Purple Martin Forum

Hi, thank you for this answer!

Hello, I tried looking through old posts to answer this question but didn't find a direct answer, so I will post it: Is there any problem with putting aluminum flashing (painted white) over your wooden nest box roof to protect it from weather? We have an all wood nestbox that my students built. We h...

Thank you, that is helpful!!

Hello! A couple years ago, my students built a purple martin nestbox and since then we have been trying to attract the martins. We've put up decoys and tried to play the dawn song, although I think we might need to find a way to increase the volume we are playing at. A question has come: due to the ...

Hmmm. It doesn't look my image posted properly. Not sure how to do this.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pLrpjdJxITK0HqgWyBWIfRBdhCqSo49W/view?usp=sharing Hopefully this works --- here is an image of the students' nestbox (made with the help of our makerspace teacher Paraic McGann). Last year they built the box and this year they replaced the doors with ones with starl...

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Thu May 26, 2022 8:20 pm

Yeah I’d say Lowe is about right. The 4-unit tower is 34 1/2” and the 3-unit tower is 27 1/2” within a 1/4”.

Thank you so much!
Evelyn

The small box of a T 14 has a sidewall that is 21 1/4 and the larger box is 28 inches. The gable on each roof is 5 inches tall plus the thickness of the roof. So ball park the taller box is about 34 inches from top to bottom and the smaller box is about 27 1/4. If I am understanding your question c...

Hello! Can someone tell me the total height of the T-14 nestbox? I have a custom nestbox that my students made, and I am trying to see if the T-14 cover will fit our nestbox. The dimensions aren't listed on the product page, just the dimensions of the individual compartments. Thanks for help with th...