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re: 2024 Purple Martin Arrivals
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:54 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:54 pm to LegendInMyMind
Moved about a mile away from my old house. Went from a neighborhood to a couple of acres. I left my old martin house because the new owners asked me to. Other martin houses in the same neighborhood that had colonies but don't remember seeing gourds. Have an uncle that has had his house up for three years and this is the first year he's had them come to his Martin house so I'm not to bummed about it yet.
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Posted on 3/9/24 at 5:08 pm to Yammie250F
Yeah, getting those first ones can take a while. You can try dirty the entrances up a bit with some mud. For some reason Martins don't always like fresh, clean digs, and some people swear by rubbing some mud just below the entrances (like it looks after they've been nesting a while).
Is the new house similar to the old one? It isn't vastly different with different entrance holes?
It took me a couple years to get the birds to nest in the new plastic S&K gourds with the crescent entrances. They'd check them out, and choose the natural gourd with round holes every time. I had a mix of both on each of my poles. Now, I have more nesting in the S&K gourds than the natural ones. I think they like the depth of them and the porches on them.
Is the new house similar to the old one? It isn't vastly different with different entrance holes?
It took me a couple years to get the birds to nest in the new plastic S&K gourds with the crescent entrances. They'd check them out, and choose the natural gourd with round holes every time. I had a mix of both on each of my poles. Now, I have more nesting in the S&K gourds than the natural ones. I think they like the depth of them and the porches on them.
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