Purple Martin Forum

Thank you so much for your answer, I was beginning to wonder if I had last them for good! This has been the most rewarding thing for me! I absolutely love and enjoy them! I can’t wait till they come back next year! I will keep an eye open for their roost!

So this year was the first year I’ve had purple martins after waiting two years for them to find my nests. I started with 4 and then soon after about 10 and now I’m up to about 30 with the hatched babies flying around ,but now every few days they disappear and then they all come back, where are they...

Thank you so much for all this wonderful information! I have been so nervous about being around or scaring my new tenants away! I am amazed at them, and the fact that they chose my location:) I am looking forward to years to come of more visitors! The houses have been up for two years so I better pu...

I watched yesterday evening and sure enough they are staying the night, they are absolutely awesome, they seem to have settled in pretty good, I do have a question about cleaning the houses if is see any uninvited guests trying to move in (I haven’t but just in case) can you bother the houses once t...

I have not seen them actually spend the night, early morning around 6 am I see them, they go in and out of the nesting holes (compartments) all day!

I hope so! So excited, been waiting for almost 2 years for them! Even though they aren’t matched pairs do you think they will stay ?

So I put up 2 houses 2 years ago and Nothing but now I have had 3 females and 2 males hanging around for 3 days! Is this normal, will they stay around??