My Colony 2011

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Entrances By Sandy</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Entrances By Sandy"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id219.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2004"><U>My Colony 2004</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2005"><U>My Colony 2005</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id243.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2006"><U>My Colony 2006</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 Colony"><U>2007 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id258.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Colony"><U>2008 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2009 Colony"><U>2009 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Colony"><U>2010 Colony</U></A>   |   <B>My Colony 2011</B>   |   <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Satellite Colony at Work"><U>Satellite Colony at Work</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work Colony 2011"><U>Work Colony 2011</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>My Colony 2011</B></I></div> <div> <B>On February 26, 2011, I had an ASY male and an ASY female arrive at my site.  This is 15 days earlier than ever before.  By the end of the next day, another ASY male had joined them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On March 5, 2011, more martins joined them, bringing my total to 12 birds.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>By the 12th of March, I was up to 30 birds, with more arriving.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My nest check on April 30, 2011, revealed 73 nests that were either ready for eggs or had eggs.  30 of those nests had eggs that totalled out at 103 eggs.  I still haven't reached the numbers I had last year, but the year is young.  Even if I don't match last year's numbers, things are looking good.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nest check on 5/8/11 revealed 62 nests with eggs.  There were a total of 323 eggs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nest check on 5/15/11 revealed 68 nests with eggs or hatchlings.  There were 351 eggs and 12 hatchlings.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nest check on 5/21/11 revealed 75 nests with 186 eggs and 200 hatchlings. Unless some more birds lay eggs, it looks as if my colony is smaller by 14 pairs compared to last year.  3 more eggs were discarded because they hadn't hatched and the size of the hatchling in the nest was such that the eggs probably would not hatch.  These eggs are not included in the 186 eggs counted.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nest check on 5/29/11 revealed 79 nests with eggs or hatchlings.  83 eggs and 319 hatchlings.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="109bee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="109dee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="109fee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10a1ee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10a3ee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10a5ee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10c6ee330.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Colony"><U><I><B>P</B></I></U></A><A HREF="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Colony"><U><I><B>revious Page</B></I></U></A><I><B>              </B></I><A HREF="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net"><U><I><B>Contact Me</B></I></U></A><I><B>              </B></I><A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Satellite Colony at Work"><U><I><B>Next Page</B></I></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>