Purple Martin Forum

five (scouts) martins showed up at the same time today. I am om the water and have 7 houses. Not sure (yet) which houses they claim as home. Bay St Louis, Mississippi

Since fledging only a few martins were around the houses. Today I have well over a hundred. Any idea why? https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/14746653483_f41bcaa178_n.jpg IMG_8165 by ausnic1 , on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/14540144208_720bb03e67_m.jpg IMG_8166 by ausnic1 , on Flickr ...

birds have been gathering mud, grass and sticks and bringing it into the house. weather here upper 70's - low 80's. location gulf coast

I'm watching the houses right now. My three and two neighbors houses, which I put up and maintain. Have 20 maybe 30 or more birds today. ///////////wow

Three males arrived this morning at one of my houses. Eleven days earlier than last year.

I live on the Mississippi gulf coast on the water, Bay St Louis to be exact. By the way the (crow) purple martin flies, about 35 miles ENE of New Orleans. I have posted the scout arrival for several years now, 1 house has nests for six years, two more for five years, and two more for four years and ...

The wind has been blowing out of the east and southeast at speeds in the low 20s with gusts near 30 knots since yesterday. The house across the canal from me has a yard in the shape of a peninsula and I noticed that there are 50+ martins flying and circling the yard and surrounding water, but not ve...

They are back in my area. Not sure if my birds are back, no overnight stays.

Ron
Is that picture straight from the camera, or do you use a software program to enhance the photo. Picture has very fine detail.

Thanks Don, I guess I did it, but the quality of the picture has been reduced.
This picture was taken at 100-110 feet
It too has been reduced

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Pappy, My wife's camera is a Canon SX10is with 10.0 mega pixels and she loves it. The zoom in 35mm talk is equiv. to 2.8mm to 560mm. She takes great photos of close-ups of insects and flowers. Do you know what the focal length means 5.0mm to 100.0. I got my old tri-pod out and oiled it up for her t...

IAfter comparing many cameras in the under $500 range, I finally settled on a Canon SX30IS. It has a 35X zoom, that can be extended to 140X, it is a 14.1 mega pixel, and best of all it cost $369. I had a opportunity to shoot next to a neighbor with an SLR camera, that with the lens, cost $1500. He c...

Just wanted to show off a picture of a beautiful bird

I am located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Bay St Louis and live in a water community, on the water. One house (12 compartments) on the dock, another in the yard 20 feet from the water. I have had martins for four years now, but no arrivals as of yet. Last year the first, followed by others withi...