Purple Martin Forum

I sometimes wonder if high winds might be to blame for 2 pairs I had disappear. Here in South Dakota the winds can get really nasty for days at a time. It gets so bad in my area up on a hill top, I have never seen a martin land on a power line. I have seen them try but give up and land in the very t...

I still have a few SY males hanging around my houses here in Sioux Falls, SD. Had 2 pair that looked like they going to nest. The 2 pair seemed to have vanished after two weeks. They were even getting territorial chasing robins and grackels away from the houses. Then after 3 days of seeing nothing I...

Thanks for all the good advice. It seems my two pairs of visitors have moved on after almost two weeks of hanging around. However I get daily visits from 2 or 3 SY males. I think they are from a colony I discovered about a mile away. One in particular has been interesting. He had a flight feather be...

I too may have a hawk problem. Haven't had the hawks bother my houses. This is year number two trying to start a colony. I had two pair of martins that seemed interested in nesting. I even saw them chase robins and grackels away from the house area. Long story short they seemed to have up and left a...

The SY birds just started showing up at my place in the last 2 weeks. I would think your area would be similar as I am just off of I-90 as well.

Has anybody tried Tempo? I used it in my houses before I put them out this spring. It's supposed to be safe in homes and around chickens.

Newbie here. Year number two. I'm a 1/4 mile from water and have fields and pasture directly behind my houses. Had three large groups stay around a few days last year on their way passing through. Most ASY, a few SY, some pairs and some singles. But none stayed or nested. This year I added another h...