Purple Martin Forum

Good afternoon ! I'm happy to report I have 7 out of 8 gourds with nesting pairs and one apparent bachelor pad! I have four eggs in 5 nests, and five eggs in 2 nests for a total of 30 !!! Six of the nests were easy to see, but one nest has a HUGE mud dam at the door such that I had to remove the doo...

KC....Thanks for responding and you were correct. He's back and along with him is a girlfriend! It was such a pleasure to wake up to their sweet chatter this morning!

My scout arrived on 3/29 but have not seen it for several days. I'm getting quite concerned. Starlings and swallows around and building, but I remove their nests daily, sometimes twice. I haven't seen any SAs yet. Yesterday I had an osprey acting strangely and when I used field glasses, could see th...

Thank you for the useful tips! But I still have a question. You speak of frozen crickets, but I'm able to get live crickets. Should I have to resort to supplemental feeding for a few days, if I take off the back legs and put them in the gourd do you think they will eat them, since they will still be...

Fred....so glad you had the opportunity to experience these delightful critters. I consider it a privilege to have swallows and swifts be my chaperones as I work in the yard and as the accompany me in my mowing chores. Not a sound from them, but they swoop nearly on my nose and are my "wing men...