Purple Martin Forum

Yes 3 pairs each pair will hold 4 gourds and they are at a 45 angle

I have 3 pairs of used Gourd Hangers For the T-14 houses for sale,They are all Stainless.They retail for 34 dollars a pair so make me an offer and we will go from there Thanks Tony

John You are right,alot of people here in Wisconsin still think the old fashion way,let nature take it's course.Not me I have built my colony to 43 pair now and have 238 eggs and babies all together just by taking good care of them.I can't seem to get anyone around me to think the way I do and they ...

Great job Tom WOW Hope your ready for all those nest replacements

Trishy You should be seeing sy's anytime now and your boy should find a girl yet,he has until the end of the month.Good luck to you this year.Tony

As my colony has grown things happen earlier and faster,I already have my first babies for the year and they arrived on June 1st.So far things are going great as I have 43 pair and another 185 eggs to go.I sure hope the weather is better this year than last year,some of you might remember the cold w...

I play music every nite from 9 pm to 5 am when I started having owl trouble and have not deen one since.Give iy atry and see what happens.Tony

Tom Them work great but did you drill a small in it for the rain drain out.Tony

4 days of very windy cold weather and with supplimental feeding has still taken it's toll,so far there is 25 dead and I fear that there will be atleast 20 more and alot of the parents are not even around anymore.I have gone through about 4000 crickets and some eggs and also about 10,000 dried meal w...

Trish -You need to freeze the crickets first and then put them inside by the entrance hole and don't use the bowl.I feed over 2 thousand crickets in the last day and a half and already have a nest failure and I think there will be more.Anyone in Wisconsin not feeding you could be in for trouble.Tony

Ron Please come to Wisconsin sometime and take some pics for me at my home.Simply amazing photos.Tony

About 20 to 30 in each compartment

Trish Lower the house down and put the thawed dead crickets inside the compartments next to the entrance hole and they will find them, thats how I taught my birds and after a few days I then put them in a tray,I went through 1000 crickets in the last day and a half.I have 33 hungery pair and it dont...

Rick Don't worry things will come your way in time.Next Saturday there will be a Purple Martin banding demo at High Cliff State Park if your interested.Tony

Trying to start a new colony in Wisconsin these days with a metal house I think is the wrong way to go.Years ago when there was alot of martins all over the state I am sure it was easy with a metal house,but I think they are a little more choosey now that there are not nearly as many martins.And bes...

That is what we call a flying rat bird(starling)I know what I would do with them,hope you do the same.Tony

Great news Trish and wish you many more.Tony

Good job Greg you have a great mentor.Tony

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jrob-I just have one suggestion if I may,a few years ago I had landscaping under neath my housing too and was not getting any martins a pair and sometimes a sy bacholor but didnt seem to go anywhere ,so I then got rid of the pretty landscaping and made it into grass and I now have a thriving colony....