Purple Martin Forum

Thank you Dave. The weather is warming up and they are looking happy.

Hello Dave , thanks for the tip on feeding. I will give it a try , thanks.

With the last few days being dreary and cool I noticed how the Martins have been sluggish just sitting on their porch with their feathers fluffed. But also what I have not seen before is that they congregate on my roof which is about eight feet from their condo. I’m guessing the shingles are warm fr...

Tom it was sad loosing birds to the freeze but glad you are doing good with the Martins. I have not been to West Guth lately but will get out there soon. I want to go out to the Oso preserve and see your satellite birds , Soon. Good luck.

Whippy thanks for the like. I had this ring laying around at work and the idea came that I could hang the gourds on them. I hung the ring on the condo with four chain links and and made brackets to hang the gourds. I wanted all the rooms together to service them at one time.

Good morning Tom , thank you. That freeze hurt us all , I lost two early arrivals. But everything is looking good. Hope you are having a good season.

HOSP have been a nuisance early on but after taking out a few bull sparrows it’s been getting better. One thing for sure is they are smart , as soon as they see me they scatter like no tomorrow ! Anyone else they don’t budge.

randy my set up is about 8’ from the side of my house. 20 room condo with 12 gourds hanging under. It sits on a 20’ pole and the peak of my house is about 17’. I’m in a tight neighborhood but glad to report I’m full to capacity with Martins !

Hang I there and don’t give up hope. I have a twenty room condo and twelve gourds hanging in a circle under. It is on a twenty foot pole with a wench an right next to my house with a 17 foot peak. And a huge oak tree that is probably 60 feet away. So it’s just a matter of time. As I remember it was ...

Thank y’all. As I took this picture this evening 4/14 /21 there was a huge flock of Martins circling above. My Martins would leave and join in then come back and secure their home. It was a sight to see. There had to be over a hundred Martins , the most I had ever seen. Wish I had several condos whi...

So far it’s been a good season. I have a very good show this season but did run into some problems. This season I hung gourds from the condo and I’m guessing the weight put a strain on it and caused the roof to split open. I caught it in time and did a emergency fix to get through this season. I use...

Thank you flyin-low , I’ll look into it. Thanks and good luck this season.

Thank you CC Martins.

Thanks CC Martins , I’ll have to try something on the sparrows. Starlings are not as bad an occasional one here there. Good luck this season.

Thank you tor , good luck to you too.

Thanks CC Martins , I reside close to Guth park and do visit often for walking. I won’t bother with the Martins they seem ok. At this time I just have the Condo up half mast so it isn’t really catching a lot of wind. Do you have HOSP problems ? I’m infested over here with them.

Thanks CC Matins , this morning on the way out a Martin flew out of the Condo and at lunch there were three Martins sitting trying to keep warm. Thanks for the offer I might look you up on that. Also the resident HOSP have been staking claim already. I know it’s going to be a lot of work keeping the...

Hi CC Martins , I hope it's my birds. I'll see if they are flying today. It's early compared to last year when I didn't see any till the end of February. Not happy with this cold spell.

Thanks for the info , at the time I had the Condo lowered but plan to raise it tomorrow. We shall see. Thanks.