Purple Martin Forum

1 didn't get on here much last year, so I am happy to hear you had a successful pair!! You definitely deserved it!

I hope the weather can turn around quick so things get back on track for you. Good luck growing your colony this year.

Where in Sask are you located?

Garry, I have picked up a SY male today and a potential SY female as well. I also have a SY female paired up with a ASY male that had been here for near two weeks. Like already said, be patient... it's going to be a battle to get them, but once you do it will be worth it. It seems like you are doing...

Nobody works harder or deserves them more than you Sharon. I hope this year it works out for you. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

When do we get pics? lol I am so excited for your first year at the new place.

2" spacing

6" spacing

After several winters in the elements my perch rods are starting to look in poor shape. I am planning on replacing them this year with new ones. Being a very visual person I thought it would be best to model them in 3D first before actually building them. I will have three rods going through a cente...

Sharon,

Am I reading this right.. you have an ASY male staying at your place now?

I wouldn't be surprised if you saw them earlier. If that SY bird does try to make another attempt at your site, he will be on an earlier migration path. Either way.. you have made so many improvements to your site, it is only a matter of time before that switch gets flicked and they start up your co...

Hey Sharon,

When did you get your first visit last year? I think this is the year you get them to stay for good!!

Sure thing. The app is called "Cloud Baby Monitor". The app turns the extra iPhone into the camera and your phone into the receiver. Both phones need to be on the came iCloud account so they can connect to each other. Load the app on both devises and fire it up on the "camera" ph...

It is not the best video, but I can clearly tell between a sparrow and a martin.

Here is a screen shot with the house up...

Here's a screenshot from this week before I set up the house. I have a 12x zoom lens on order to have a second cam or maybe just upgrade the other lens.

Let me know if that picture loaded ok.

I'm here... I'm here... Lol.. I do have a set up similar to what you are talking about. I run an old iPhone with a 8x zoom lens pointing at the Martin house. It is set up in a window sill in my house. I actually use a baby monitoring app that was around $5 and I can watch on my cell phone from work....

Ya, it sure is surprising how far these birds will fly to their breeding grounds. Luckily they make it up to me and even extend farther into Alberta.

When do you normally get your birds back to your colony? We normally get our first birds back in the tail end of April.

I like your set up! Post as many pictures as you can as we all enjoy looking at how other people set up their colonies. It's good to see another Canadian on board. and Altona.. way up there??? Allan is basically at the border.. that is south for me. hehehehe. Hope everyones colonies can grow this ye...

Sharon, I know I am a little late to the party, but I wanted to chime in on my plans for next year. I just picked up my first supergourd that I plan on hanging from my north star last week. I am also getting 2 natural gourds and I am going to try to track down a troyer horizontal. I am trying to giv...

Larry, My son loves WildKratts. I sure hope they pick up an episode on them as they get quite detailed on the animals they feature and make it fun for kids while doing it. Last week my sister-in-law texted me a picture of my 7 year old newphew's school work that he wrote. "My cousin has birds&q...