Purple Martin Forum

my classic style martin house is new this year and i have one pair that has apparently moved in, there is nest building going on but i haven't seen eggs yet. i had kept most of the entrances closed but lately there has been a tree swallow starting to build a nest on the opposite side of the house. n...

last fall i built and put up a classic 16 compartment martin house. last week a pair(?) of martins found my bird house and now there are 3 hanging around, 2 males and apparently a female, quite frankly i hadn't expected to have birds the first year. going by internet advise i had closed off the hole...