Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Central Virginia (Louisa County)(60 miles NW of Richmond)
Are you desperate to start a martin colony?
Want to go from ‘Wannabe” to “Landlord” status?
Hungry for a larger colony or a supercolony?
Having trouble with snakes, raccoons, owls or hawks?
Wondering if gourds or houses are better for martins?—and which type of housing martins prefer?
Need help stopping starlings or House Sparrows from pecking eggs or killing your martins, Tree Swallows and bluebirds?
Come and get answers!
WE CAN HELP YOU!
Lance Wood and Kathy Laine will teach about these topics and more! Learn how to attract martins, reduce predator attacks, why all your martins may have disappeared (and how to prevent it), how to deal with nest site competitors (bluebirds, Tree Swallows, starlings, House Sparrows, etc.), and how to grow gourds and turn them into martin homes. You’ll get free catalogs for high-quality martin equipment, plus literature about martin attraction and management. Bring a bag lunch to eat while you listen to the presentations and watch more than 90 pairs of martins feeding their nestlings! Meet other martin-lovers and ask questions of experienced landlords. If you came to the Field Day many years ago, much has changed since that first event, 30 years ago!—more displays, more DOOR PRIZES, and more info. to help YOU become a better landlord so you can help our martins even more!
FREE, but donations are appreciated to cover expenses.
Arrive before 11:00 a.m. so you won’t miss the Door Prize give-away (including free GOURDS!) and the beginning of the presentations.
BRIDGE CLOSED! A bridge is now closed near the event, so you may need to take a longer detour route. Be sure to look up our website http://purplemartinfieldday.org/ and check the DIRECTIONS page; text me on the Field Day contact phone, NOW, so I can send you the unpublished street address of the private farm, so you can see your route and travel time, so you won’t miss the Door Prize drawing! The website also tells what to bring (and NOT bring!)
RAIN POLICY: PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE THE MORNING OF THE EVENT TO BE SURE IT WILL BE HELD! (If rain/storms are predicted, we may need to cancel or post special instructions on the website—refresh/reload the web page every time you open it. Or call the Purple Martin Field Day phone (# below and on website) to hear the latest in announcements. If your call doesn’t get thru to us on the remote farm, the recorded phone message will give any last-minute announcements or tell you if we’ve had to cancel, even if we were not able to reach our webmaster to get the website updated.
Questions? Call/text Kathy Laine at (434) 222-1831 (Text to receive private farm address, or leave a voicemail with your name and phone number.)
COME JOIN THE FUN IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA!
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