Purple Martin Forum

Loran I am not an expert on martins. I cull whatever information I can off of this website and from the people who share their knowledge and insights on this forum. I live in Illinois. I, too, have only two birds here. This time last year I had six. But I expected this. Last year my scout was lost ...

Fellow Okies, I too had this problem. I saw the first martin of the season on the 1st and was rarely seeing any until the 22nd when I saw 8 martins. Ever since, I have had 6 to 8 martins around and they are my birds. They love mealworms! I flipped 460 mealworms the last 4 days and they just love th...

eyeamtheman wrote:I'm thinking you've had predator trouble.
Keep us posted and good luck.

Thank you for your reply. See my reply to Louise Chambers. Happy martining this season!

Nice to hear from all you fellow Okies. I am wondering too as I have not spotted a single Martin in my area of Claremore. I'm hoping they are just doing some sight seeing. I shudder to even think there has been a die off of some sort. We may be just pushing the clock. Maybe they did not get the mem...

Dave Duit wrote:Don't give up hope. Even if you had a predator attack lasts season, you may be able to start over and attract new SY pairs this year.

Thank you for your reply. See my reply to Louise Chambers. Not giving up at all. I and my colony will survive! Happy martining this season!

Dave Duit wrote:Don't give up hope. Even if you had a predator attack lasts season, you may be able to start over and attract new SY pairs this year.

Thank you for your reply. See my reply to Louise Chambers. Not giving up at all. I and my colony will survive! Happy martining this season!

Dave Duit wrote:Don't give up hope. Even if you had a predator attack lasts season, you may be able to start over and attract new SY pairs this year.

Thank you for your reply. See my reply to Louise Chambers. Happy martining this season!

Hello fellow Okie! I am new to this whole landlord thing, as last year was our first year to have a family of Martins and successful rearing/fledging of 3-4 out of 5 babies (we had 5 eggs, then after they hatched only noticed 4 babies, and officially only saw 3 fledge at the same time...so we're no...

My guess is you had snake attack (or Owl attack?) that when from one cavity to the next wiping out your Colony. I hope you've done regular nest check last year or the year before? When I had my PM colony couple years ago snake gone through 4 cavities in about three days or so. I suspected something...

I live in Copan, Oklahoma, just north of you about 50 miles or so. By this time last year, I had 12 martins at my site. This will be my fifth year having 30 pairs last year. Started with one pair the first year, then 5 pairs, then 15 pairs and then 30 last year. I was just wondering myself where ar...

It sounds like something happened during the 2015 nesting season, resulting in smaller numbers in 2016 to (so far, but they are still coming!) none yet this year. Some info about your housing would be helpful - what kind you use, what kind of predator guards on poles, etc. And your location - is it...

I am a 17 year Oklahoma PM veteran landlord who lives near Tulsa Oklahoma. I have had an extremely successful colony for the last 17 year. As of Sunday March 26, 2017, I do not have any scouts at my site. Normally by this time of year I would have at least 5-10 pairs of scouts. My returning martin s...