46 eggs laid
40 birds hatched
39 young fledged

Gourd 1: 5 fledged
Gourd 2: 5 fledged
Gourd 3: 1 egg
Gourd 4: nothing
Gourd 5: 3 fledged
Gourd 6: 6 fledged
Gourd 7: 6 hatched, 5 fledged
Gourd 8: 6 fledged
Gourd 9: 1 egg
Gourd 10: (solar panel)
Gourd 11: 6 eggs, 4 hatched and fledged
Gourd 12: 7 eggs, 5 hatched and fledged

Today's nest check did not reveal any hoped for surprises (new nests in
gourds 2 or 9?) - but did reveal a dead bird in gourd 7. No obvious cause
of death - suspicions are choking/stung by food.
The last 3 fledglings remain in gourd #10 (GourdCAM).

The fledglings that hang around the colony are initially very slow to take flight
when the other martins alert. Yesterday this cost one of them as a hawk
swept in and got him. The other martins continued to mob the hawk, but after
resting on the ground for a few seconds with his meal, he flew off across the
water. Hopefully the existing two decoys will act as recipients of a hawk
attack instead of the real thing.

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A Dip:



Feeding Sequence:

During yesterday's nest check, two more babies were surprisingly discovered in gourd 11. That gourd had had the same eggs in it for about 4 weeks - longer than normal hatching.