Purple Martin Forum

Way to go Dan! Great shooting! I got a double yesterday morning too.
Rob

Agree with others. Don’t give up! You will Slowly and gradually decrease their numbers. It may take a while. But it will happen. I hardly see any hosps anymore after years of shooting them. Continue to trap and as Tom said, make a blind of some type.. anyplace to hide where they can’t see you and pl...

Hi Ms Linda. First, that’s great that your bluebirds have moved to the boxes. That was a good decision to do that. They prefer being lower to the ground and the smaller box cavities, than in Martin houses. They were probably protecting their boxes from the martins, thinking the martins might move in...

Congrats on your early arrivals.. definitely seems to be happening a lot this season! Good luck for a great season
Rob

Agree, martins don’t mind if you lower.. I usually go to about 10 to 9 feet in high winds.. it does depend on your pole strength, top weight, and how you have it cemented into the ground..
Rob

Good luck Linda! I think it will work out..My bluebirds and martins get along with no issues, as others have said.. ..once your BBs move to the boxes, you shouldn’t have any problems..
Rob

She looks great phil! Had my first SY show up today, too… I’m glad i still have a few compartments left.. saw a sharp shinned attack this morning.. the Martin did a quick side step then escaped.. smallest hawk I’ve ever seen.. had to have been a young sharp shinned… his attack approach looked a litt...

Excellent! Lots of homes for martins! Looks great!
Good luck..
Rob

Hi Unk. I’ve only used freeze dried mealworms. Without knowing what kind you have I couldn’t answer the best way to keep them. Freeze dried are dead, that come in a resealable bag. If yours were shipped alive the best way would be to freeze them, and thaw in warm water when ready to use.
Rob

Hi Unk. I’ve never used live mealworms. Hopefully someone who uses them can answer your question.
Good luck
Rob

Great news on your early arrival and the weather forecast. Sounds like they’ll be rolling in soon!
Good luck!
Rob

Hi Unk. I’ve never tried scrambled eggs but people have used them for short term. I wouldn’t try starting them on eggs.
As far as mealworms, I use the freeze dried ones in the bag. And frozen / thawed live crickets.
Good luck
Rob

Good luck with the feeder unk!
Rob

It may be difficult for martins to enter a crescent entrance without a porch.. it would be best to add porches.. pmca sells them I believe.. s and k manufacturing sells porches for a very good price..
Good luck.
Rob

Congrats Doug! Buddy does it again! Amazing!
Rob

Hi unk..congrats on getting your feeder.. I buy my crickets live and thaw them for use..
good luck!
Rob

6 hosps, 3 starlings so far. Shot from my blind. Haven’t seen any at all in several days.
Rob

Unk, if you got the 4 pan set up, it might be a good idea to leave at least one or 2 pans undrilled in case of drought situation, where you would want the crickets to remain in some water, to keep from drying out..
Rob

Unk ..
I think I used a 7/32 bit, but anything between 13/64 and 1/4 would do. Don’t want the hole too big, where crickets will fall through.
Rob

Thanks Tom! I saved it for future use!
Rob