Purple Martin Forum

I live north of Houston. The martins here use leaves from Japanese persimmon, almost entirely. Plus, the fruit is large and delicious!

I have several homemade wood houses. They are two family houses with an entrance at each end. They have a metal cover to shade the compartments. The houses are very heavy and are not feesible for most colonies. But, they are filled before the gourds on the same pole. I dont't think the martins like ...

I have 43 BO11Ps. The martins seem to do really good in the heat with them. I live in east Texas with high humidity and high temps. I have the Ultimate Tunnel with the clinger entrances. I have seen no issues with the birds going in and out.

Ten years ago I had a large rat snake breach my 24 x 8 inch hvac duct snake guard. I replaced them with a 60 x 8 or 10 inch guards. And added a electric fence charger wiring to my main poles. I have found many snake attempting to go up poles but none has made it yet. I made some the guards where the...

I don't know of a successful PM colony in my area of Texas that does not have a good snake guard. I found this out the hard way! So, please put up netting, large long ac duct, or electric fence. I have already found 2 snakes trying to get up PM poles this year. They show up here almost every year wh...