Purple Martin Forum

I purchased some snow plow paint in hopes of creating such a slick surface that the snakes could not climb the pole. I deferred putting it on until the year is up so I can get all the poles together for prepping and painting. I also placed grease on the pole below the winch . Sadly today I caught my...

Thank you. That is a great idea and it looks very doable. I am also looking into a snow plow paint that when dry produces a very slick surface. I intend to paint my baffle and Pole with this product. I will let you know how it works in a future post

After four years of effort we finally have Martins this year! 10 of 12 nest boxes had nests and eggs, I just experienced the same horror. I was two days late on my nest checks this week and found a rat snake in cavity 8 of 12. I pulled it out and all the eggs were gone. It clearly had a big bid in i...