Purple Martin Forum

I could see you all butchering chickens on the farm, had to chuckle i was thinking of ways you would kill the chickens and cows and hogs, lol. I agree they are Gods creation but he put man over the animals, and i agre we should not be inhumain how we do it, fast. They are imports that have taken ove...

Iv had my one tele sk pole at 1/3 for years, martins pick it first, good luck

could it be that the martins know there is something wrong with some eggs or hatchlings and this is why we see this once and a while? just saying! ??

As far as the wind issue i lower the complete upper, smaller sec. and leave it that way,never had a problem,the martins pick that one first every year. also have had some strong winds over the years and so far no problems, it is as noted a good idea to drill your pole for saftey. good luck

Bio, i would say with the two sections the tele is about 10 ft. Just be sure to use the bigger sections and not the thin one on top. what housing do you have? i have barn with 6 bo 11 under it,thats what brought my martins in i believe, Leaving it lower you do not have to worry about storms,we live ...

Like i said why raise and lower, leave it lower, i have a trio right next to my s&k tele and they choose the lower one first each year!

I have the 3 piece poll and when i first started i was doing like you are,several years ago i left it 2 pole high and have never had a problem,it is the first thing to fill up!! I put 6 bo 11s under my barn and thats what seemed to work to get my martins. Good luck up in the north woods,i was born i...

Such great news,took me a long time to, i remember just sitting there watching for hours. Seems like when you finally get martins they become your own!!! Take care of them and they will come back year after year,i think they believe they own you as well,lots of luck pal!!!

you might try a decoy,it and dawnsong did it for me but took awhile, keep up the fight,once you get the martins exstablised the s&s problem will get easyer, good luck!! you will make it joplin folks as we well know are fighters,and survivors.

14 martins here at peculiar,it is fun watching them,ill bet more on the way. Whats with the mo martns? good luck!!

Ive got 13 right now in peculiar, looks like another good year,good luck to all

to funny i was thinking the same thing,lol

they will, its the best thing you can do,i love to watch the yellow beaks try to push their way in. Hopefully the snow in next weeks forecast will not come to pass,i lost one last week to the cold weather,the others i have not seen for couple of weeks. Good luck with your martins.

more snow in forcast here for next week,hopefully the warmer weekend wont lure more up this way,i have only found 1 dead in house,hopefully others went to warmer weather. Good luck all.

dont wish to hard lots of dead martins around because of lack of food and subfreezing temps,warm up this weekend then more snow in forcast here for later next week,i only have lost one that i know of. good luck,we still have lots of snow cover on ground here.

my martins left,have not seen since the cold weather came back,hopefully went south for awhile,with two weeks of sub freezing nights and all this snow i wonder if you could feed enough,hopefully so. the end of the month looks like it might warm a little here but thats two weeks off,good luck to all.

we are north of caseys off school road, have not seen martins since cold weather came in,hopefully they went south,i tryed flipin eggs one year with no results,where do you get crickets? mealworms? good luck

put castle and barn house with gourds up yesterday and had 2 pair before i was done.they must have been waiting for me, 80 today,snow for monday,they better eat up. Had 16 pair last year and only lost 2 young,about 64 fledged,hoping for another good year in peculiar.

if they are martins i dont see any chance of making it 1 degree thursday nite and blissard conditions tue and wed, 14 plus inches forecast here,no insects around here for quite awhile,maybe they will sence the storm and head south.

your house is by far way to close to your house,have you tryed moving it out in yard?