Purple Martin Forum

the only thing i can say good about the heath houses is that the martins like them. they prefer them over my super guords and natural guords. makes me mad but thats what they do until the heath compartments are filled up, then go to guords

Sad to say but some starlings can get into crescents.

saw they ere back this morning. not all were back but a good start.

mine are late also. I checked some other sites and they had no birds either. Mine were very late last year and seems like this year will be the same.

this winter I made 2 of the chuck abare type repeating box traps and don't know how I lived without them. catches any starling that stops by and just sets itself again. if you haven't made one yet try it. my bluebirds can get out but starlings are caught. Cost me a whole 20 bucks for hardware and ce...

Had my first scout of the year today. I figured with the warm weather and south west winds they would come. Not many bugs yet but it will be a while before most birds get here to the truman lake area. usually about 2 weeks if the weather holds. It is so dry that some rain is needed to bring out the ...

it is by warsaw south of there on #65 hwy. by truman lake. i have had scouts before this in years past but the cold sure would get them this year. about 3 weeks from now should be good. i have lots of starlings around the farm but haven't noticed any nesting behavior before this. Red wings just show...

just caught my first starling of the year. I have 2 repeating traps and the nesting checks must be starting. my barn cats love my starling traps as they finally get to catch a bird as i defeather one wing and throw them toward a cat. country re cycling of a bad problem. no martins yet thank god as i...

I have had bluebird boxes for 20= years and find that sight of each other is as important as distance. have at least four that are within 100 ft of each other but out of sight by being behind a barn or brush from each other. works for me and we see at least 20 bluebirds daily. having houses for year...

i made 2 repeating traps for starlings. followed chuck abares plans for sparrow trap but modified for starlings. in the bottom of the cage he has a wooden circle to plug the wire mesh trap bottom, instead of cobbling a escape hatch for blue birds, etc. in the side, I put a 1 1/2 hole in the bottom n...

does anyone have general demensions for the curved top dropping floor trap? would like to make one. if you made one how did it work for you?