Purple Martin Forum

We used to live in Plano, TX (we've relocated to Wrightsville Beach, NC, and have martins here :) ) -- in TX, we had two martin houses in our yard, very active returning pairs. One day I noticed what I thought was a small hawk; turns out it was a merlin falcon (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/me...

Thanks for the answers - and for the advice.

Just loaded up the gourds on our gourd rack and raised it -- in preparation for our soon-to-arrive martins, and oh, no! The top pulleys seem very rusted and now the rack will not lower. :shock: I will plan to ask a handyman or someone with a tall ladder to please come over and spray those pulleys......