Purple Martin Forum

One day, bam!!! they'll be there !!!! I've waited 25 years to get them to nest at my place, I even lost all hope at the end......On the magic day, I woke up at 4 am for no reason, I said to myself, ah what he heck, I got the dawnsong rolling for 2 hours.....At 11 am, June 12 th,2 couples came in and...

So year eight is in the books with zero activity at my site. This is now the fourth year that I haven't even seen a martin. I've seen two in 8 years now. One SY male stopped in occasionally in year 1 and year 4. Looking at martin housing from a birds eyes view really gives a unique look. I took my ...

Hi, I'm around the Ottawa Ontario region and my colony have made a very early departure this year, they usely leave at around mid August, but this year beat them all, on July 24TH I had no more Martins around, had them for 92 days total, first time I ever see an early departure like this one, same t...