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Yep.Have any of you been to Arizona?
Yep.Have any of you been to Arizona?
They've greatly declined in numbers here. Lewisville has the purple martin as part of their official "coat of arms" because there used to be so many of them. I'm thinking that the West Nile virus panic and the fact that a large part of their food source has been killed off by fogging are partially to blame for the decline in numbers here. Don't get me wrong, WNV is not something one wants to contract, but eradicating the mosquitoes to control it is also going to affect bird and insect populations that rely on mosquitoes as a food source.Up until the past couple years, we were pretty much mosquitoe free at our lake retreat. Our next door neighbor had a large Purple Martin Condo right on the property line. It was fun to watch them swooping and diving across the yard of an evening. Not sure why they left but the house is vacant now.![]()
Built a new bird house today out of stuff I had laying around. Gave it a living roof!
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I think it came out pretty well! My favorite one yet and all my other bird houses are occupied so I got no vacancy which means I needed to expand my bird house enterprise!
I love having them around though, I swear the more birds I have hanging around the less annoying insects I have!
Definitely fewer mosquitoes since I started feeding and housing the birds!Up until the past couple years, we were pretty much mosquitoe free at our lake retreat. Our next door neighbor had a large Purple Martin Condo right on the property line. It was fun to watch them swooping and diving across the yard of an evening. Not sure why they left but the house is vacant now.![]()
Yep.
Several years ago, I went with dad to a highland festival in Tucson. I was November and I think upper 80s with a single digit humidity.Have any of you been to Arizona?
Several years ago, I went with dad to a highland festival in Tucson. I was November and I think upper 80s with a single digit humidity.
One of the nieces is out there; we’d like to go out and see her, sometime. Go on a couple low challenge off road trails, too.
@nerwin scorpions rank right up there with Copperheads on my hate scale, and we have them both. That said, knock on wood, I've never been bitten by either, but I've seen them frequently. We built in the middle of 35 acres of woods which is surrounded by more woods. You just have to be careful and watch out when you're in their area. Can't recall ever having one of the little buggers in our house.