SE Kansas Purple Martin Learning Program....

DornCounty · Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:04 am

I will be giving a Purple Martin Program 7PM Tuesday Feb 5th at the Parsons, KS Arboretum. Anyone is welcome to come and attend.

The topics will be:
Update on the rehab project going on for the public colonies in Parsons
Species profile of the martin
How to tips and Ideas for landlording
There will be a house, gourds, and traps to see
Free take-home literature will be available

Here is a link to the location of the meeting: http://www.parsonsks.com/egov/apps/loca ... il&locId=4

This will by my first martin presentation and I will be using a variation of the PMCA program. If you know anyone in the area please pass it on. Refreshments will also be provided.

Dick Sherry · Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:26 pm

Good luck with your program! Your area should have a good martin population, so hopefully you will get a good turn out of existing landlords and those who want to get started.

Matt F. · Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:00 pm

Very cool Dorn!
You are doing some really great work there!

Tommie D · Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:18 pm

This is another reason why I dislike my second shift job! I would realy like to attend but will be working. If you ever decide to put one on during the day or weekends please let me know> Would be willing to help out any way I could if needed.

DornCounty · Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:26 pm

Tommie D wrote:This is another reason why I dislike my second shift job! I would realy like to attend but will be working. If you ever decide to put one on during the day or weekends please let me know> Would be willing to help out any way I could if needed.

Thanks guys

Tommy.. would be great to meet you sometime.

tonyg · Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:27 am

Hope you have a great turnout Dorn!

DornCounty · Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:48 pm

The program went well.. had about 20 poeple in attendence.

One guys showed up that lives across the street from a Martin roost I had been trying to locate this fall. Still hope it is there this coming fall. Should be a real treat.

tonyg · Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:36 am

Glad to hear it went well..any future landlord prospects?

DornCounty · Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:49 am

TonyG wrote:Glad to hear it went well..any future landlord prospects?

Well I know of at least a few who had been trying that now know likely reasons they were not getting them. mainly the sparrows and timing issue.

I have been asked to speak over at the Pittsburg adubon meeting, likely next season. So we will continue to spread the word.

Louise Chambers · Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:55 am

Dorn, if you get just a few prospects at each program who will put into use the information you share, you are making a BIG difference, it will grow. Congrats on your good efforts all around.

DornCounty · Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:11 am

Louise Chambers wrote:Dorn, if you get just a few prospects at each program who will put into use the information you share, you are making a BIG difference, it will grow. Congrats on your good efforts all around.

Thanks LC.. you can let everyone there know that we have handed out about 30 of the booklets so far. All to people that were genuinely interested in hosting martins or allready attempting to. The next couple weeks we will be making a push to do as much work on the houses in town as we can, prior to martin arrival. We've raised $2000 so far and hope to raise that much again by the end of this season. We also have a few grant proposals out that we hope can double this amount. The community support so far as been outstanding. Maybe we are a "Martin Capital"?