Purple Martin Forum

I’ve got a new site here in Tennessee as I stated in a previous post and I’ve been having a lot of daily Martin visitors pretty much every morning and then up until about 2:00 pm. I play Dawnsong all day long and it helps tremendously. None of my birds stay over night still. But I feel that it’s onl...

The bluebirds have moved on now 🤔 and so my new site is available again!!!! This morning I started Dawnsong at around 4am and then when I got up around 7:30 there was at least 12-15 Martins on my site, (Most being SY’s) in the gourds and buzzing around overhead. They were everywhere. I sat in amazem...

Thank you so much for the kind words. I’ve had several other Martin guys from this area tell me that I should have them soon. And like i say I see them a lot but they always leave me. I’m currently having issues with bluebirds. I’ve been destroying their nests daily and have even plugged some gourd ...

Thank you for the kind words. As you know it gets frustrating at first but I know that one day they’ll show up and stay. I’ve been playing the song from 4am to 8am but not all day. I may try that tomorrow. Attached is a whole pic of my setup. Nice setup. Talk about diving in head first. Be patient a...

All of the ones I was seeing daily a week ago have all disappeared. So.....I’m back to looking at empty gourds. I did however put the pine needles in and muddied up the entrances like you suggested. So at least my new site has been visible to several so far but alittle discouraged that I don’t have ...

I live in West TN in Lexington. Close to Jackson. Glad to know there’s other Tennesseans on here as well!!! That’s awesome!

Yeah these are Martins. I do have TS’s too but they stay around people’s house. Lol. I attached a pic from yesterday!

Hey, I'm a new landlord to Purple Martins in Tennessee and I have had my gourds up since early March. I bought the Silver Series pack from PMCA with the Excluder II openings. I know not to expect to Adult birds the first year since this is a new site so that's not the issue. My issue is I have a bun...