Purple Martin Forum

I used the blink camera system on my PM house last year and it worked great, love it. You do have to buy batteries at least once during your PM season, but they aren’t that costly, so not a big deal.

Congrats! You need to post a video for all us PM enthusiasts that have to wait until the end of April!

My martins were due to fledge this past Monday. It poured most of the day so I expected them to fledge on Tuesday. I saw them hanging out both Monday and Tuesday and everything looked fine. Yesterday. I only noticed one sticking his head out, and he eventually fledged. I saw him flying around and e...

Loved watching this, I had missed seeing them fledge. Our live nestcam has ended, but you can relive the whole thing through our timelapse video. Watch the family, lovingly nicknamed the Rockys, raise six Purple Martins from egg to fledge. Support the PMCA at http://www.purplemartin.org/how-to-help ...

CS Take some pictures of the house, is it home made or a commercial made house? Many of them can be expanded so you have half as many rooms but they will be 12 inches deep. It would be a good idea, especially if you are going to add more housing, to expand the cavities in the house you have then ad...

Attach are two photos of my house

Alberta, Canada This is my first year hosting purple martins. I ended up with one ASY pair, and two SY males. The pair laid 6 eggs, 5 hatched and fledged. I am definitely hooked and will be doing all I can to better my housing for next year. When I put up my house I had done zero research. My house ...