Purple Martin Forum

I will try to see if the new people will do it. I am moving a few states away.

I am pretty sure we are about to move away, and i have a martin colony..which they are probably about to arrive... should i just not put the house up? will they be ok?

Hi, i know this is late, but i have also lost several babies last year, and all of them looked like they had just died, but they had a bunch of maggots on them, including the poor only baby this year. is there some sort of infestation? or is it just a coincidence? good news is that thankfully last y...

Update:
unfortunately I checked it today, and the baby has died :( so sad....

So far seems ok, the parents are still visiting and feeding. i will keep checking to make sure he is alright!

Hi! i have an adult male and female nesting pretty late for here in Texas, all the other martin's babies have fledged... so is it a re-nest attempt? so far the one baby is 11 days old, and we removed 2 unviable eggs. The baby still looks blind, and it's eyes are round and bulgy, with blueish white. ...