tree Swallow problem, and smeared mud on my houses/gourds, in addition to all the other things previously - and still - in use, e.g., "Dawnsong", "Daytime Chatter", vigorous House Sparrow control, etc.
Two pair are nesting and a fifth PM visits regularly. Was it the new things that brought a degree of success? I dunno, but not a lot of effort was required, and the results are so worth all of it, and more.
Keep trying new ideas, e.g., this year (my 4th season) I tried pine needles, keeping all housing closed much longer then only opened a few, dealt differently with my Tree Swallow problem, and smeared mud on my houses/gourds, in addition to all the other things previously - and still - in use, e.g., "Dawnsong", "Daytime Chatter", vigorous House Sparrow control, etc.
Two pair are nesting and a fifth PM visits regularly. Was it the new things that brought a degree of success? I dunno, but not a lot of effort was required, and the results are so worth all of it, and more.
2023-42 Nests, 197 Eggs/Babies
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
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DebA
- Posts: 1941
- Joined: Tue May 04, 2010 7:43 am
- Location: Pratt County/Kansas
- Martin Colony History: Start 2009 with one pair. Upgraded from S&K houses to two Trendsetter 12's with gourds beneath in 2013. I have experienced job, pet, and parental losses since '13. The Purple Martins lift my spirits and remind me how life continues forward by flying their little selves from Brazil back to my yard. As one forum person once told me, chin up DebA, look at the martins. Danger all around but yet they soar in the sky without a care in the world.
Hello Smiths! I am impressed with your setup and admire your determination for the 13 years. FLYBY, wow! I agree that the HOSP has to go. BB gun is great. Practice with targets and take some shots. House and gourd traps work well too. Do you have any of them?
I looked at your setup. I would say it looks good to me. However, a house move wouldn't hurt after all of these years. I don't think you need a 20ft pole. 15 is great. Mine is 14. With the PM investigating more than once I would leave your setup open and gourds up. It finding a closed house has to be a deterrent and easily move on. Save your pole money and buy traps and BB's. Ha. Oh yeah I wouldn't move the housing now with the flyby and at this time of year. If you bomb out again this year, I would move it during the off season. Have it ready next spring. Good luck!
Deb
I looked at your setup. I would say it looks good to me. However, a house move wouldn't hurt after all of these years. I don't think you need a 20ft pole. 15 is great. Mine is 14. With the PM investigating more than once I would leave your setup open and gourds up. It finding a closed house has to be a deterrent and easily move on. Save your pole money and buy traps and BB's. Ha. Oh yeah I wouldn't move the housing now with the flyby and at this time of year. If you bomb out again this year, I would move it during the off season. Have it ready next spring. Good luck!
Deb
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Pratt County, Kansas
2016 34 PAIR
2015 27 PAIR
2014 23 PAIR
2013 13 PAIR
2012 6 PAIR
2011 4 PAIR
2010 2 PAIR
2009 1 PAIR
Pratt County, Kansas
2016 34 PAIR
2015 27 PAIR
2014 23 PAIR
2013 13 PAIR
2012 6 PAIR
2011 4 PAIR
2010 2 PAIR
2009 1 PAIR
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flyin-lowe
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Unless your husband bought a high end air rifle (pellet gun) I am guessing the "bb" gun will be useless against sparrows. They are a small target and you can not get close enough to hit them, especially with a BB gun. I purchased a low/mid prices pellet rifle that cost around $150.00 and it is not accurate enough to kill a hosp. I don't know much about air rifles but I don't know if they make any high end BB guns that are accurate as some of the better pellet guns.
In my opinion since you have never had martins before I would move your housing if you have a better location. The martin you saw was just passing by and if it is interested in housing it will still find yours at a new location. Do it now before you have martins so you don't have to try to do it after you get some established, or even worse waste years of trying at a location that is not suitable. Just my thoughts
In my opinion since you have never had martins before I would move your housing if you have a better location. The martin you saw was just passing by and if it is interested in housing it will still find yours at a new location. Do it now before you have martins so you don't have to try to do it after you get some established, or even worse waste years of trying at a location that is not suitable. Just my thoughts
2026 HOSP 27
2025 62 pair HOSP 20
2024 60 pair, HOSP 44
2023 60+ pair, HOSP 8
2022 60 nests with 262 eggs, HOSP 14
2021 62 pair, HOSP 9
2020 42 nest, HOSP 8
2019- 31 pair
2018- 15 pair 49 fledged
2017 3 SY pair, 12 eggs , fledged 10. 4 additional lone SY's
2016 1 pair fledged 4
2015 Visitors
2014 Visitors
2013 Moved 6 miles, 1 pair fledged 2.
2012 30 pair fledged 100.
2011 12 pair 43 fledged.
2010 5 pair 14 fledged.
2025 62 pair HOSP 20
2024 60 pair, HOSP 44
2023 60+ pair, HOSP 8
2022 60 nests with 262 eggs, HOSP 14
2021 62 pair, HOSP 9
2020 42 nest, HOSP 8
2019- 31 pair
2018- 15 pair 49 fledged
2017 3 SY pair, 12 eggs , fledged 10. 4 additional lone SY's
2016 1 pair fledged 4
2015 Visitors
2014 Visitors
2013 Moved 6 miles, 1 pair fledged 2.
2012 30 pair fledged 100.
2011 12 pair 43 fledged.
2010 5 pair 14 fledged.
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TheSmiths
- Posts: 336
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 1:02 pm
- Location: Western KY
- Martin Colony History: •
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Tried to attract PMs 2004; began more earnest attempt in 2014.
Current home site consisting of 2 modified Trio M12Ks, 4 ChirpyNests, and assorted artificial gourds, all enclosed in owl/hawk cages.
2018 — 3 pairs
2019 — 6 pairs
2020 — 12 pairs; barred owls late in season
2021 — 17 pairs; enclosed housing
2022 – 14 pairs
2023 – 18 pairs
2024 – 18 pairs
2025 – 24 pairs
2026 –
Manage FILs colony & public park colony. Attempting to start a colony at a wildlife refuge.
~20 years of providing housing for cavity nesting birds including Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Northern Flickers, & Prothonotary Warblers.
Thank you, Deb. Yourself and others who are plagued with HS are gonna love this. Shortly after my last post my spouse was watching the HS defile our gourd rack. He went outside and the birds paid no mind to him, not even when he lowered the rack. The cockiness the little HS exuded totally ticked off the spouse so he went straight into the house, grabbed a bag of fruit, dumped it out, then took the netted bag and went outside to the gourd rack. The HS saw him but went right into the gourd anyway. So, my dear spouse put the net over the hole and spooked the sparrow right into it. No need for the be be gun after all. Bye Bye Mr. HS. We haven't seen any since.DebA wrote:Hello Smiths! I am impressed with your setup and admire your determination for the 13 years. FLYBY, wow! I agree that the HOSP has to go. BB gun is great. Practice with targets and take some shots. House and gourd traps work well too. Do you have any of them?
The reason we are planning to use a 20 ft pole — we'd actually prefer a 30' but can't find one — is that it would put the gourds higher in relation to the large tree line and it would also put them even or a bit higher than our roof. We were planning to use Mr. John Miller's advice and move the setup a bit toward the road/front of our home. If we move the rack without a taller pole, their flightpath will be blocked by the peak of our roof.DebA wrote:I looked at your setup. I would say it looks good to me. However, a house move wouldn't hurt after all of these years. I don't think you need a 20ft pole. 15 is great. Mine is 14. With the PM investigating more than once I would leave your setup open and gourds up. It finding a closed house has to be a deterrent and easily move on. Save your pole money and buy traps and BB's. Ha. Oh yeah I wouldn't move the housing now with the flyby and at this time of year. If you bomb out again this year, I would move it during the off season. Have it ready next spring. Good luck!
Deb
About one week after our previous sighting we saw a group of three PMs circle above our home chattering to the audio we have playing but they didn't stop to check things out, just circled twice and left. They haven't been seen since.
I have a couple of photos to post but will have to do so at another time.
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handyman315
- Posts: 300
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 11:03 am
- Location: SW Ohio
- Martin Colony History: Colony established May 20, 2017 after three unsuccessful years. Persistent and aggressive Tree Swallows plagued the site, but beyond learning - and practicing - to control them, was the return in 2017 of a 2016-SY-M previously unable to find a mate. As a handsome ASY-M, he brought along two females and a swagger that soon put the Tree Swallow issue to rest. As the anchor pair, he and his mate hatched all six of their eggs into fat and healthy babies into what settled in to be a three-pair, flourishing new colony with up to 11 birds total, including 3 SY-M trouble makers.
Agree with DebA, forget the taller pole(s) . . . you're gonna bring on some windy condition problems. 15' is adequate; 30' might even discourage PMs, who can quite easily negotiate around house & barn roofs.
Any HOSP solution is a good solution, nets and fruit included.
Any HOSP solution is a good solution, nets and fruit included.
2023-42 Nests, 197 Eggs/Babies
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
2022-48 Nests Fledged 203
2021-43 Nests Fledged 185
2020-31 Nests Fledged 133, three early deaths due to cold & rain
2019-19 Nests Fledged 84
2018-11 Nests Fledged 48, ASY-M Arrived April 6, Despite Snow & Cold, Joined Soon by Mate & Two Adult Pairs
2017-3 Nests Fledged 13, FIRST-YEAR LANDLORD! Resident SY-M from 2016 Returned (as ASY-M) on May 20. At Least 11 Adult Residents
2016 Late-Arriving SYs, Resident Lone SY-M
2015-14 Many Visits
trap or shoot the hs's shoo the mockingbird off he wont hurt anything just a pest
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dick
2015 69 pairs 418 eggs 396 fledged
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died