Nest Check #8 - 5/24/25

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mjfog
Posts: 446
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:40 pm
Location: Palm City, FL
Martin Colony History: 2018 will be my first try. 6 S&K B09s. 29 eggs - 8 fledged
2019 - 12 Troyer Horizontals with tunnels, 6 S&K B09s and 12 B011s all with tunnels. 43 eggs - 36 fledged
2020 - Rack 1 - 6 B011s, Rack 2 - 24 B011s, and Rack 3 - 24 Troyer Horizontals. All gourds have tunnels, porches and crescent/Conley 11 entrances; racks have predator guards. 161 eggs - 88 fledged.
2021 - 54 gourds-214 eggs, 184 hatched, 168 fledged.
2022 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 363 eggs, 294 hatched, 278 fledged.
2023 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 321 eggs, 276 hatched, 246 fledged.
2024 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 330 eggs, 283 hatched, 250 fledged.
2025 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 347 eggs, 281 hatched, 266 fledged.

Hello everyone,
Dropped my three racks and here are my results. Counted a total of 34 eggs but more on that later. Rack 1 had 91 young and produced one fledgling. Rack 2 had 87 young and produced 5 fledges. Rack 3 had 81 young. With regard to the egg count, my estimate of "possibles" is down to 17 from 34 last week. One gourd has had 11 eggs now for 2 weeks with no hatchlings. I figure they are not viable. 6 more eggs in various gourds have been sitting for 3 weeks with no results. So now my total possible number of fledges is 282. 259 young still in the nest, 17 eggs I'm not counting out yet and 6 young already fledged.
See y'all next week. Mike Fogarty, Palm City, FL.
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