Some of my young have fledged and now it seems as though theres all kinds of fighting. Whats going on?
In just about all colonies, there are extra males that were not able to pair up with a female. These birds, known as ‘floaters”, often harass the young fledglings and try to drive them away from the colony. The main reason is that they don’t want the young to return next spring and become competition for nesting. This is a very common occurrence around a martin colony and is part of their everyday life, so just enjoy all the noise and commotion since there isn’t anything that can be done about it.
