Purple Martin Forum

Very sorry to hear this thomabear. Terrible.. I know you’ve been offered lots of solutions. I like whippys method.. This may seem a little out there, but I made a bottle rocket gun out of a piece of pipe and welded on a sight to the front of the pipe. I bought a bunch of bottle rockets on New Years...

I see where my birds went now… the Hilton
Up north!

Last year I noticed the entrance Doors bulging on one house … I asked my daughter in law to climb up and Have a look. She exited very Quickly and reported there Was a huge chicken snake in the house. This year I have a cone shaped metal guard I will put up … the kind They used on waterfowl nest boxe...

Not for everyone. However, I have a scrap yard close to my home and they
Keep an aluminum pile. Went there and picked up a scrap piece of multi strand cable. Each strand is 1/8” or larger….
Makes for great guards and easy to work with.