Purple Martin Forum

The mother is staying around colony and feeding the nestling. I suppose she was just staying with the young that fledged for a day or two to help teach them to catch their own food. The male and other baby came in for the night. So glad she decided to feed this baby so I didn't have to move it to th...

Hey Louise This is birdy girl. I am using my husband username and password to post on forum. I can log in with my username and password, but when I try to post something it sends me back to original screen to log in again. If I try to reply to a post or start a new topic, it will not post my thread....

Hey Gobbler T
According to biologist with pmca, there is an active roost down your way near Columbus. So glad you are seeing lots of martins at your place. Guess some of them could be mine that have already headed southward.
Birdy girl

Help is needed in locating an active roost down around Columbus Mississippi area or around your areas. If you can help, please contact Joe Siegrist, biologist. Info is at top of the the forum posts. This is birdy girl using my husbands username. For some reason when I post under my username and pass...

Wow! great job Birdy Girl.

you do a great raising your martins. i am sure the martins love you

162 pair in 2012

We are in north MS close to Ripley in Tippah county. We have 28 martins back so far.

Hoping this photo will post

good going birdy girl

clinger have worked ok for us but the wdc we have had no breaches

How far from a bluebird box should a tree swallow box be placed? Tree swallows are in our area as are bluebirds. Are there any ways to help attract the tree swallows to a certain box? It will be a peterson style box that they did nest in two years ago. The following year they did not nest here. We w...

WE HAVE 5 NEST WITH EGGS IN THEM & ALL ARE DOING SOME NEST BUILDING. I'M HOPING FOR AT LEAST 14 TO BE USED IN THIS RACK.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY SATELLITE DISH.

Great work birdygirl. You have really worked harder than anyone will ever know to get your martins. Keep up the hard work & try to stay calm during the martin season. GOD bless you & your family.
sg45

Thanks Emil. That really helped a lot. I just have two more questions.
1. What type of wood are the disks made out of?
2. Is that an aluminum pole you are using with the disks in the picture?

Ronnie or Emil

Will one of both of you put a picture of the finished gourd rack (up close if possible) using the disk rack? We are always interested in finding a cheaper way to make our own gourd racks.

Thank you all for your thoughts on this. I feel a little less worried now that I know she might not stay the night at the gourds even though the male and baby does. I watch every evening and have seen them coming home every night and not seeing her last night just scared me. I know they must leave a...