Purple Martin Forum

We have one nest box with a raccoon baffle and another dozen boxes high up with spikes surrounding the metal pole farther down. All safe and good. Another box sits 5 feet up atop a 4 x 4 post. Last night a raccoon or a cat got hold of one purple martin as the nest is intact but the hole and the box ...

Thanks all! Wow, what incredible progress you're making for these lovely birds. Appreciate your responses.

Hi everyone - we're new here and just purchased our PM 12 apartment house with 12 foot pole. Already we've seen PMs in two of our regular nest boxes. We want to help these birds out even more since much of their natural habitat is hard to come by. We started birding back in the mid-70s and have live...