Purple Martin Forum

Hi Everyone, On May 22nd there were two purple martins here. One landed on the roof of the Troyer house. The second landed on a perch rod above the Troyer house. They sat there preening for about seven minutes and then flew away. I have had at least one PM here every day since. Since June 1st I have...

Hi Dave, On the "Scout Arrival Study" page it says the following: Scout-Arrival Study: "The Scout-Arrival Study documents the first arriving Purple Martins at nesting sites. Landlords throughout the breeding range submit their first returning adult and sub-adult to the PMCA. This info...

Hi ToyinPA,

Would you be so kind as to entry your sy arrival on the PMCA map. I have been waiting for a report in PA to put my T-18 and gourds up.
The map shows subies only back as far as central VA. If I had not read your post I would still be waiting. Thanks.

Mark

Hi Highrise, If you're looking for a sound file of the dawnsong or daytime chatter, those are not available for free. The PMCA depends on memberships, donations, and profits from products sold in our store to fund their research and education efforts. The recordings are only available on CD's sold ...

Hi Everyone,

I have searched the PMCA website and can not find a pdf file for playing the Dawnsong and Day Time Chatter CD's.
Is there one? If so, would you point me in that direction?

Thanks,
HighRise

I noticed in your "martin history" you posted your friend had a chick with 43 blowfly larva. Best wishes, Toy in PA[/quote] Hi Toy in PA, Thanks for your reply. When I did the nest change (early afternoon) I did not see any blowfly larva on chick. The chick looked healthy weight and size w...

Hi Everyone, The white pine trees are sheading their old pine needles at this time in south central PA. I happen to have about a 40' white pine tree in my yard. It was our live potted Christmas tree many years ago. Armed with a tarp, I had two five gallon buckets filled in no time. Just lay tarp on ...

I live in a retirement village on 68 acres with 26 very old poles and 12 nest houses. I sort of inherited this job. I started in the middle of this last year with 10 people helping me. We had 43 occupied nests. We have may houses too close to trees. I want to take down all the martin poles, etc. an...

I had a late pair begin hatching their brood today. A little more than half of my colony has already fledged.....the remainder over the next week. Based on my spreadsheet, I should have this late group until mid/late august. Hi RJM, I live about 12 miles from you as the purple martin flies and was ...

Hi zekeandbelle, What brand and model # pellet rifle are you using? If it does not have a rifled barrel (spiral grooves the length of the barrel), you will barley be able to hit the broad side of a barn. I have a Crossman F4 with a Crosman scope. This model is only available at Walmart. https://www....

Hello all .. does anyone near me have access to a live sparrow or two? I have seen and trapped very few this summer but now that I have 24 baby Martin's, three sparrows have shown up and are perched and chirping from three trio houses constantly, and are not going in any of my traps. They're not ev...