Purple Martin Forum

Thanks to all who replied with helpful suggestions and compassion. Happy ending here: new birds came in promptly after gourds were disinfected and replenished and we recently fledged 26 healthy young. Not much time was lost and they fledged in time to join the other colonies on our lake. I hope ever...

Thank you all for your concern. I filled out a detailed report on the Michigan DNR site and I have a case number. There is a local phone number posted, but calls are not answered and the message says that the mailbox is full, so there is no way to contact them at this point. We disinfected the gourd...

We lost what appears to be our entire colony in Jackson, MI (estimate 12 to 18 mature males and females) due to disease within the past 72 hours. All of the birds had severe, possibly blood tinged, diarrhea and loss of coordination. All nests in the gourds looked normal (except for a large amount of...