Purple Martin Forum

Decoys! I've heard claims that PM decoys are best used to attract new birds, and to distract predators, but in my experience it's almost entirely the latter where decoys are useful. Decoys are a great way of handling raptors! In fact, with few exceptions, the raptors went after the decoys first, and...

The majority of our birds came in early this season and immediately got to work. Out of our 16 compartments, we've got approximately 50% occupancy, with each clutch being around 5-6 eggs. So far, so good, only had three eggs fail to hatch, and one nestling die. All others are fit and noisy! I've had...

For those of you who have built or used styrofoam chalets, gourds or housing, I'm curious to know how well these are holding up over time? I recall some landlords did some interesting builds with fiberglass on foamboard and posted their work to this forum a while back (like ~10 years?), and was curi...

I'm interested in setting up some sort of persistent camera coverage on my colony. Hadn't thought of Blink cameras!

Which units are you using, and how do you have them set up for capturing video (wireless, data cable, power, does it require subscription)?

Thanks from Central Texas!

That's a beautiful plot of land you have! Yes, I think you could establish a colony site. Maybe not in the first season, though, but keep at it. Are there established colony sites in your area already? If so, your chances of success are even better! The further north you are, the more discriminating...