Purple Martin Forum

Hi everyone

If anybody has any extra gourd seeds they would be willing to give up. I would send a self addressed postage paid padded envelope to them.

Thanks Kevin

John

I thought about after I did that ,I was pretty excited to have a few pictures snapped.She did come back a little while after we raised the house in the same compartment (whew)

Kevin

A friend of mine called and said he had a martin with a lot of white on it and I should come over and check it out. I went over in the morning but it was real cloudy and the pics did not turn out as good as I hoped they would. I went back that afternoon and we did not see her,so he said there were s...

Hi , Does anyone have some gourd seeds they would part with. I will be happy to pay all shipping etc. Up here in Michigan I have about a month before I would need to get them started. Thanks Kevin

Thanks Scheise

I put the numbers in and Found out it was banded on 7-10-06 in Ontario Canada.

Kevin

Hi everyone I did a nest check yesterday and in one of my gourds there was a dead male Asy male martin ,along with 4-2 week old nestlings.I was watching and the female is still feeding them.The dead male had no injuries that I could see.I took the band off and this is what it reads. All silver in co...

Hi everyone I always wondered at this time of year where my martins would be ? I live in mid Michigan and it will be almost 2 months before they arrive here.Last August with the adults I sent about 270 to South America I know a lot probably did not make the trip,but the ones that did where would be ...

Thanks Matt
I entered all of of the info ,We will see what happens.

Kevin

Hi everyone , I was helping a friend do a nest check today and a female stayed in her bungalow .We read the numbers off ,they are N 387 blue band , any help would be appericated?

Thanks Kevin

Thanks Randall ,I really enjoy your webcams I check them out every time I go on the computer.

Kevin

Hi SUSANH

The houses are wooden Northstars and the martins love them.They are the most popular house up here.

Kevin

Thanks everybody

My houses are 25 ft away from each other and yes I do have a lot of room to expand. I don't think I will because there are a lot of new colonies that have started in the last few years in this area.

Here is a little better picture of my colony.

Kevin

Hi everyone

I had a really great year up here in Michigan,56 pair and 245 fledged.This was my best season yet.

Kevin

I had a large dairy farmer a few miles away from me ask if I could build some type of trap for him. In the winter all the starlings gather together at these big farms. My question is do they work pretty good and can you catch large numbers of starlings with them?


Kevin

Gus, I have to check your cams out a couple of times every a day

Kevin

Hi Tony

I think that will very good ,around here doves are a hawks easiest food.Let us know how they work?

Kevin

Hi Everyone I have been using a S&S controller for 7-8 years now ( It works great by the way) I put it up yesterday and today when I got home from work I saw I had a starling in it and on the bottom of the holding cage there was a dead sparrow that the starling killed . I hate to think what woul...

Hi Mike

I called the toll free number from that website they told me I am missing some numbers,so I will keep trying. Thanks for your help.

Kevin

My friend has a female purple martin that has a band on it. The numbers are 09616 and on the bottom line the numbers are hard to read. They are( I or T), 0,( I or T),8. It is a silver band. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Kevin

Hi JHough Gourds grow a lot like pumpkins really long vines.

Thanks for all of the replies.

Kevin