Purple Martin Forum

I live in Belmont NC. I have 24 PMCA gourds mounted on poles adjacent to Lake Wylie. For the last 4-5 years, by this time in April I have about 20 martins. I now have only about 10. Is anyone else experiencing low numbers this year?

I live in Belmont NC and I’ve had a colony for five years. I have two poles with a total of twenty four PMCA gourds. I’m usually fully occupied by the end of April. My first arrival was a lone adult male on February 24th. Within about a week I had 6 to eight birds working the gourds. On day six I su...