Purple Martin Forum

Thank you all for your input. I just ordered the recommended protectors. I had been reading all I could on PMs over the winter and never came across an article or post on this. So I didn’t even think to do a search on the topic. I did just now and finding that this is indeed to be expected when PMs ...

This is my first year placing a PM house. I’ve had about eight PMs hanging around for a few weeks with no issues. A couple days ago I brought down the house after noticing one of the SREH was blocked. I thought it was nesting material, but sadly discovered that it was a dead PM that had been stuck a...

I had only been catching females in my trap probably for about two months now, but somehow this morning I was able to get two males. I couldn’t be happier! There’s two females and two male HOSP in the trap right now. I’m thinking of leaving one male and one female HOSP in the trap to hopefully attra...

Thank you CC and Thomas. I went ahead and removed the sticker and added some nest material and feathers as you suggested. Hoping that will work.

I’ve only caught two females that I’ve kept alive in my DRST for about two weeks. Haven’t been able to trap anymore. There are a couple males hanging around that I’d like to trap. I tried feathers as bait for a few days but that hasn’t worked. Going back to millet and will try to find a nest that I ...