Article in Missouri magazine

[John Miller]

Hey Martin Friends,

Here's a link to an article I wrote about martins in the Missouri Conservationist magazine. It mentions several fine Missouri landlords.

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/

Now, I'm gonna be out of town all weekend, so if my friend Robert from Kentucky say us Missourians must have strained arms from reaching for our backs -- let me inform him in advance I'm actually a native Kentuckian. Ha.!

As John Barrow said about his Texas article, everyone is free to use any of this. I hope maybe it sparks ideas for articles about other states.

John Miller,
St. Louis

[Emil Pampell-Tx]

John, you deserve a pat on the back for that nice article, even if you are from Kentucky..smile...Seriously John, it is good for the purple martins to see articles like that in the paper, and those kind of articles help educate future purple martin landlords...that is the best thing that we as landlords can do, and that is to educate the people that know nothing about martins. good for you, and thanks..

[Dale Hrncirik]

John,

Thanks for taking the time to write a great article that you are willing to share with others. You are definitely deserving of a pat on the back by me so that you don't pull a muscle doing it yourself...consider it done

Have a great year my PM friend,
Dale

[John Atteberry]

Hello John,
Thanks for sending out the info in a big way! It does help people to understand this wonderful bird! Thanks for that fine article! John!

[Guest]

John,

Thanks for the great article. We'll written and easy for people to understand. It's people like you that make this forum such a great place to learn and appreciate the PURPLE MARTIN.

Thanks Again!
Craig

[Guest]

John,

Loved the article. Great job!

[Leverett Doehring/Mo]

Way to go John, I love it. I am up to 102 rooms this year. I removed the center rack and fab'd a beautyful tr18 w/ 12 troyer gourds on it.

[John Barrow]

John, that is really a great article. Very readable. Thank you for sharing it with us, allowing us to reuse it, and for all you do to help our friends in purple. Best wishes, for always. John Barrow, Corpus Christi, Texas

[John Miller]

Thanks guys for your responses. The article is just martins 101, but I'm proud to get it in the Missouri Conservationist, which is well read in our state.

I've been thinking these state magazines about fish and wildlife/conservation are good places for us to place articles about purple martins. Each has statewide circulation, and in Missouri at least, the Conservationist seems to be the Bible for wildlife information.

I'm a former newspaper reporter, but many, many of you could write these articles for your states. Just contact the appropriate editors and suggest the topic to see if they would consider it, perhaps writing something this summer for publication next spring.

John Miller

[Guest]

John,
I received the Missouri Conservation Magazine today. I was so pleased to see the martin on the cover. The article is great. You did an excellent job on helping our residence see what a benefit it is in providing housing for our purple friends. Thanks so much for allowing my colony to be a part of it.
The martins are here. I had three ASY males yesterday.
Cheri

[Bob Rogers]

John,
Read the article as soon as it arrived. Nice informative job. I hope it generates a lot of PM interest and many new PM houses. Thanks again for your fine efforts. Now--- I MUST start raising some of my houses---PM reports are getting close!

[floridasunshinegoddess]

John,

That is an excellent article. So clear, accurate and readable! I think it's wonderful that you took the initiative to get it printed in such a respected and well read magazine.

I'm going to start a PM Club here in Central Florida and will use some of the information. Thanks for sharing it with us!