Purple Martin Forum

So four tree swallows finally arrived back home up in Northern Minnesota :grin: They are late as expected with the cold weather, the frost is still deep and my Martin setup is almost ready, once the ground thaws I’ll be pouring concrete and putting my first pole up. Even if they don’t show up this y...

Hello from the Bovey Mn area...Im located half way between GR and Hibbing.....I have had a up and down ride for 7 years with martins...3 of the 7 years i had 1 pair successfully raise and fledge average of 5 each nest....2017 I had no nesters but only visitors....Actually last year was the least ma...

Have you seen other housing.... Just because scout report shows no landlords does not mean there is not any birds around. Might want to duplicate other housing if its nearby. Sincerely I haven’t seen other housing in my area, years ago growing up I remember multiple small farm yards with Martin hou...

Tree Swallows, as beautiful as they are, can give a prospective colony (and the landlord) fits. I know, it took me three seasons of trying with TS being my major problem. Follow this pdf closely; it is the TS "bible": https://www.purplemartin.org/uploads/media/treeswallowemergency-377.pdf...

Well, I’m going to put up a house and stick it out for the long haul, I’ve been housing tree swallows on the edge of my fields for years, and have all ready been trapping HOSPs and starlings that compete with the swallows and bluebirds. I would hope that if I discourage the swallows from the PM hous...

Hi all, this is my first post even though I’ve been a lurker of these forums on and off for a couple of years now. I’m going to put up a small PM house and maybe a few super gourds to see if I can attract any PMs in the Virginia MN area. Anyone else have any luck this far north? I figure it doesn’t ...