During today's nest check, we found a fair number of gourds had fledged:
27 fledged birds
1 dead young
15 young still in gourds
17 eggs - 10 in one gourd, 7 in another!
Just finished nest check - every gourd had either 5 or 6 eggs for a total of 68 eggs!
Today's nest check revealed lots of nesting activity (with piles of scrub oak leaves) - and also *one* egg in Gourd F. Possibly laid today or yesterday.
At least 3 purple martins hanging out on the colony this morning, with one calling softly in Gourd G. They may have overnighted last night.
Here's the first arrival - one lone adult male - of 2012:
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