Purple Martin Forum

Good luck this year. It is a constant battle with sparrows. I have two houses up just for sparrows. The doors are one way and the openings are to small for PMs. You must continue the fight against sparrows. They will have four or five sets of babies each summer.

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I would not open them all up just yet. The more you have open now the more trouble you will have with sparrows. Just open two or three and wait before your PM's begin arriving.

Matt; You didn't say why you are doing this modification. My living in Lawton I can guess it must be the Oklahoma wind. I would suggest working with a section of PVC until you get the bugs worked out. Or, if you can find some other solid steel rod to place inside your existing pole. I use eight foot...