Purple Martin Forum

No way! My luck is crazy today! I caught a male and a female in the trap again, but this time they were all in the box! #28 and #29 are now gone.

Today on #27 I got two birds in one in my Van Ert trap! The male went in and the female got snapped on her neck and had her wing go inside the box as he hit the ring! I can't believe it. Has anyone else had that happen? Unfortunately, the male did escape due to my not knowing 100% what to do the sit...

Hello! If you're willing to spend a bit of money, there is the option of buying a solar panel like this one: (https://www.amazon.com/MARBERO-Powered-Generator-Portable-24000mAh/dp/B0DFGYWPDQ). (Not trying to promote a product!) According to some math I did a while back, I found that with 2 hours of ...

Up to 25 as of today. This morning I got a Chickadee in my Trio house! Never had that happen before! What's your preferred way of dealing with HOSP when you catch them? Do any of you send them to a wildlife rehabber?

Nice shooting! They sure do get nervous if you miss. Anyhow, I managed to throw together a spare-o-door contraption last night with some junky wood around. I had some looking at the trap like this guy. How would guys recommend putting attraction spots on it?(Top? Sides? All over?) Or should I even p...

Dang! You guys are neck and neck. Nail em! Spare o doors are gold, pure gold. Take good care of it. Even if you don't have a trio house, its easy enough to knock together a bird house and hang the spare o door on it...can make it moveable too. This set up is near our gourd rack, two trap gourds and...

Up to 18 so far. Looks to be another record season for trapping HOSP in my area. I also got two more Spare-O-Door traps. It's just great to be out there catching them and helping the population decrease a little.

I looked up his old house on Google Maps. It know it's blurry, but does this look like gourds to you???

Thanks,
PurplePupil

Definitely try playing the dawn song! My neighbors probably thought I was nuts my first year trying to attract martins, because I blasted it for hours. It works! And don't just play it in the morning. I was playing it in the early afternoon when the first pair showed up and started my colony. Do a ...

With you being in high school, are you by chance in FFA? My husband is an ag teacher and I’m trying to talk him into buying a set of gourds to have at school for students to have an SAE project. Anyways, I think it would be an amazing SAE project! I am not in the FFA, but I think that Purple Martin...

From an image I found on Google Maps, it looks like the PM houses are fairly close to human housing. Not to promote a product either, but I believe you could buy a solar panel from Amazon like this one (https://www.amazon.com/MARBERO-Powered-Generator-Portable-24000mAh/dp/B0DFGYWPDQ?) and be able to...

Thanks for the replies everyone! I really appreciate your comments, suggestions and encouragement! I believe I may make a bit of an investment into the Bird-X dawnsong player on the PMCA store. And, I do have another question. Have any of you ever gone to your local town and ask if they would buy a ...

Hello, Before I ask my questions, I would like to give a bit of history about the site and myself. First, I am a high schooler. Second, I am trying to attract Martins to a Trio house that has 3 compartments and has been modified to 6x6x12 compartments and SREH. I live in a neighborhood about .12 mil...