Purple Martin Forum

Just to add my experience, my first year was in 2010 and the house was only 8 ft up, but my yard was 2.5 acres of flat TX grassland with no trees. I had 2 pair make nests before my wife got a killer job and we moved to Wisconsin before any eggs were laid. We'll be buying a permanent home up here thi...

Thanks guys! Carlton, I see you're from Rehobeth---I was born in Wilmington and spent most of my life up by Newark. Good times in the diamond state! I'm almost embarassed to say it, but our first house is just the Walmart special---the simple 12 compartment "barn" style plastic job. I open...

I had three land on my housing today (1st year landlord)---2 adult males and what appeared to be an adult female---but it could have been a juvenile male, didn't stay still long enough for a good look. They cheked out all the compartments and eventually flew off, but they are still in the neighborho...

I am SO excited! :grin: Just to give y'all a little background so you don't think I'm completely nuts, I've been reading this forum for over two years now, trying to convince my better half that it would be beneficial to us to have a martin colony in our yard---shoot, we've got 2.5 acres back there,...