Purple Martin Forum

How to keep owls from raiding my large martin colony,
i have owl guards and troyer gourds.

I have seen groups of my martins attacking one other usually a lone adult male Any where from 5 to 15 other males chasing him where ever he goes.At times pinning him to the ground and piling on top.This happens a few times everyday but don't know why.I don't believe it's the same male each time.Anyo...

I understand all that,but they feed them everyday all season long.

:grin: A group i know of feeds the martins everyday with eggs tossed in the air.I've been wondering if this is good or bad for the birds.Will the martins ( especially the fledglings) become to dependent on this method? Will they still learn to hunt properly? How will this effect them during migratio...

I live in nw ohio and my 1st martins arrived 3-31-2018. more have came since then.We have had terrible weather here for them.Rain,cold and strong winds almost everyday. I couldn't even try supplemental feeding.I got to check on them yesterday and was totally shocked.Not a one was dead. Finally had g...

I was wondering if anyone has used the oyster shells
from pmca and if they have been used by the martins?https://www.purplemartin.org/forum/post ... e=post&f=2#
The martins here don't seem to care for them at all.