Purple Martin Forum

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I read that you should have housing up but keep holes plugged - is that until martins are actually seen flying around the houses or until they are seen by others in my area on scout report ? Thanks, Karen

After reading online about the mites, it sounds like a good idea to sprinkle some in there after nest clean out, as insurance, but I was reading something online from a man who researched the use of sevin dust for mites on purple martins and he said the dust became inactive after about 3 days, due t...

Thanks for the info . Karen

Hi, I am a fairly new landlord, I have had martins for a few years now. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help,. I probably have more questions than answers at this point, but have managed to trap house sparrows when they try to nest in my martin or bluebird houses, so I know a bit about ...

I was wondering if it is really necessary to clean out the housing after the season. A mite can only live a few days without a host and any mite eggs that hatch will die as well. Thanks, Karen

I have martins and a repeating trap for sparrows , but they no longer go to it , don't know why . How on earth do you start a new topic on here ?