Purple Martin Forum

Mr. Pampell,

I didn't mean for you to list your e-mail address for everyone. Sorry about that. I meant to list my e-mail for you. You can e-mail me if you want directly at my school at desswein@lcisd.org.

Thank you again!

Daryle

Louise - Your link above doesn't work for membership, but I want you to be happy and know that I renewed our membership!! Mr. Pampell - Could you e-mail you phone number so I know a good time to swing by to your home to pick up a lid? Thank you again for your support. Everyone else! If you are new t...

For some reason the site says that private messages have been disabled. Can my Purple Martin friends get back to me?

Daryle Esswein
Smith Elementary

Thanks everyone. Yes, our science curriculum has grown around this project. I have a great contact in North Carolina at an educational site called Field Trip Earth. He has connected me to experts on bats and bees. Next year we are studying owls with an expert and will see live animals. By the time w...

I wrote a grant for the binoculars several years ago with a lot of help from Mrs. Chambers (PMCA).

John, I have an idea. Would your teacher and students like to Skype with us next year and our students can mentor your students? We could try this in January or February as the scouts start arriving. In any case, anyone interested in participating on Skype or even on our class Twitter account which ...

We do everything that all of you do but on a smaller scale. I have a team of student managers to document and record our findings. We make strategies on how to handle the infrequent sparrow nests. The students fill out the spreadsheet for the PMCA study before they leave for their summer break. Fire...

Thanks Matt! This was a completely different end to our year than last year (if you remember what happened to our big house). I wish that I can provide more experiences like this for my students. All I need are outstanding hands-on science experiences like this for my students every day. No problems...

Thank you so much! Will call you and meet with you at your convenience.

Mrs. Esswein

Good morning, I just replaced all of my gourd lids at Smith. Unfortunately, one lid is too small. Is there anyone near Richmond that can donate one to us if they have an extra one? There are babies in the gourd and my duct tape keeps falling off. I maintain our Purple Martin homes by myself and pay ...

That sounds good. I will try to get it up this week. It is Spring Break at the school and I will have to get there when the custodians are in the school.

This is our 8th year. I think we had over a dozen nesting pairs. I know that all the gourds and rooms in the house were full!

This is good news for Smith Elementary in Richmond, Texas. I think I lost my martins this year because I didn't have everything ready in time and no time in my day to get the small house up yet. I had about 12 martins and then they flew off. I didn't have time to get rid of the 2 sparrow nests. Hope...

Smith Elementary in Richmond, Texas had a load of Purple Martins touchdown into our garden today around noon. We weren't even ready for them. I had the gourd rack down because I had intended to paint the gourds when we returned the new rebuilt house to school. The martins didn't even wait for me to ...

New rebuilt house has just moved from the kitchen floor to the garage. So excited to get started again - even though it is a ton of work! Our students and teachers stand around all day and take in the martin rock stars at work and play.

For us teachers out here in Forumland: Can we have permission to post pictures of the different Purple Martins for our class Twitter site at Smith Elementary? It will help get our teachers and students involved in identifying the birds as the arrive. **Made the changes and Louis will look it over! 3...

Thanks Matt! I was worried that the martins wouldn't come back after the house broke last year. MamaBruff: Our school is out in 2 weeks. There might be some birds ready to fly by then. There are some trees outside of the school and the martins will roost in them, and it is fun to sit in the courtyar...

Hi Tony, Yes, Emil has actually helped our school with the donation of gourds. We average about 110 fledglings each year (however it will be less this year). Our students can hear the Purple Martins from their classrooms. Hi Caroline, Stay warm! Don't get sick from the flu!! Actually I was referring...