Purple Martin Forum

Thanks for the info. The pair I have attempting to use the house, the male is very dark purple/blue. The female dark purple on the upper body and wings and lighter on the under side. Growing up my Grandfather had Martins, as a kid we sat for hours watching them fly and feed the young. We lived in th...

I am a new member to this forum and need a little help with the lingo. What does HOSP and ASY mean?

I have Blue Bird houses up in several places around my place in North Central AR. They have been there for years. They are all used currently with other Blues. They have each raised several broods in the Blue Bird boxes. They are all at least 100' from the Marten house. Since this is the first year ...

This is the first year I have had a marten house up. It is a 24 condo metal house about 15' up on a crank up and down pole, I hadn't seen any martens until this week, but a couple of blue birds have nested and have raised two broods in the house. Finally have one pair of Martin's trying to use the c...