Purple Martin Forum

Thanks, I stumbled through it.

I need to change some of my account information (emial, password etc.) but see no way to get there. Any info appreciated. My be in the new format but I don't find it.

I feed year round especially to draw the sparrows as I trap year round too. With the sparrow traps and the starling motel I have very little problems when the martin housing is opened for the season. I am working on a life sized scarecrow as a starling deterrent...don't know when I will ever get it ...

It's going to take this old f---t a while to get the new web pages figured out. Hope I get the hang of it before I have any activity here. At present I can't find any reports from the lower states. Is the map on the first reporting page one that has replaced the old map?

Thanks for the info on the seminar. Not able to get away this weekend, will put it on the calendar for next year, if I'm still here.

Tim
Guess the flight is on, hope they can find enough bugs. I has 3 come in today, hope I don't have to feed them. Haven't heard anything about Kalona, it that this Saturday?

8 a.m. starlings at the gourd rack, out the door to set traps in the super gourds. Rack coming down, out of the corner of vision a flash of purple and an accompanying gurgle....could it be a martin.....through the trees and out of sight in a blink of an eye...could it really be a martin. Not sure en...

Congrats Lynn and Bob. Have been watching and listening all day, have only seven compartments open and starling traps in three of them. Removed the traps at dusk in case I am lucky enough to get a visitor before I get out tomorrow. Anxious for the first one....

They are back in Iowa! Bob Flam reported a sighting and is shown when you click on Iowa, no dot yet but there will be. Bob is a long time martin host and has an impressive collection of housing. His colony is about 30 miles west of me and I am expecting a visit any day now. GO BOB.

avesrun Hang in there. It took me 8 years before the first pair and pairs have increased every year. The way the weather is I hope they wait a little before making an appearance. I have not had any luck in supplemental feeding in the past and I get antsy when the weather is too cold for bugs to fly....

Had checked the scout report before my post and no dot appeared, must be a time laps between post and marking the map. Have to look where Williamson is on the map.....right north of Chariton. Guess I will have to hope for mine to return by the 28th

SM
Last year the first two arrived on March 14. I am looking every day and keeping an eye on the Missouri posts. If I may venture a guess I would have to guess March 28 because it may just be a little warmer.

Kathy
Well it can be done!!!!
The only thing I did different was to insert the image first and then added the text. What ever works. Thanks for all you help for this old dude. I know where to go for puter info....

Sorry to be such a pain but will try again and enter my steps, Restart the puter Log on to Photobucket Click on library Select picture Click on DIRECT window - copied Log on to PMCA Click on forum Enter forum Click on post Click on reply Click Img - control v for paste - click img again ---- your ex...

Kathy, I think I followed your instructions but the picture does not show up in the post until you click on the URL.

Kathy, hope this one works. I guess that the picture does not show in the preview, just the URL.



http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll18 ... mobh1r.jpg

Kathy Congratulations on your new arrivals. I'm just a couple hundred miles north of you so they are getting closer. I liked the picture you posted and I would like to know just how you posted it. I have posted some through Photobucket but and through the forum but would like to do some however you ...

Jeff & Deb Thanks for the help, I have tried several way to present pictures through Photobucket and have been able to view the pictures so half the battle is won. I would really like to view photos as part of the post and not go to Photobucket to view them. Quite a few folks present them this w...

Still no luck may need more explicit instructions.

Did not work, will try again.