Purple Martin Forum

With the change of times,how do the martins handle the idea that some one in the area likes to fly there drone around my site,I know that I’m not doing well with it,hope that it doesn’t disrupt my feathered friends.

Good question,you may never know what happens in the nest at night,unless you see it with your own eyes,you can assume every scenario in the book,I think I would hook up a night vision camera,have it record to a Dvr,then you would be able to see what's going on 24/7,there are some good stater kits o...

If you haven't already,try stuffing some pine straw in each gourd,that would be the white pine,soft needle dried out not green,I make a nice layer in each of my gourds,just might be what you need to satisfy the female,good luck.

All good things happen from thinking positive.

I know what you mean,got a little frost here last night in wisc,watched my birds come out of there gourds this morning wearing winter jackets,suppose to hit the 50s today.

Sounds familiar,I have been an active landlord since 1995,started with 8 gourds on a pole,few years later added another pole with 8 gourds,never had 100 percent full,which is normal here,but pretty close,so all seemed good until last year I started noticing a frequent visitor,and martins disappearin...

There's always hope for these beauties,they have all summer to check out your real estate.

Thanks ed

I have 3 bluebird houses 100ft from my gourd poles,never had issues with them showing interest in the gourds,there more concerned competing with the blue birds.

I would like to here from other wisc landlords to see if there birds are returning at there usual return dates,if you have been having any issues with your site,for me it's been a long waiting game for the asy return,can't figure it out,I know from the past years these avian beauties have site tendi...

Hey kyler,in the future think about hanging a gourd on each perching rod,could make your site more inviting,don't forget to line the bottom with a nice bedding of dried white pine meddle,your picture looks good.

I could only hope when my time expires that I could return as a purple martin,think of all the happiness I could bring to north america ,my long wait for returns ended on the 21st,had a asy male and female spend the night,started getting restless,this year has been the longest wait ever,thinking oth...

My site has been active since 1995,and the returning martins have been arriving on a close timely basis year after year except last year they were really late,this year haven't even heard a Martin let lone have one arrive,ya disapointed doesn't describe how I'm felling .

Makes sense,thank you for that info

As you can see by my number of post I'm new to this forum,I'm pretty much old school here,but I was wondering what does satalite mean?

Just got home from work,temps in the 50s,still no sign in the sky's,reminds me of the book silent spring

Last year I noticed a decline in there return,really weird season 6 total asy returned at there normal arrival date,but a long rainy cold spell lasted nearly a week,they disappeared,I thought I would find them all parished in there gourds,thankfully they left,April 17th 1male 1female returned slowly...

Having martins here since 1995 and returning on a timely basis,I'm beginning to start to feel homeless,haven't seen or heard anything yet ,so I guess I'm looking for my Fred bird too.