Purple Martin Forum

Hello, We have a 20+ year old Alamo and we've noticed that the pole is moving side-to-side quite a bit. I took it down and it appears that there is significant corrosion on the pole connectors. When I flip the connector around so the relatively non-corroded end is inserted into the ground socket, th...

This is an update to my previous post. It turns out the roost is still there, it must have been a little late in getting started. We were there a couple of nights ago and it was spectacular, as always. Thousands and thousands of birds! It is located in the parking lot of the bowling alley at Northwe...

We've been visiting a pre-migratory roost in Garland, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) for the last several years. It's moved around a little bit over the years but has always been in the same general area, close to Northwest Highway and I-635. We went there tonight and we didn't see a single martin anywh...

We've had an Alamo with crescent entrances for several years now. Early on, we had a martin die after it got stuck in an opening where the thin metal of the door acted like a knife, cutting between the wing and neck. Two other martins were stuck inside and died before we got home that evening. I use...