Purple Martin Forum

Well, I'm no fun, but I don't think you can attract martins to the site. Martins seem to be less apt to colonize housing adjacent to a solid line of trees, or edge of a forest, even if it's back pretty far. In your case, looks like there is forest on three sides at least. And we know martins are sc...

I've seen wooden housing mentioned a couple of times. I was planning on using SK and/or Troyer gourds with tunnels. Is that ok? I'm not in the north country/mountains of New Hampshire, I'm in the Southern half about 25 miles from the coast. I'm right on the border of zone 6a and 5b That tall pine yo...

Thanks for the feedback! I really dont know where the closest PM colony is to me. I'm in southern/central NH and I know I have seen gourds near the coast about 20 miles from me (dont know if they being used), and I was at an ice cream stand about 10 miles from me this past summer and I saw 10-20 fly...

Greetings! I am intrigued by the purple martin and would very much enjoy housing them in my yard, but I'd like to make sure I have a very good chance of attracting them before I invest a grand into a setup and set a post in the ground. I am located in New Hampshire and I am fairly rural and complete...