Purple Martin Forum

I put up six Troyer gourds this past spring and was lucky to get a trio of PUMAs...two males and female. They were obviously juveniles from the 'wild' colony not far from my home. The adults in the colony arrived late April. The trio of juvies showed up and decided to stay on 1 June. I don't know wh...

If you have HOSPs in your martin housing, get rid of them ASAP. I'm not being brutal, I'm being pragmatic. HOSPs are very intelligent. They are are also ruthless. Two years ago, I found a breeding pair of HOSPs in one of my bluebird boxes. I'd been out of town for two weeks so had been unable to mon...

Hello, I am new to this forum. This past March, (2014) I installed a pole with six Troyer gourds. (with porches). There is a 'wild' colony of Purple Martins in my neighborhood. They live about half a mile as the martin flies from my home. I say wild because about a dozen PUMA boxes were installed fi...

Hi Jennifer....I hope & pray "Freckles" will return safely next yr cause he was very faithful this year, which is unusual for an sy! Lewsville seems like a nice place for martins. My first yr (1991)I had 1 pr (fledged 2). The next yr I had 4 pr & they fledged 17. La seems to be a n...

HI Victor....Congratulations on the beginning of another martin season!! I was at your place 2 yrs ago...I'm in Baton Rouge & have only 28 nests We got our 1st Martin on Jan 30. Now have between 35 & 40. Have had nice spring wx for the past week, but the temp tomorrow morn is sked to be 34. ...

Congratulations KLCRETIRED!!! IT looks you are off & running...Your
pics are outstanding! Joe Lefebvre

Let me add my congratulations to John's reply, Ray.
Joe Lefebvre

Hi To all....On Sat Feb 2nd, I now have 8 martins on board - 2 females
& 6 males !! The temp on Sat was 68 - a more "Martin temp"....Thanx
TO: Craig, lkcretired, zoefluf, Davlyn, cnola - Jeanne, Astrid & the Olsons
For your warm regards !!....Joe & Edith L.

WE finally got Martins in Baton Rouge This am (Wed Jan 30 2008) at abt 10:30am....Its not exactly Martin wz. The temp this am was 37!!! The sky: clear...They seem vy comfortable on my T-14. I have a total of 28 nests(6 - T14, 14 super gourds, @ 8 single houses..This begins my 8th year. My wife &...

This morn, I counted 10 asy martins on my site...It was very cold (for La)
28* & they were not flying! It has been an exciting week!
Joe Lefebvre

Hi Mary...Thanks for a wonderful post...I was of the impression that 40*
was the "breaking" point. I have 10 asy's at the moment & am feeding
them daily. I appreciate your"bugology" post..
Joe Lefebvre Baton Rouge La

hi sdsteil...Congratulations on donating a T-14 to the parks dept...I am
using a nest cam, & it is really great..However I have gourds & it is a
snap to install one....I also have a T-14 & believe it wud be quite an
installation job on a T-14.......Joe Lefebvre

Hi Tim, BamaBren,Floridasunshinegoddes,MarshainPuntaGorda,Barnmong,John Attlebury, S&B Super Martin.....Thanks for the encouragement. Its nice that you noticed my post! By the way I now have 3 asy males as of Fri. Jan 26. I'll have to put up my 20 gourds this coming week when the the wx turns a ...

Hi PM Supporters...My first PM, an asy male showed up in B.R. in the evening, Tue 01/23/07. Its awful cold to support pm's, 38* at present. The wx is pretty bad at the moment - been raining every day for the past 10 days! & very cold. I have some dreeze dried crickets which I will put in the 2 c...