Purple Martin Forum

Van_PM2.png I was visiting Vandalia Illinois for an outdoor concert on 11 September. I noticed a bunch of Martins flying around and gathering as the sun was going down. I followed the birds (hundreds/thousands) were creating a vortex over one specific building. The number slowly kept diminishing so...

I put up a house (ill conceived - even though sold as a PM house) that I received as a gift. I hung two gourds from it. I had plenty of Martins around but ended up with one nesting pair. This pair had four eggs, two hatched, one disappeared, and one was dormant (is there an appropriate term for an e...

Thanks Conrad, That is great to hear. It's kinda nerve racking being a new landlord. I feel nearly as protective as the mating pair themselves at times. So here is another question. They are housing in an S&K boNINE gourd. They are using the crescent hole but that opening is flat with the gourd ...

I have a pair of Martins that have successfully hatched two fledglings. I checked on them and all the nesting material I had changed at around day 10 is out of the nest. I take it the adults removed it. Is this a normal activity after the chicks start showing feathering? This first pairing has been ...