If you are interested, please register as soon as possible!
There will be a Purple Martin Seminar at Kennett Square, near Philadelphia, PA on Friday, April 1st between 9:15am and 1:30pm. The seminar, 'How to be a Successful Purple Martin Landlord', will cover the following subjects:
History of Purple Martins
Starting a Martin colony, with types of housing and attraction methods
How to perform Nest Checks
Emergency Feeding
Purple Martin Roosts
PMCA's GeoLocator program
Longwood Gardens and Representatives of the PMCA will host the program, along with Guest Speaker Andrew Troyer!
Register Online at http://purplemartins2016.eventbrite.com http://purplemartins2016.eventbrite.com
For questions about registration, contact Gretchen Roth, [email protected]
For questions about the workshop, contact Bill Wenger, [email protected], 412-720-0766
Purple Martin Seminar in PA at Longwood Gardens
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bwenger
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- Location: Pennsylvania/Espyville/Pymatuning Reservoir Area
- Martin Colony History: Taking care of 11 active public colonies and trying to start two more in northwestern PA. Also attempting to restart another one in southwestern PA, in Collier Township's Hilltop Park. In 2017, not sure what happened but the ASY male returned and then a couple of weeks later he was gone. It could have been weather related. No other birds showed up. I had a starling nesting at the Public site that I had trouble getting rid of.
In 2018, we fledged 629 martins at all of the sites.
Bill Wenger
Building the Purple Martin population one bird at a time!
Building the Purple Martin population one bird at a time!
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bwenger
- Posts: 1057
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:24 pm
- Location: Pennsylvania/Espyville/Pymatuning Reservoir Area
- Martin Colony History: Taking care of 11 active public colonies and trying to start two more in northwestern PA. Also attempting to restart another one in southwestern PA, in Collier Township's Hilltop Park. In 2017, not sure what happened but the ASY male returned and then a couple of weeks later he was gone. It could have been weather related. No other birds showed up. I had a starling nesting at the Public site that I had trouble getting rid of.
In 2018, we fledged 629 martins at all of the sites.
Sounds good Dave, looking forward to meeting you.
Bill
Bill
Bill Wenger
Building the Purple Martin population one bird at a time!
Building the Purple Martin population one bird at a time!