Purple Martin Forum

I have a sparrow trap with an elevator to pull them in (can't remember name!). This forum gave me the idea of putting their nest material as the "bait" which keeps other birds from entering. It finally worked with one sparrow but the other didn't go in. We finally killed the first one. Wai...

Hi Stingray! I'm in southwest florida and has first martins show up on February 17th. Have 2 "regular" pairs nesting, and several fly overs. 5 eggs in one next on April 16th. We had bigger numbers last year but I'm new and not so good at keeping records. Hopefully the 2 pairs will successf...

We have a 16 unit S&K house. Last year had great success with atleast 5 nests. This year is starting slower. Two nesting pairs. One has laid eggs, last count was 4. The other can't seem to decide which apartment to settle in. We have persistant sparrows that I'm trying viligently to remove but n...

In our second year we've had great success in Naples Florida. Our birds first showed up in April and we had 3 successful nests in a 16 room S&K house. Since fledgong they have joined approximately a few hundred birds that roost in a large pine a few hundred feet away, near a lake. In July (today...