Now you can report your year end nesting results directly to the Royal Ontario Museum for the year. It is used to track purple martin nests in Ontario. So far the following results have been reported to them in Ontario.
Purple Martin, Progne subis
870 (640 colonies, 50 single nestings, ca 5470 nests) representing 50 provincial regions. EGGS 279 nests with 1 to 7 eggs; 1E (7N), 2E (13N), 3E (24N), 4E (79N), 5E (101N), 6E (53N), 7E (2N). Average clutch range 4 to 5 eggs (180 nests).
The menu bar at the top of the page lets you navigate the site and add data under your own personal identity. Click on the link to register and add your colony results: Nest Record Scheme
2003-2012 ….. Over 16,347 martins have fledged .Click on the image.
- 2003 – 1094 fledged, as reported from 21 member sites
- 2004 – 1372 fledged, as reported from 23 member sites
- 2005 – 1042 fledged, as reported from 19 member sites
- 2006 – 1633 fledged, as reported from 24 member sites
- 2007 – 2172 fledged, as reported from 27 member sites
- 2008 – 1501 fledged, as reported from 15 member sites
- 2009 -est. 750 data not collected due to weather related losses of 30-50% by most members
- 2010 – 1851 fledged, as reported from 22 member sites
- 2011- 2337 fledged, as reported so far from 30 sites
- 2012- 2595 fledged, as reported so far from 35 sites
Check out Fledgling and Nesting Pairs 2012 from our landlord sites.