Purple Martin Forum

also had rat snake attack yesterday, Martins where going crazy , snake bailed off house after a belly full of chicks , that snake no more eater , put up netting after this, first experience after four years that i’m aware of , he wiped out a whole nest full of little ones , my fault, don’t be the ne...

if you have a good location to start with ,that has a open flyway , you should have PM ‘s in two years or less in Texas , i don’t like gourds as primary attraction, last cavity the birds occupied at my location, might try a house unit , i have at least 35 pair now in my fourth year , k18 gourd unit ...

nest building is going full blast here at my four year old site , got about 35 pair , they get inturupted by all the flooding rain we get , south Arkansas

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i have a k18 unit with troyer horizonals and three housing units , the martins here could care less about the K18 , this is the 3rd year , they highly prefer the sunset inns on a multipurpose pole and the Trensetter 12

i really don’t know why the martins come so early in the season , i know what is said but do they really won’t to be miserable in the cold and lack of food just to get their hotel room of choice, it’s 24 in south AR this morning and been cold and wet for to long , good luck PM’s i got really good ro...

no wonder there’s more martins in the south, in Iowa a snake can kill you but you can’t kill the snake so says the game warden says , Bob keep up the forum talks i enjoy ,man has the right for self defense against critters i figure

i have a adult male today arrive also , 4 days earlier than last year , tried to report it but i’m not smart enough