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housing through mid-May.
New hobbyists should not open housing until May 1st.
A very effective way to attract martins to new sites is by using a tape that is available called Dawnsong. The martin’s dawnsong is the unique set of vocalizations that adult male martins emit during the predawn hours of spring while flying high above their breeding sites.
It is a loud, continuous series of chirps that attracts other martins to the colony site, which advertises the location of the colony to younger martins that are looking for a place to nest. Singing at dawn is the older martins’ way of saying “Here’s a good place to breed, check it out”.
These vocalizations are a very strong sig
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