Purple Martin Forum

My first birds of the season showed up last night and both went into the same compartment they (presumably) occupied last season. I wonder whether these birds sometimes stay bonded because this pair seems to stick together like glue. I put the house up for the first time in 2021 and got the male as ...

I'm pretty far west of you, located right on Chautauqua Lake and normally I see them over the lake by now. I know there have been reports near me as well, but I have not seen a single PM yet this year. Fingers crossed they are on the way with the warm weather these next few days.

Hello I'm no expert like some on this forum, but your situation sounds almost exactly like mine 2 years ago. I'm on a lake also with not a lot of land to work with, and it freezes over, so everything has to come out at the end of the season. But, I've seen other set ups out in the water on my lake s...