Purple Martin Forum

I have about 8 here in NW Florida. For the first time, I've trying to supplemental feeding....flung mealworm to try to get them interested, but they're not. So just placed some scrambled eggs and mealworms in a plate on a small table by the pole. Hope they take to it.

Yeah, no sooner I posted this, I saw that. Looks like I have to buy Microsoft Office to use that Excel spreadsheet. Not doing that....no more than I'll be using it. I'll just record my PM data the old fashioned way. Thanks

Hello there, I may be totally off base but wasn't there a prognosticating software years ago? If I remember right...you could type in when the egg was laid and it would automatically populate the date of potential hatch....etc. Just wondering. Thanks.

With already posted sightings in my area...but I personally hasn't seen any at my site. I've seen barn swallows in my area. Today, I saw a group of birds with the flying characteristics of martins very high up, too high to even hear vocalizations. My questions is were these martins or barnies and do...