Purple Martin Forum

If I remember correctly my birds usually show up right around the 14th of March but I still haven't seen or heard a single bird. Any other landlords in the Springfield MO area still missing their birds?

I've got some older SK gourds, I believe they're the Big Bo's maybe, anyway probably 15 or more years old and I need new cleanout caps and can't seem to find any. SK has some but they appear to be too large per the measurements. Anybody have an idea where I can get these. I measured mine and they ar...

I've never added any nesting material to any of my gourds or my aluminum houses and I've had PM's now for over 15 years.

Well I got a package of the dehydrated mealworms and I'll rehydrate some and place them in the compartment with the birds and see if she uses them.

These are going to have to be fed directly as they are probably less then a week old, no feathers yet. If I put a bunch of meal worms in the nest box will the female use these to feed? The house is your standard 12 compartment aluminum two story thats been converted to 6 deep compartments.

Called the pet stores and holy cow, I need to get into the cricket business. 12 cents a piece for them little critters. Guess I'm going to get some meal worms instead. Is there any secrets to feeding them, other then smashing the heads like someone said earlier?

I have a bumper crop of japanese beetles, could I use those if I mash em up first?

She is still there. What should I use, crickets?

I posted pics before I was able to I.D it as an adult male and I've since removed the pics.

Let me start by saying that I was a previous member here but for some reason my email address could not be found so I had to reregister. This has been the worst morning since I've been a Martin landlord for the past 15 years or so. While trying to shoot a house sparrow a Martin flew out of its nest ...