Abandonment (see colony & nest abandonment under Behavior)
Abbott's Mill Nature Center 29(4) p. 22-23;
A.B.C.A. (American Bird Conservation Association) 8(3) p. 5
Abnormalities
Anophthalmia (Eyelessness) 12(2) p. 6;
Bill deformity 9(3) p. 21 (crooked); 13(3) p. 11; 13(4) p. 27; 18(4) p. 10 (missing upper beak);
Leg splaying 3(4) p. 14-15; 6(1) p. 20 (use of Gutter Guard on flooring to prevent); 6(4) p. 8 (reasons/deaths); 10 (1) p.11; 13(4) p. 11 (causes/prevention); 15(2) p. 12 (causes/prevention);
Microphthalmia 13(4) p. 27 (under developed eye);
skin ailments on nestlings 15(4) p. 13;
Subcutaneous Emphysema 10 (1) p. 2; 11(3) p. 23 (extreme case); 13(4) p. 27; 16(4) p. 12;
Abundance (of martins) 1(1) p. 8-9, 12, 22;
Access doors (see Gourds)
Adaptation 2(4) p. 11 (definition)
Adaptive brood reduction (see Behavior)
Adding additional housing (see Housing)
Addled eggs (see Egg)
Adult martin 8(1) p. 15(description);
Aerial behavior (see Behavior)
Aerial insectivore 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 27 (3) p. 17-18 (disappearance of);
Aerial strafing of landlords (see Behavior)
Africanized honeybees 19(4) p. 11-13 (retaliatory behavior on nesting martins)
Aging martins 3(4) p. 1-3; 6(1) p. 13; 6(3) p. 17; 6(4) p. 14; 8(1) p. 15 (color guide); 11(4) p. 16-17 (undertail coverts); 25(2) p. 1; 26(1) p. 28-29; 30(1) p. 17 (oldest on record);
Age specific return schedules 19(2) p. 20-22;
Ailments 11(4) p. 11; (extreme cloacal protuberance); 24(3) p. 4 (conjunctivitis);
Air sacs 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Alabama Wildlife Center 17(4) p. 20-21;
Alaska 7(2) p. 15 (martins)
Albinism 1(2) p. 16; 6(1) p. 9; 11(4) p. 20; 12(3) p. 12 (nestling); 12(3) p. 12 (degrees of); 12(3) p. 12 (challenges and genetics of); 12(4) p. 10 (types of), 10 (albino returning from Brazil); 13(3) p. 16; 14(1) p. 22-25 (nestlings); 14(2) p. 12; 18(4) p. 9; 20(3) p. 28; 24(3) p. 15; 26(4) p. 6-7;
Alcoa Warrick Operations (martin colony) 25(1) p. 8-9; 26(1) p. 18;
Allantois (see Egg)
Allnock, Bob 26(2) p. 2 (death);
Amazon 28(4) p. 3 (effects on martins);
Amazon Expedition (see PMCA/research);
Amazon Smile 31(4) p. 3 (and donations to PMCA);
American Bird Conservation Association 13(3) p. 2-3 (Annual PM Convention);
Amnion (see Egg)
Anal flukes (see Endoparasites)
Angelou, Maya (on U.S. quarter with martin image);
Anthropomorphism 1(3) p. 23 (definition);5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Ants (see Predators)
Apteria (definition) 15 (4) p. 10;
Arizona Purple Martins (Progne subis hesperia) 19(2) p. 23; 20(3) p. 10; 24(3) p. 6-9; 29(2) p. 15; 29(4) p. 8-12; 31(1) p. 10 (breeding range); 31(4) p. 2 (housing design contest);
Arrival 1(3) p. 1 (scouts); 3(1) p. 12 (early spring); 6(2) p. 14 (adults/subadults), 21 (scouts), 22 (adults); 7(4) p. 15; 8(1) p. 7; 10 (1) p. 7 (schedule); 12(2) p. 14 (biological significance of age-specific return schedules in breeding purple martins/based on sex and/or age), 15 (early arrival by old adults/early arrival early egg laying?); 18(3) p. 12 (late); 19(2) p. 22 (by older adults); 21(4) p. 11; 22(2) p. 9 (first); 22(3) p. 28-29 (early); 23(2) p. 2-5 (early); 23(4) p. 6; 26(1) p. 19;
Arthropod 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Artificial Intelligence 29(3) p. 8-11 (ans incubation behavior); 29(4) p. 2 (and martin survival);
Asian Tiger mosquito 21(1) p. 8;
Association (martins) with other birds (see Behavior)
Attenborough, Sir David 7(4) p. 28;
Attracting martins 1(1) p. 1, 20-21 (by sound playbacks), 29, 33; 2(3) p. 26 (decoys), 28-29 (10 reasons landlords fail); 3(1) p. 23, 24, 28; 3(2) p. 10; 4(2) p. 19; 5(2) p. 16; 5 (4) p. 14; 6(1) p. 15; 6(3) p. 14; 7(1) p. 16; 8(3) p. 8 (dawnsong); 9 (3) p. 28 (social attraction); 10 (2) p. 14, 15, 17 (number of houses needed); 11(1) p. 16; 11(4) p. 9, 10; p. 9, 10 (after nest failure due to snake); 12(2) p. 11; 13(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 8 (vanilla, cinnamon, garlic, onion as an attractant); 13(2) p. 9 (and Turkey Vultures); 13(3) p. 10 (use of plants); 14(2) p. 9; 14(4) p. 7 (nesting material as attractant); 15(4) p. 11; 16(1) p. 10; 17(1) p. 11 (after snake invasion); 17(2) p. 10-11 (use of onions, vanilla, cinnamon), 11 (dawnsong, decoys); 17(4) p. 12; 18(3) p. 11; 18(4) p. 10; 22(2) p. 9; 23(1) p. 8; 23(4) p. 18-19; 25(2) p. 10; 25(2) p. 26-27 (social attraction); 25(4) p. 20; 26(2) p. 20, 21 (decoys); 28(1) p. 27, 28-29; 28(2) p. 24; 29(2) p. 16; 29(3) p. 17; 30(2) p. 9; 31(1) p.9; 31(3) p. 13;
Avian egg microflora (see Egg)
Avian pox (see Diseases)
Avifauna 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
B
Bachelor male 4(1) p. 22; 4(2) p.16 (causing nest failure); 4(3) p. 15; 5(2) p. 15, 22; 9(1) p. 17(destroying eggs); 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 11 (attacking nestlings); 11(3) p. 9 (visiting other colony sites); 11(4) p. 9 (breaking up couples); 13(3) p. 8 (removing nestlings), 9;
Bachelor male wandering (see Behavior)
Baffles (see Predator Guards)
Bald eagle (see Predators)
Banding martins 1(2) p. 25; 2(3) p. 22; 4(4) p. 10 (Troyer's fishing for martins); 5(1) p. 24 (local returns); 5(4) p. 15 (laws); 6(4) p. 24 (recoveries south of the border); 7(2) p. 17 (reporting banded martins); 8(1) p. 28 (recoveries); 8(3) p. 20 (nestlings); 9(2) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 2 (Ohio purple martin color banding project), 16; 11(3) p. 2 (history of bird banding); 11(3) p. 2-3 (banding permits); 11(3) p. 3 (banding equipment); 11(3) p. 3-4 (auxiliary marking permits); 11(3) p. 4-5 (capturing banded martins); 11(3) p. 5 (reporting a banded martin); 11(3) p. 5 (illegal banding); 11(3) p. 5-7 (what's been learned from banding martins); 11(3) p. 7 (how landlords can participate); 12(2) p. 14 (what can be learned); 12(4) p. 4-6 (using pole nets to capture), 11; 13(2) p. 9 (reporting banded dead martin); 14(3) p. 22-23 (reporting); 15(3) p. 7; 16(3) p. 4-7 (reading & reporting); 16(4) p. 25 (9-year banded martins recaptured); 17(3) p. 9 (Oregon martin recovered in Brazil); 17(4) p. 2-3; 18(1) p. 13 (reading/reporting); 18(2) p. 8 (S. Carolina Project), p. 18-20 (how to read); 18(3) p. 4-7 (results of 14 year study at PMCA sites/survival rates); 20(4) p. 10-13 (in South Carolina), 18-19 (in Missouri); 21(4) p. 4-6; 26(4) p. 24 (where to report band numbers); 27 (3) p. 20 (description of bands and where to report); 28(3) p. 28-29; 29(3) p. 16; 29(4) p. 17 (reporting);
Banks swallow (see Swallows);
Barn swallows (see Swallows)
Bathing (see Behavior)
Bats 3(2) p. 23; 4(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 16 (housing); 6(3) p. 17 (and martins); 8(2) p. 16;BBC 3(2) p. 28; 14(2) p. 9 (housing near colony); 15 (4) p. 10 (housing near colony); 16(2) p. 16 (co-existing in same housing); 17(3) p. 7; 23(4) p. 10-11; 26(1) p. 20 (near colony);
Bauder, Roy 22(1) p. 11;
Beak 19(3) p. 13 (light beak color in martins);
Beaverfork Lake Edition martin colony (Arkansas) 18(2) p. 21-23;
Bedbugs (see Ectoparasites)
Beehives 6(1) p. 14 (housing near);
Behavior
adaptive brood reduction 1(4) p. 21; 7(1) p.15;
adults eating eggshells of hatchlings 18(1) p. 11;
adults fighting with fledglings 4(4) p. 16;
adults teaching fledglings to hunt 13(1) p. 9;
aerial behavior 1(3) p. 12;
aerial strafing of landlords 2(1) p. 25; 9(4) p. 16; 26(4) p. 25;
aggressive behavior 7(1) p. 15 (in nestlings); 10 (2) p. 8, 10 (sexual flight posture); 12(3) p. 9 (towards other birds); 13(1) p. 10 (towards house sparrows);
and displaced nests 1(2) p. 7;
and fireworks 3(4) p. 24; 21(3) p. 10;
and smoke 3(2) p. 25; 8(2) p.17; 21(3) p. 10;
appeasement display 10 (2) p. 9;
association with other birds 1(1) p. 31;
attacking hummingbirds 4(2) p. 16;
bachelor male despoiling nests 4(1) p. 22;
bachelor male causing nest failure 4(2) p. 16;
bachelor male wandering 11(3) p. 6;
bathing behavior 1(1) p.30; 1(3) p. 12; 6(2) p. 15(splash bathing to cool eggs in hot weather); 12(1) p. 9 (splash-bathing); 13(3) p. 8 (bathing/feather soaking to cool nestlings); 15(3) p. 19 (using a birdbath); 26 (3) p. 19-22 (and predator risk), (and shedding parasites);
belly soaking 2(2) p. 14 (as possible thermoregulatory mechanism); 12(1) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8;
bill-snapping 10 (2) p. 9;
brood reduction 7(2) p. 21; 13(3) p. 11; 16(3) p. 11; 17(3) p. 8;
cavity checking behavior 9(2) p. 15;
cavity fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
cavity selection 22(3) p. 9;
cavity-type imprinting 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
claiming-reclaiming display 10 (2) p. 9, 11; 15(1) p. 11;
colony abandonment 19(1) p. 12 (reasons); 20(2) p.10; 21(4) p. 8, 11; 23(4) p. 5; 24(2) p. 8; 25(2) p. 9; 25(4) p. 21; 28(1) p. 27;
color preferences 1(2) p. 23 (of door panels); 15(1) p. 11;
commensalism 5(2) p. 20(feeding); 5(3) p.18; 7(4) p. 18;
communal cavity roosting 3(4) p. 20; 5(3) p. 17; 7(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 28; 11(3) p. 1; 25(1) p. 20; 30(2) p. 9; 30(3) p. 14;
communal sun bathing 1(4) p. 22;
compartment preference 6(4) p. 16; 12(2) p. 14 (adults vs. subadults);
competition among martins 17(2) p. 5;
dissolving of family unit 5(3) p. 17;
dreaming 27 (3) p. 22;
drinking water 13(3) p. 8 (on the wing); 29(4) p. 17;
drinking salt water 22(3) p. 10;
during cold weather 18(2) p. 10;
during forest fire 1(4) p. 17;
during a storm 5(2) p. 8;
during nest checks 13(2) p. 10;
early departure from colony 1(1) p.30; 7(4) p. 16; 13(4) p. 8 (reasons for);
effects of landlording 9(2) p. 17;
effect of yard activity on martins 9(1) p. 16;
egg abandonment 5(2) p. 17; 7(1) p. 14; 10 (1) p. 15 (during cold spell); 11(4) p. 8; 15(4) p. 11-12; 16(3) p. 11;
egg dumping (see Intraspecific Brood Parasitism);
egg laying in two separate cavities 9(2) p. 22;
electric bug light and martins 1(1) p. 30;
extra-pair copulation 16(3) p. 20-21; 22(3) p. 22;
family units intermingling after fledging 13(1) p. 10;
feeding behavior 1(4) p. 18 (on the ground); 12(1) p. 10 (on the ground when faced with starvation); 12(3) p. 21 (on the ground); 13(3) p. 15 (grounded insects); 15(3) p. 11 (effected by fog); 16(2) p. 12 (during cold weather); 29(3) p. 25 (feeding height);
females and site preference 25(1) p. 21;
female stealing nest material 2(4) p. 18;
fighting among martins 1(3) p.22; 2(4) p. 20; 7(1) p. 18; 9(4) p. 15 (use of gourds to prevent); 11(2) p. 15; 13(3) p. 9; 14(4) p. 6; 15(2) p. 13; 26 (3) p. 27 (females fighting over gourd);
flocking behavior 2(4) p. 24 (during migration);
food allocation by parents 14(2) p. 14-15;
foraging 5(3) p. 14 (midday); 10 (2) p. 11;
forced extra pair copulation 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 4(1) p. 4; 6(2) p. 17; 7(2) p. 17;
forming of grouping areas 3(4) p. 5-7;
foster feeding 5(2) p. 24;
frequent rotating of eggs 4(4) p. 27;
gaping 10 (2) p. 9;
general 2(1) p. 8;
green leaf bringing 2(1) p. 1;
group behavior 10 (2) p. 10;
ground nesting 1(3) p. 11;
homing of purple martins 5(2) p. 12;
horizontal threat posture 10 (2) p. 8;
house preference 2(4) p. 3; 13(3) p. 9 (from year to year by adults); 30(3) p. 16-19;
house domination 2(2) p. 24;
house imprinting 5(4) p. 13; 13(3) p. 9 (nestlings);
hull-eating behavior 4(4) p. 9;
inbreeding (see Breeding)
incubation behavior (using Artificial Intelligence) 29(3) p. 8-11
in martins with displaced nests 1(2) p. 7;
in Washington State 30(1) p. 12-15;
infanticide 6(3) p. 7; 10 (3) p. 11; 11(2) p. 16 (by unmated subadult males); 12(4) p. 8; 13(3) p. 27; 14(3) p. 10;
interaction with cowbirds 9(1) p. 18;
intraspecific brood parasitism 6(4) p. 8; 11(1) p. 15; 12(3) p. 8; 12(4) p. 8; 14(4) p. 8; 22(4) p. 8;
intraspecific kleptoparasitism 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 5(4) p. 18; 7(2) p. 16; 8(1) p. 14; 8(4) p. 23; 11(1) p. 14;
intraspecific fighting 15(4) p. 29 (among females);
juvenile harassment 2(4) p. 14-15 (implications);
juveniles visiting breeding sites after fledging 12 (4) p. 10;
late nesting 1(1) p. 29; 8(3) p. 15; 13(4) p. 9 (reasons for); 28(4) p. 19 (in Texas);
leaf plucking 31(3) p. 11;
low feeding by martins 4(3) p. 15;
male porch domination 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(2) p. 24; 2(4) p. 11 (definition), 25; 6(2) p.17; 13(1) p. 10;
mantling 10 (3) p. 10, 11;
martins and humans 6(2) p. 15;
martin putting dead smelt in compartment 19(3) p.18;
martins visiting other colonies 4(2) p. 17;
mate fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 15(2) p.11; 16(4) p. 12; 19(3) p. 12;
mate guarding 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
mating 3(4) p. 5 (among juveniles); 4(3) p. 14; 12(2) p. 14 (pairing with martins of same age); 12 (3) p.8; 12(4) p. 9 (when); 14(3) p. 8; 15(3) p. 9 (female preference for older males); 16(4) p. 12; 20(2) p.8; 20(3) p. 8;
mobbing behavior 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 10 (3) p. 15 (martins mobbing radio-controlled airplane); 12(4) p. 18 (mobbing pellet wounded starling); 13(1) p. 11; 31(3) p. 11 (kid's kites);
midday foraging 5(3) p. 14;
natal dispersal 2(3) p. 19; 11(3) p. 6; 12(2) p. 26-28 (dispersal distance/sexual difference/preferred dispersal direction); 16(4) p. 12; 20(3) p. 29 (in Saskatchewan); 20(4) p. 4-7 (of eastern martins on western periphery of range); 25(1) p. 21;
natal site fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
nest abandonment 2(3) p. 17-18; 7(2) p. 16; 8(4) p. 23; 12(2) p. 10 (reasons); 18(3) p. 11 (reasons); 18(4) p. 10 (reasons); 19(2) p. 12 (and weather); 25(1) p. 21; 29(1) p. 13 (reasons);
nestling/parent signature 13(4) p. 10 (nestling recognition by parents);
nesting in places other than man-made housing (see Nests);
noise (effects on martins) 4(4) p. 14;
of widowed female 13(2) p. 11;
pair bond formation 7(1) p. 12, 16; 10 (2) p. 11; 12(2) p. 14 (with martins of same age);13(2) p. 10; 16 (2) p. 28; 18(2) p. 10; 19(2) p. 21 (in relation to age); 20(3) p. 8;
panting in martins 12(3) p. 8;
parental duties 1(4) p. 27; 29(3) p. 24 (parental care);
parents abandoning grounded young 7(2) p. 14;
parents assembling the brood 3(4) p. 5-7;
parents eating eggshells of young 16(3) p. 11;
parents ejecting young from nest (see Brood Reduction under Behavior);
parents feeding grounded nestlings 14(4) p. 6;
parents mobbing landlord 7(2) p. 14; 12(3) p. 9;(also see Aerial strafing of landlords)
parents mobbing newly fledged young 7(2) p. 14;
parents protecting young 4(4) p. 16; 6(2) p. 23;
parents withholding food to encourage fledging 17(4) p. 11;
polygamy 3(4) p. 25; 5(2) p. 24;
poor parenting 1(1) p. 15;
porch wandering 13(3) p.9;
post-breeding behavior 11 (3) p. 6;
post-breeding nest cavity defense 6(3) p. 28; 10 (1) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 13, 14;
post-fledgling behavior of parents 3(4) p. 4-7; 6(3) p. 15;
post-fledging feeding 3(4) p. 6-7;
post-fledging wandering 10 (4) p. 2; 11 (3) p. 6;
preening 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 10 (2) p. 11;
premature fledging 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 6(2) p. 11 (during nest checks); 6(3) p. 8 (preventing); 9(1) p. 4; 11(2) p. 17 (entrance type causing); 15(2) p. 10; 15(3) p. 12 (how to prevent during nest checks); 16(3) p. 18 (reasons); 17(1) p. 16; 17(4) p. 11; 27(4) p. 19 (preventing); 28(4) p. 19 (reasons); 30(4) p. 22; 31(1) p. 9;
raider behavior 3(4) p. 5,7;
removal of addled eggs by adults 4(2) p. 16; 15(3) p. 11; 25(4) p. 19; 30(3) p. 15;
renesting attempts 4(3) p. 12; 4(4) p.14; 6(3) p.22; 7(1) p.12; 7(4) p.15; 12(3) p. 8, 26 (how to tell if you have one); 14(4) p. 19; 15(3) p. 10; 16(3) p. 11; 17(1) p. 18; 21(3) p. 16; 24(3) p. 4 (following windstorm); 25(3) p. 8; 26 (3) p. 5, 23, 27; 27(4) p. 27;
reproductive behavior 2(4) p. 4;
reverse migration 5(3) p. 17;
roosting behavior 5(2) p. 8-9; 10 (4) p. 21 (on roof and windowsill of house for warmth); 11(2) p. 15 (seeking warm sites to roost); 13(1) p. 10 (fledglings roosting outside housing); 29(4) p. 18;
second broods 15(3) p. 20-22;
site abandonment 4(1) p.16; 4(4) p. 22; 5(1) p.16; 6(3) p.15; 7(4) p.15, 16; 8(3) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 16 (reasons); 11(3) p. 5-6; 17(1) p. 11; 17(4) p. 11;
site fidelity 1(1) p. 15; 4(1) p. 23; 6(1) p. 17; 8(2) p.14; 11(3) p. 5; 15(2) p.11; 15(3) p. 13; 18(4) p. 11, 25-27 (p. arboricola); 31(2) p. 12;
site imprinting 21(3) p. 12;
sleeping behavior 2(3) p. 1-5; 9(1) p. 17; 12(3) p. 10 (outside housing); 13(1) p. 10;
spinning 10 (3) p. 8;
splash bathing (see bathing behavior)
staging 28(4) p. 20;
stooped-submissive fight display 3(4) p. 5; 10(2) p. 9, 10, 11;
sun bathing 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 7(4) p. 22; 10 (2) p. 9, 10, 11; 11(2) p. 23;
survival behavior 11(3) p. 1 (during cold weather);
territorial agonism 10 (2) p. 8;
use of old nests 3(4) p. 23; 4(4) p. 25, 28 (benefits); 11(2) p. 14; 18(1) p. 12;
vocalizations 10 (2) p. 10;
warming up on rocks 11(2) p. 22 (at PMCA site);
weather induced ground feeding 1(4) p. 18; 5(4) p. 22; 7(4) p. 24;
wintering in U.S. 19(1) p. 19 (Ohio);
yard lighting (effects on martins) 4(4) p. 14; 8(3) p. 15;
Bell, Ralph K. 16(1) p. 3; 23(3) p. 28;
Bent's life history 5(2) p. 2 (purple martins);
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest 15(4) p. 6-9;
Bewick's Wren 25(3) p. 26-27;
Biotic 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
Birds (general info) 29(1) p. 26-27 (actions to help birds);
Bird Banding Laboratory 18(1) p. 13;
Birdbander's diary 1(2) p. 6;
Birdbaths 14(2) p. 10 (and martins); 22(3) p. 8 (and martins); 24(1) p. 7 (and martins);
Bird beaks 21(4) p. 22-23; 29(1) p. 28-29;
Bird words 1(1) p. 14 (martin lingo, terminology); 1(2) p. 27; 1(3) p. 23; 1(4) p. 23; 2(4) p. 10;
Bird feeding 8(2) p. 12;
Bird Flu (see Avian Flu Viruses under Diseases)
Birdseed (see diet)
Black flies (see Ectoparasites)
Blood 12(4) p. 6 (sampling procedure); 17(4) p. 2-3 (sampling procedure);
Blood parasites (in martins) 17(4) p. 2;
Blowflies (see Ectoparasites)
Blue Martins 24(4) p. 6 (masked woodswallow);
Bluebirds (See Nest Site Competitors);
Bobcat 22(3) p. 14 (near martin housing);
Bolivar Peninsula Texas 19(2) p. 26 (Hurricane Ike effects on purple martins);
Bolus 4(3) p. 15 (description);
Brazil 1(4) p. 1-5 (Brazilian wintering grounds), 6 (die-offs in Brazil); 4(1) p. 22; 6(1) p. 2 (deaths from Brazilian tornado); 13(2) p. 2-7, 29 (Brazilian Wintering grounds-research trip); 21(1) p. 3-5 (bird conservation); 28(4) p. 12-17 (PMCA Expedition Part 1); 29(1) p. 6-12 (PMCA Expedition Part 2);
Breeding 1(1) p. 8-9, 12, 22 (distribution); 2(3) p. 19; 11(4) p. 11; 15(1) p. 12; (inbreeding); 4(2) p. 14 (distribution in Pennsylvania); 4(4) p. 12 (distribution in Michigan); 6(3) p. 13 (in Bufflehead duck nest box); 6(4) p. 6 (breeding success in martins); 8(1) p. 7 (breeding range), 14 (improving breeding success); 8(4) p. 2 (success in housing types); 10 (1) p. 7 (breeding range); 10 (2) p. 17 (time); 19(2) p. 11 (interbreeding between eastern and western martins); 21(4) p. 9 (female breeding age); 31(1) p. 10 (breeding range);
Breeding Bird Atlases 4(4) p. 13;
Brevillier Village 21(1) p. 6-7 (landlord experiences);
Brood 2(4) p. 10 (Single- definition), 22 (number in martins); 3(4) p. 5 (assembling of/grouping areas), 21 (double broodedness); 6(3) p. 20(number in martins); 7(2) p. 18 (second); 8(4) p. 16 (number of); 9(3) p. 19 (second); 10 (4) p. 17 (second); 15(3) p. 20-22 (second); 18(4) p. 18-19 (second in South Texas); 25(1) p. 22-25 (second); 27(4) p. 27; 28(4) p. 19, 20 (second in Texas);
Brooding 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
Brood patch 4(4) p. 26;
Brood reduction (see Behavior)
Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) 12(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 2; 13(3) p. 8; 17(4) p. 14; 19(1) p. 10, 19 (in Mass.); 25(4) p. 18; 26(2) p. 12-13; 29(4) p. 14;
Brown-crested flycatchers 17(2) p. 24-25;
Buckeye Martinfest 17(3) p. 4-5 (2008); 18(4) p. 28-29 (2009); 19(4) p.5 (2010);
Buffalo gnats (aka Black flies-see Ectoparasites)
Bumper guard (see Housing/SREH);
Butcher, Jesse 1(2) p. 8 (landlord interview);
Butterflies (see Diet)
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Cahokia Mounds 17(4) p. 22;
Canopies (see Gourds)
Cactus Wren (see Housing)
Calcium supplementation 15(2) p. 20-22 (and martin reproduction); 16(3) p. 12;
Campbell, Barbara 30(2) p. 22-24 (purple martin sanctuary);
Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center 18(3) p. 1;
Cape Cod 22(4) p. 22-25;
Cape May Point State Park 11(1) p. 24;
Caribbean martin (Progne dominicensis) 17(4) p. 15; 19(1) p. 10; 29(4) p. 14;
Cartwright 3-hole entrance (see Housing/SREH);
Cassin's Finch 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap);
Cats (see Predators)
Cavity fidelity (see Behavior)
Cavity reduction 12(1) p. 11 (to see if new sites would be established);
Cavity-type imprinting (see Behavior)
Cedar waxwings 3(2) p. 20;
Cedar shavings 1(4) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(2) p. 23; 5(3) p. 15 (safety); 8(3) p. 14; 12(2) p. 8 (safety); 13(3) p. 10 (swallowed by nestling); 14(1) p. 10;
Central Virginia's 11th Annual Purple Martin Field Day 14(4) p. 29;
CFI Industries 26(4) p. 26-27 (house installation at);
Chalaza 4(4) p. 27 (definition);
Chambers, Louise 26(2) p. 14-15 (retirement);
Charleston birdhouse auction 2(1) p. 14 (auction for charity);
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage 28(2) p. 14-16;
Chimney Swifts 3(1) p. 24; 1(3) p.13 (tries stealing prey from martin); 4(1) p. 22; 6(2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 17 (effects of swift nesting structure on martin colony); 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 24; 16 (2) p. 24-25; 20(2) p.10 (nesting near martins); 21(4) p. 8-9; 22(4) p. 9; 28(1) p. 27; 28(2) p. 23;
Chorion (see Egg)
Chorionallantois (see Egg)
Civil War 8(4) p. 7 (martin box regiment);
Cleaning housing (see Housing)
Climate Change (see Weather)
Cloaca 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Cloacal Kiss 16(3) p. 9;
Clutch 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
Clutch initiation (see Nest)
Clutch size (see Nest)
Coates martin housing (see Housing)
Coastal Carolina Purple Martin Society 19(3) p.26-28;
Coastal Habitat Alliance 17(4) p. 1;
Coevolution 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Colony
abandonment (See Behavior)
age-out 5(4) p. 16; 31(2) p. 13;
and Homeowner's Associations 19(2) p. 11; 26(1) p. 18-19; 31(2) p. 8-10;
checking ground beneath 1(4) p. 28-29;
chickens near 26(2) p. 21;
colony-site recruitment 11 (3) p. 6;
counting martins at 4(4) p. 15;
decline 2(3) p. 25 (loss of martins); 3(1) p. 25 (reasons); 9(1) p. 20 (and tree encroachment); 12(2) p. 10 (reasons); decline 12(3) p. 10 (reasons for); 25(3) p. 20-21 (reasons for); 31(2) p. 13;
definition of 1(1) p. 14; 6(3) p. 16;
density 21(1) p. 8-9;
early departure (see Behavior)
establishing 1(1) p. 20 (problems); 1(4) p. 8 (landlord's checklist), 21, 28 (detecting what's happening at colony); 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 26 (tips); 4(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 26 (social attraction); 9(4) p. 21; 12(2) p. 11 (after prior colony was removed); 16(4) p. 11; 21(3) p. 12; 25(1) p. 20, 21; 27 (1) p. 26;
increasing size 1(2) p. 4 (increasing by entrance placement design); 2(1) p. 26-27 (increasing); 3(4) p. 28-29; 9(1) p. 15 (number of cavities per colony); 9(4) p. 16; 13(4) p. 9; 19(3) p. 13 (reduced); 21(3) p. 12 (occupancy); 24(3) p. 10-12 (pros/cons);
loss of pond 14(2) p. 10 (effects of);
management 1(4) p. 5(3) p. 22; 8(1) p. 10; 13(4) p. 18 (tools); 19(1) p. 20-23; 23(4) p. 24-25; 31(2) p. 18-19 (ground observations below housing);
martin watcher's checklist 2(4) p. 12;
public martin projects 17(1) p. 24-28;
predation of (see Predators)
reestablishing 8(3) p. 17;
registering 1(1) p. 29, 37; 1(2) p. 5; 2(4) p. 4 (registration project); 10 (4) p. 14;
relocating 7(1) p. 25; 12(4) p. 23; 13(1) p. 27; 23(3) p. 7; 24(1) p. 7;
report card project 1989 2(2) p. 13;
rescuing a martin colony 12(2) p. 24 (Raleigh, NC site);
satellite sites 21(1) p. 11-13;
success rate 28(2) p. 24;
super 10 (4) p. 15 (effects of near new colonies); 12(4) p. 22;
tips to prepare 16(1) p. 8-9;
wind turbines near (see Housing);
Colonization 9(2) p. 16 (of new sites);
Color of housing (see Housing)
Color preferences (see Behavior)
Commensal feeding (see Behavior)
Commensalism (see Behavior)
Common house martin (Delichon urbicum) 23(3) p. 6;
Common nighthawk 20(3) p. 15;
Communal cavity roosting (see Behavior)
Communal sun bathing (see Behavior)
Compartment size (see Houses)
Conley entrance hole- WDC (see Housing/SREH);
Conneaut Lake, PA 18(3) p. 20-21 (house rescue);
Connecticut 21(1) p. 20-23 (landlord experiences); 23(3) p. 14-17 (and purple martin conservation);
Conjunctivitis (see Ailments)
Conservation status (of purple martins) 16 (4) p. 2-5; 17(1) p. 2-3, 19; 17(2) p. 2-4;
Cooke, Kenneth C. (tribute) 25(1) p. 3;
Copper sulfate 6(3) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15; 11(1) p. 23 (soaking gourds in); 13(1) p. 8; 14(2) p. 8, 27; 15(3) p. 13;
Cowbirds 5(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 18;
CREOB entrance hole (see Housing/SREH);
Crested Caracaras 17(2) p. 12 (and martins);
Crickets (see Diet)
Crissum 1(2) p. 27 (definition);
Cross-species fostering 9(3) p. 26 (definition); 15(2) p. 19;
Crowley's Restaurant (martin colony) 11(3) p. 16;
Crows (see Predators)
Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 26(2) p. 10; 29(4) p. 14; 30(3) p. 7;
Cumberland County, NJ Purple Martin Festival 11(3) p. 15;
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Dawnsong 1(1) p. 20; 2(1) p. 10; 2(3) p. 22; 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 20; 5(3) p. 16; 6(1) p. 16, 23 (attracting snakes); 6(4) p. 14; 7(1) p. 16; 7(4) p. 16;8(3) p. 8, 9 (use of outdoor speakers); 9(1) p. 17; 9(3) p. 17 (and subadults), 27; 9(4) p. 16, p. 23; 10 (2) p. 12; 10 (4) p. 15; 11(3) p. 9; 11(4) p. 9 (and audio equipment), 10; 12(1) p. 9, 10; 13(1) p. 11; 13 (3) p. 11 (height of flight during); 14(2) p. 6; 14(4) p. 7; 17(2) p. 11; 17(4) p. 10; 19(2) p. 12; 21(4) p. 11; 24(1) p. 7; 24(2) p. 8; 25(4) p. 20;
Daylily Grants 17(2) p. 22-23;
Daytime chatter recordings 9(3) p. 28; 10 (2) p. 12; 10 (4) p. 15; 11(3) p. 9;
Deaths 2(3) p. 14 (N. Carolina bridge); 4(1) p. 10 (what to do when you find dead martins); 8(3) p. 15 (during migration); 9(3) p. 20 (nestlings due to weather); 10 (2) p. 17 (dead female in nest); 11(1) p. 16 (dead female in nest); 12(2) p. 9 (due to cold weather); 12(3) p. 9 (death of female during nesting period); 12(3) p. 11 (death of parent); 12(4) p. 12-15 (on North Carolina's William B. Umstead Bridge), 18 (struck by car), 19 (trapped in gourd due to loosened porch), 22 (due to cold spell); 14(2) p. 2 (Umstead Bridge update), 11 (causes); 14(4) p. 6 (causes of adult deaths);15(2) p. 12 (weather related); 15(4) p. 19 (due to traffic); 19(2) p. 10 (during cold weather); 21(3) p. 11 (effects on nestlings); 23(1) p. 9; 26 (3) p. 24 (possible window collision); 31(2) p. 13 (probable causes);
Decoys 2(3) p. 26-27; 4(4) p. 2 (how to make); 9(3) p. 28; 10 (2) p. 12; 11(4) p. 10; 12 (1) p. 10 (how many to use/when to take down); 13(2) p. 11 (attracting sharp-shinned hawk); 17(2) p. 11; 20(2) p.9 (used to distract hawks); 23(3) p. 29; 24(2) p. 8; 25(2) p. 26-27 (and social attraction); 26(2) p. 21; 27(4) p. 28; 29(4) p. 19; 30(2) p. 9 (to distract hawks);
DEEP (Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection) 26(4) p. 15-17;
Delaware State Park 16(1) p. 26;
Delayed plumage maturation 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Delichon urbicum (see Common house martin);
Dellinger, Dr. Thomas Baynes 6(4) p. 1 (1995 landlord of the year); 17(4) p. 1 (death of);
Departure dates 3(2) p. 24; 6(4) p. 19; 7(4) p. 15; 27(4) p. 25;
Desert martins 3(2) p. 3;
Diaries 1(2) p. 6 (bird bander's), 14 (keeping a martin diary); 2(1) p. 16 (of a martin weather disaster);
Diatomaceous earth 3(4) p. 29; 5(3) 16; 5(4) p. 15; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 14, 21; 7(4) p. 15; 8(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 15; 9(3) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 13 (reasons not to use); 12(2) p. 21 (reasons not to use); 27 (1) p. 25;
Die-offs 1(4) p. 6 (in Brazil);
Diet
Africanized "Killer" bees 12(1) p. 8;
birdseed 1(4) p. 22; 3(1) p. 24; 8(2) p. 12, 20; 13(4) p. 11;
butterflies 4(1) p. 22; 7(1) p. 13:
cheddar cheese 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article);
cottage cheese 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article);
crickets 9(1) p. 27 (emergency foul-weather feeding); 9(2) p. 18 (feeding to martins); 12(1) p. 10 (feeding to martins); 12(4) p. 8 (storing/calorie content of); 13(1) p. 25;
caterpillars 12(4) p. 21;
cicadas 13(3) p. 8;
coffee grounds 17(2) p. 10 (as grit);
corn fodder 13(4) p. 10 (nestling eating);
dragonflies 1(3) p. 22; 4(3) p. 13 (controlling to help fish farmers); 4(4) p. 16; 5(4) p. 17; 28(2) p. 8-11 (during migration);
Ecological energetics 23(2) p. 26-28;
eggshells 1(4) p. 25; 1(3) p. 26; 2(4) p. 3-4 (vs. oyster shell); 3(4) p. 29; 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 15; 6(1) p. 6; 6(4) p. 13, 20; 7(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 14 (preparing); 13(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 9; 14(4) p. 7; 15(2) p. 12 (and salmonella); 15(2) p. 20-22 (calcium supplementation); 16(3) p. 11, 12; 23(1) p. 9; 23(2) p. 11; 23(3) p.5-6;
flies 9(3) p. 17;
flying ants 14(3) p. 10;
fruit 5(2) p. 25;
general 3(4) p. 25; 4(1) p. 24; 4(3) p. 15, 18; 4(4) p. 14; 5(2) p. 6; 7(4) p. 15; 16 (2) p. 29; 26(2) p. 22-25; 26(1) p. 20, 25; 29(3) p. 25;
grasshoppers 2(4) p. 16; 9(2) p. 23; 4(2) p. 24;
grit 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 4 (nestling gizzard/grit study); 3(2) p. 21; 2(1) p. 27(seashells); 6(4) p. 12; 13(3) p. 10; 13(4) p. 9, 11 (birdseed); 14(4) p. 18; 17(2) p. 10; 18(1) p. 11; 19(4) p.10 (cause of nestling death?); 23(1) p. 9; 30(1) p. 22;
honeybees 5(1) p. 18; 8(1) p. 15;
Japanese beetles 27(4) p. 27;
mealworms 4(3) p. 2 (feeding to martins), 4 (where to buy); 6(1) p. 6, 7 (raising), 8 (where to buy); 8(4) p. 17 (feeding to nestlings); 11(1) p. 14; 12(1) p. 10 (feeding to martins); 12(4) p. 8 (calorie content of);
midge fly 2(3) p. 16;
mosquitoes 1(4) p. 9; 2(3) p. 8-13 (relationship to control of), 16; 2(4) p. 19; 4(2) p. 18; 4(4) p. 16; 7(4) p. 15; 9(4) p. 17; 10 (2) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 12; 11(3) p.10; 25(3) p. 17; 27 (2) p. 16;
moths 12(3) p. 22 (Promethia moth);
oyster shell 2(2) p. 25; 2(3) p. 25; 2(4) p. 3-4 (vs. eggshell); 7(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 14; 13(1) p. 11; 15(2) p. 20-22 (vs. eggshells); 16(3) p. 12; 18(1) p. 11; 23(3) p. 6;
scrambled eggs 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article); 11(1) p. 14;
sunflower seeds 19(3) p. 12;
tent caterpillars 5(2) p. 25; 13(3) p. 15;
termites 26(2) p. 22-25;
Diseases
avian botulism 16(4) p. 10;
avian flu viruses 14(2) p. 8; 15(1) p. 9 (risk assessment for landlords); 15(2) p. 12; 15(3) p. 1; 16(1) p. 13;
avian pneumonia 15(2) p. 12;
avian pox 2(2) p. 16; 7(2) p. 16; 23(4) p. 5; 24(3) p. 4; 27 (1) p. 26;
encephalitis 12(4) p. 5;
gout 18(1) p. 18-19;
histoplasmosis 11(3) p. 10; 26(1) p. 19;
martin malaria 15(3) p. 8-9;
salmonella 7(4) p. 12; 15(2) p. 12; 18(1) p. 11;
West Nile virus 11(3) p. 10; 15(2) p. 12;
Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund Grant 24(2) p. 5; 25(1) p. 2;
Dispersal (from natal site) (see behavior)
Displaced nests (see behavior)
Distance between housing (see Housing)
Distribution 5(2) p. 11 (of martins);
DNA 2(3) p. 22-23; 4(1) p. 1 (Morton article on paternity of nestlings); 12(3) p. 8; 17(4) p. 2-3;
Donahue, Phil 19(3) p. 3-5; 31(2) p. 14-17 (fecal testing-metabar coding);
Donath, Edwin W. 6(1) p. 6-8 (star feeder); 7(4) p. 2 (1996 landlord of the year); 9(2) p. 21 (star feeder); 11(1) p. 14;
Doppler radar (Use in detecting roosts) 7(1) p. 2-6; 8(2) p. 26-29; 13(3) p. 6-7; 14(4) p. 4-5 (for monitoring roosts); 26(1) p. 19;
Double Broodness (see Brood)
Doves 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap 18(3) p. 16 (for mites);
Dragonflies (see Diet)
Dropouts (see fallouts)
Droppings 5(3) p. 14; 11(3) p. 10 (histoplasmosis from); 13(2) p. 5 (uric acid in);
Drought 1(3) p. 14 (and martin deaths); 15(1) p. 12 (its effects on martins); 16(3) p. 10; 17(4) p. 11 (Texas- deaths);
Duct Tape 9(4) p. 16 (effects on martin feathers);
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Eastern house finch (see Houses)
Eastern Phoebes 20(2) p.10;
Eastern Wisconsin Purple Martin Association 21(2) p. 2; 21(3) p. 1; 21(4) p. 26-27;
Ectoparasites
and cedar shavings 5(1) p. 29 (safety);
and diatomaceous earth (see Diatomaceous Earth)
and green leaves (see Nest)
and mothballs 13(1) p. 8;
bedbugs 5(1) p. 1; 9(1) p. 15; 28(3) p. 15;
biting midge 15(3) p. 8-9;
black flies (buffalo gnats) 5(1) p. 1; 7(1) p. 13; 13(4) p. 24-25; 18(3) p. 11; 18(4) p. 11; 19(4) p.23 (use of Bronco Equine Fly Spray); 23(4) p. 5 (buffalo gnats); 24(1) p. 14 (use of Absorbine Jr. to repell); 28(3) p. 15; 29(2) p. 16;
blowflies 3(4) p. 17; 4(3) p. 16, 20; 5(1) p. 1; 6(2) p. 16; 6(3) p. 17; 9(2) p. 2; 10 (3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 10; 13(1) p. 26; 23(4) p. 5; 27 (2) p. 17 (larva); 28(3) p. 15;
buffalo gnats (see Black flies)
definition 5(1) p. 7;
effects on reproductive success 2(4) p. 3;
fleas 4(3) p. 16; 4(4) p. 29; 5(1) p. 1; 6(1) p. 21; 8(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 15; 16(2) p. 12; 28(3) p. 16;
host 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
host-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
lice 1(3) p. 24; 3(4) p. 17; 5(1) p. 1; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p.17; 9(1) p. 15; 28(3) p. 15;
louse flies 5(1) p. 1;
mites 1(3) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(1) p. 1, 28; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p. 17 7(1) p. 21; 9(1) p. 15; 9(2) p. 4; 11(4) p. 20 (controlling); 13(4) p. 10 (wristbands to keep off of landlord); 18(3) p. 16 (use of Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap on threads of gourd lids to kill); 21(3) p. 10; 23(2) p. 9 (use of coffee grounds to control); 26(2) p. 5; 26(4) p. 22; 27 (1) p. 26 (use of tobacco leaves to control); 28(3) p. 16-17; 31(4) p. 14 (controlling);
mosquitoes 5(1) p. 1; 28(3) p. 15;
nit 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
pesticide use 2(3) p. 16 (sulfur); 2(4) p. 5 (levels in martins), 29; 3(4) p. 17 (No-pest strips), 29 (No-pest strips); 4(4) p. 29 (sevin/sulfur/pyrethrin); 5(1) p. 28 (No-pest strips); 5(3) p. 16 (sevin/sulfur/marathion/rotenone); 6(1) p. 21 (sevin); 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 13 (pyrethrum), 14 (sulfur/sevin); 7(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 15 (sulfur), 19 (malathion); 10 (3) p. 13 (Sevin); 13(4) p. 24-25 (Flys-Awaya II, Pyrethrin, Absorbine Flys-X, Ultrathon); 28(3) p. 17 (use in nests);
preventing fledglings from returning to natal cavities 13(1) p. 10;
swallow bug 9(2) p. 4;
ticks 5(1) p. 1; 12(3) p. 8;
wood ash 23(2) p. 9 (use as natural mite control);
Edinboro Colony 15(3) p. 2-4;
Egg
6-egg clutch 8(4) p. 3 (prevalence);
7-egg clutch 8(4) p. 3 (prevalence); 12(4) p. 21; 21(3) p. 17;
8-egg clutch 10 (4) p. 19 (photo); 12(4) p. 21; 17(3) p. 8; 20(3) p. 11; 21(3) p. 17;
abandonment (see Behavior)
addled 1(1) p. 31; 1(3) p. 27; 4(2) p. 16(removal by adults), 27; 5(1) p. 16; 5(2) p. 17;6(1) p. 14; 6(4) p. 7; 8(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo); 22(3) p. 9 (on ground);
allantois 16(3) p. 8-9;
amnion 16(3) p. 8-9;
artificial 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
Avian egg microflora 23(1) p. 6-7;
brushed out by parents 4(4) p. 25;
capping 6(4) p. 7; 8(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo), 10; 19(1) p. 22;
chalazae 16(3) p. 8-9;
chorioallantois 16(3) p. 8-9;
chorion 16(3) p. 8-9;
counting 6(1) p. 12;
cracked 9(2) p. 14; 11(2) p. 14 (how to repair/and unlubricated brake winches);
delay period 12(2) p. 15;
description 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo); 12(2) p. 8; 19(2) p. 12;
determinate egg layers (definition) 6(3) p. 18;
double yolk 11(3) p. 11;
dumping (see Intraspecific Brood Parasitism);
embryonic development 16(3) p. 8-9;
failure to hatch 6(4) p. 7-8, 15 (reasons); 8(1) p. 13 (reasons); 8(4) p. 4;
fertilization of 9(1) p. 17; 16(3) p. 8-9; 25(3) p. 20;
frequent rotating of 4(4) p. 27;
germinal spot 16(3) 8-9;
hatching 10 (3) p. 6 (pipping photo); 15(3) p. 12; 16(3) p. 8-9; 22(3) p. 8;
hemispheres 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo);
identification 14(3) p. 26-29;
in gourd with no nest 9(1) p. 16;
incubation of 4(3) p. 15; 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 15; 8(4) 17; 10 (4) p. 14 (interruption); 15(3) p. 12; 19(4) p.9; 22(3) p. 8; 28(4) p. 20;
indeterminate egg layers (definition) 6(3) p. 18;
infertile 4(1) p. 22; 4(2) p. 16(removal by adults); 6(1) p. 14; 6(4) p. 7, 15; 8(1) p. 13; 11(4) p. 8;
initiation of egg laying 9(1) p. 17;
laying 3(2) p. 25; 9(2) p. 22 (in two seperate cavities); 12(2) p. 15 (early arrival); 18(2) p. 9 (commencement of); 19(2) p. 22 (early arrival); 26 (3) p. 27;
loss of 4(4) p. 25;
loss to predators 4(3) p. 11;
on ground (see addled eggs above)
penultimate 7(2) p. 15;
pipping 9(2) p. 14; 19(4) p.9;
removing from nest 2(1) p. 24; 9(4) p. 14; 11(4) p. 10; 16(3) p. 12;
shape and flight 27 (3) p. 14-15 (study involving egg shape and flight);
shaking 18(3) p. 11 (starling eggs); 18(3) p. 17 (house sparrows);
switching between nests 8(4) p. 14; 11(1) p. 19;
touching eggs 12(3) p. 11 (skin oils clogging pores);
twinning 30(1) p. 22 (double embryos);
unhatched 1(3) p. 27; 4(1) p. 22; 4(3) p. 11; 16(3) p. 11; 16(4) p. 10; 18(4) p. 10; 19(1) p. 22; 19(4) p.9; 20(3) p. 8; 21(4) p. 10; 25(3) p. 8;
Egg laying (See Egg)
Egg Mom 23(3) p. 26;
Egg tooth 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 16(3) p. 9;
Eggshell (see Diet)
Elastometric (see Gourds);
Electric bug light (and martins) 1(1) p. 30;
Electrocution 1(4) p. 17 (of martin);
Ellis Bird Farm 23(1) p. 5;
Embryonic development (in birds) 16(3) p. 8-9;
Encephalitis (see Diseases);
Endemic 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
Endoparasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition); 8(3) p. 14 (anal flukes); 15(3) p. 9 (air sac worm);
Enlarging compartments (see Houses; Housing)
Entrance hole diameter (see Housing)
Esposito, Alisa 12(4) p. 16-17; 28(1) p. 12-15;
Essex County Purple Martin Association 14(1) p. 12-14; 19(1) p. 14-15;
Estate Planning and purple martins 27 (3) p. 26-27;
European paper wasps (see Wasps);
Euthanization (of sparrows and starlings) 5(1) p. 17;
Excluder entrance hole (see Houses/SREH);
Exotic species 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
Extra-pair copulation (see Behavior)
eyesight in martins 12(4) p. 8;
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Fallouts (see Nestlings)
Fallout shelters 1(3) p. 13 (for gourds); 9(3) p. 21;
Feathers 10 (4) p. 15(missing tail feathers); 11(4) p. 9 (missing tail feathers); 16(4) p. 13 (molting and feather description); 18(2) p. 10 (missing tail feathers); 19(4) p. 9 (loss of tail feathers); 20(3) p. 11; 23(4) p. 21-22; 31(3) p. 28-29;
Fecal sacs 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 1(4) p. 24; 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 5(1) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 11, 12 (voiding at entrance hole/removal by parents); 17(4) p. 11; 18(1) p. 11 (adults eating); 25(1) p. 21 (not removed from nest);
Feeding martins (Supplemental)
conducting a feeding count 9(4) p. 6 (frequency which parents feed nestlings);
crickets (to martins during foul weather) 9(1) p. 27, 28 (where to buy); 9(2) p. 18; 9(4) p. 26 (cricket tossing); 11(3) p. 11, 24; 12(2) p. 10; 12(3) p. 2, 4 (using blowgun); 12(4) p. 18 (using slingshot); 13(2) p. 18; 13(4) p. 16; 14(2) p. 21; 16(1) p. 18; 16(2) p. 10, 11; 23(2) p. 11;
Donath's Star Feeder 9(2) p. 21; 21(1) p. 10;
during cold weather 11(3) p. 1, 24, 26; 16(2) p. 12;
during drought 25(3) p. 13;
eggshells (see Diet)
ethics of 11(3) p. 27;
feeding chart 30(3) p. 29 (explains how);
feeding counts 21(2) p. 21;
feeding single parent 12(3) p. 11;
ground 5(4) p. 22; 7(4) p. 24 (weather stressed martins);
guide to feeding 13(2) p. 22-23; 14(3) p. 18-19; 18(1) p. 5-7;
landlord facial recognition during 25(3) p. 21;
low feeding 4(3) p. 15;
mealworms 4(3) p. 2 (Donath article); 11(3) p. 11, 24; 12(2) p. 10; 14(2) p. 21; 21(1) p. 10; 23(2) p. 11;
oystershell (see Diet)
platform feeder 18(1) p. 8-9 (plans); 23(2) p. 11;
purple martins 6(1) p. 6 (Donath article);
scrambled eggs 11(3) p. 24, 26 (preparing), 11; 12(2) p. 10; 12(3) p. 2; 2(4) p. 8; 13(2) p. 18; 16(2) p. 10; 18(1) p. 6; 21(1) p. 10;
strategies 14(3) p. 14-17;
supplemental 18(4) p. 24; 19(2) p. 10; 21(3) p. 11;
video/dvd 13(2) p. 1 (explains how to);
Fencing Fund 4(3) p. 5 (Pontchartrain Fencing Project); 5(4) p. 2;
Feral cats (see Predators)
Fighting among martins (see Behavior)
Filoplumes (definition) 16(4) p. 13;
Finney, George 1(1) p. 24;
Fire ants (see Predators)
Flagship species 22(3) p. 18-21;
Flapathon (see Nestling)
Fleas (see Ectoparasites)
Fledge 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 10 (4) p. 15 (what time of day fledging usually occurs); 15(4) p. 11 (dates); 17(4) p. 11 (parents withholding food to encourage); 27(4) p. 25;
Fledglings
adults fighting with 4(4) p. 16;
and raiders 3(4) p. 5 (definition), 7;
age 8(4) p. 15;
age at independence 11 (3) p. 6;
attacked by Great-tailed grackles 12(4) p. 20;
average size 8(4) p. 4;
calculating fledge date 6(1) p. 12;
definition 1(1) p. 14;
dispersal from nesting site 1(3) p. 19;
first-year mortality 11(3) p. 6;
grouping areas 3(4) p. 5;
identifying 17(3) p. 7;
late fledge dates 17(4) p. 10;
life span 2(1) p. 26;
natal dispersal 11(4) p. 11; 13(3) p. 10; 23(2) p. 11;
post-fledging feeding 3(4) p. 6-7;
post-fledging mortality 3(4) p. 7;
returning to natal colony 2(3) p. 19; 7(2) p. 17; 14(3) p. 11; 21(3) p. 12, 15; 27(4) p. 26;
returning to the nest 3(4) p. 6; 10 (3) p. 14;
roosting outside of housing 13(1) p. 10 (causes);
scouting out potential breeding sites 13(1) p. 9;
site imprinting 21(3) p. 12;
visiting other colony sites 11(3) p. 9; 14(3) p. 11;
Flight 5(2) p. 7; 23(1) p. 24-25 (altitudes); 29(3) p. 24 (speed);
Flock (definition) 6(3) p. 16;
Flocking behavior during migration (see Behavior)
Florida 4(1) p. 23 (martins in Keys); 14(1) p. 18 (hurricane season); 21(2) p. 9 (declining martin population);
Flying squirrels (se Nest Site Competitors);
Foraging (see Behaviour)
Forced extra-pair copulation (see Behavior)
Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant martin colony 18(2) p. 12-13; 25(1) p. 26-28;
Forever postage stamp 22(1) p. 7;
Fort Lewis, Washington 13(1) p. 7 (snag nesting site);
Frear Elementary School 31(3) p. 19-23 (students learning about martins);
Fregoe, Gisela 15(4) p. 20-22 (pm ambassador);
French Regional Park 22(1) p. 18-19;
Full of Beans 23(3) p. 26;
Fundraising 22(4) p. 11-13 (for purple martin projects);
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Galapagos martin (Progne modesta) 17(4) p. 14; 26(2) p. 10;
Gannon University Project 25(2) p. 7;
Garlic cloves (and repelling sparrows) 6(4) p. 16;
Geolocators 18(2) p. 2-6, 7; 18(3) p. 2 (study); 19(1) p. 13 (sponsoring for); 19(3) p. 6-10; 21(1) p. 2 (sponsoring); 22(1) p. 20-23; 22(2) p. 4-5; 22(3) p. 2-5; 22(4) p. 18-21; 23(1) p. 2-5; 23(2) p. 2-5 (and early arrival), 18-21 (and migration); 23(3) p. 26-27; 24(2) p. 20-23; 25(1) p. 21-25 (and the study second broods); 26 (3) p. 13-15, 27 (first used- Yellow 2551);
GeoMom 23(3) p. 27;
Germinal spot (see Egg)
Gizzard 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 13(4) p. (grit types found in);
Glencoe Village Water Plant Colony 31(4) p. 18-19;
Gold-fronted Woodpecker 23(2) p. 12-13;
Goloby, Bill 27 (1) p. 16-18;
Good gene hypothesis 16(2) p. 28;
Gourds
access holes 4(3) p. 29; 7(2) p. 10; 14(2) p. 27;
acess ports 14(2) p. 27-28 (making and installing);
adding to existing colony 4(2) p. 17; 15(2) p. 10-11;
and breeding success
and compartment dominance 18(4) p. 11;
and purple martins 1(3) p. 6-7;
and trees 2(4) p. 25;
applying polyurethane to 4(4) p. 16;
black-capped chickadee in 11(4) p. 10;
cleaning 11(4) p. 20 (disinfectant formula); 14(2) p. 26-27; 25(3) p. 19;
curing 2(2) p. 24-25; 2(4) p. 17; 12(1) p. 9;
damaged by hail 11(2) p. 2;
definition 1(1) p. 14; 2(4) p.10;
double gourds 15(2) p. 23-25;
drain holes clogged with paint 12(4) p. 20;
eastern finch in 1(3) p. 2;
eggshell feeder 4(3) p. 8 (made from gourd);
elastomeric coating 7(1) p. 24; 12(2) p. 11; 14(2) p. 8; 18(2) p. 11;
English house sparrow 5(1) p. 16; 5(4) p. 16; 17(1) p.10;
entrance hole 1(1) p. 31; 2(3) p. 23; 2(4) p. 3 (size preference); 2(4) p. 4 (preference); 4(1) p. 23; 4(3) p. 16; 5(4) p. 16; 7(1) p. 19; 7(4) p. 19; 14(2) p. 27 (cutting); 15(4) p. 12;
European honeybees in 11(3) p. 20;
European starlings in 17(1) p. 11;
fallouts 9(1) p. 14;
fallout shelter 1(3) p. 13;
funnel gourd 16(3) p. 27;
gourd holder 8(4) p. 29;
gourd rack 1(1) p. 18-19 (plans); 14(1) p. 20 (made from satellite dish);
great-crested flycatcher in 11(4) p. 11;
growing 2(1) p. 28; 3(2) p. 22; 3(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 18; 5(1) p. 16; 6(1) p. 15; 15(3) p. 13 (using potash to thicken walls); 16(1) p. 28 (landlord experience); 26(1) p. 21 (seeds);
hanging 2(4) p. 25; 3(1) p. 24; 4(4) p. 15 (from house); 5(3) p. 21 (horizontally); 7(1) p. 12; 7(2) p. 23, 28 (horizontally); 11(2) p. 17 (horizontally); 14(2) p. 28 (installing hanging wire);15(2) p. 28 (hanging tube); 15(3) p. 18; 20(3) p. 10; 26(1) p. 21;
horizontal 16(3) p. 27 (with offset entrance);
increasing traction below SREH's 10 (4) p. 12;
Kiltz on 13(1) p. 8; 18(2) p. 11;
maintenance/cleaning 2(1) p. 28; 2(2) p. 23, 24; 12(1) p. 8, 9 (cleaning mold off of);
martins nesting in gourds hanging from trees 4(4) p. 23;
martin trapped in bluebird gourd 12(4) p. 20;
minimum size 9(4) p. 14;
Miracle of the Purple Martin Gourds (book) 22(1) p. 29;
mixing different types 16(1) p. 12;
mold on 12(4) p. 9; 13(1) p. 9;
movement in wind 1(2) p. 25; 2(1) p. 24; 2(3) p. 20-21; 2(4) p. 5 (swing direction); 4(2) p. 19; 4(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 14; 9(2) p. 15;
natural 8(1) p. 25; 14(1) p. 9 (ridding of odor); 14(2) p. 26-29 (converting to housing); 25(1) p. 20 (preparation);
natural vs. plastic 3(1) p. 23; 13(2) p. 11;
owl guards 9(1) p. 21; 11(4) p. 11 (for SuperGourds); 15(2) p. 13;
painting 2(2) p. 26; 2(3) p. 25; 2(4) p. 23; 3(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 19; 4(4) p. 16; 5(2) p. 14; 7(1) p. 24; 7(4) p. 17; 12(2) p. 11; 14(2) p. 8, 28; 18(2) p. 11;
plastic 1(2) p. 25; 3(1) p. 22 (plastic jugs as gourds); 8(1) p. 25; 26 (3) p. 27;
poles for 19(1) p. 11;
porches 1(3) p. 22; 2(4) p. 22; 4(2) p. 16 (on gourd rack); 4(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 15 (problems with); 11(1) p. 17; 11(2) p. 16 (causing injury to martins); 12(2) p. 10 (importance of clip-on porches on crescent entrance/installing); 12(4) p. 19 (securing on Crescent Supergourds/martins trapped in gourd due to loosened porch); 13(1) p. 11 (on gourds with crescent entrances); 16(3) p. 12 (inside);
porch tunnel 16(2) p. 22-23 (plans for making);
predators 7(2) p. 28 (aerial predators);
preparing 3(2) p. 23; 6(3) p. 14 (copper sulfate); 7(2) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15 (copper sulfate); 11(2) p. 15;
preserving 2(1) p. 28;
proper size 4(2) p. 18; 10 (4) p. 16; 11(3) p. 9;
pros and cons 3(2) p. 12;
railings 4(3) p. 17;
rain canopies 4(3) p. 8; 7(2) p. 11; 8(4) p. 29; 14(2) p. 28;
repairing 30(3) p. 14;
replacing inner lining of caps 12(1) p. 8;
replacing natural with plastic during nesting season 11(1) p. 16;
screech owls in 15(2) p. 13;
seeds 2(2) p. 24; 28(2) p. 25;
sewer gourds 19(2) p. 27-29 (housing made from sewer pipe);
Sintra porches 12(5) p. 20 (bracing);
sparrows in (see English house sparrow above);
stationary vs. swinging 13(1) p. 10;
SuperGourds 7(4) p. 27; 8(2) p. 2; 12(2) p. 9 (weight); 14(1) p. 8 (vs. hot weather);
temperature differences in housing 1(3) p. 24;
Thompson's Water Seal 13(1) p. 8 (use on gourds);
traction tape 12(4) p. 19 (use in Troyer Gourd/tape warning-martin stuck on);
Tree swallows in 17(2) p. 11;
Troyer horizontal gourds 10 (3) p. 1 (clip on porches); 12(4) p. 19 (scoring inside neck for traction); 14(1) p. 8 (vs. hot weather); 14(2) p. 15 (traction kit); 18(4) p. 23 (and wing entrapment); 19(4) p.26 (modified); 24(2) p. 26-28 (Conley II entrance, Lewis SREH modification);
tunnel entrance 15(2) p. 28;
two entrance holes 13(3) p. 14;
use in northern states 3(1) p. 25;
use of different shapes and sizes 13(3) p. 17;
ventilation 4(3) p. 8 (pvc elbows); 5(4) p. 14 (holes); 9(1) p. 26 (pvc elbows); 11(1) p. 16 (pvc elbows); 14(2) p. 28; 15(4) p. 12; 18(1) p. 12 (pvc elbows); 18(4) p. 11;
vise 14(4) p. 28 (plans for);
vs. houses 4(1) p. 18; 8(4) p. 15; 22(2) p. 9;
winch system on gourd rack 9(4) p. 14;
wing entrapment in 18(4) p. 23-24 (prevention);
wire breaking 12(4) p. 21;
wooden 3(2) p. 8 (plans);
GPS Data Logger 26(4) p. 8;
Grand Valley Preserve martin colony 18(3) p. 19 (SW Ohio);
Grandview Preserve martin colony (SW Ohio) 18(2) p. 24-26;
Grasshoppers (see Diet)
Gray-breasted Martins (Progne chalybea) 6(3) p. 17; 10 (3) p. 15; 12(1) p. 11; 13(1) p. 9; 13(2) p. 2; 13(3) p. 8; 17(4) p. 13; 19(1) p. 10; 21(1) p. 10; 24(3) p. 17; 25(4) p. 18; 29(4) p.14; 30(3) p. 7;
Great Blue Heron (see Predators)
Great-crested Flycatcher (see Nest site Competitors) 
Great Horned Owl (see Predators)
Great-tailed Grackles 12(4) p. 20 (attacking fledglings);
Greater Striped Swallow (see Swallows);
Green leaves (see Nest)
Grit (see Diet)
Ground feeding (see Behavior)
Grounded young (see Nestlings/grounded nestlings)
Gulf Oil Spill 19(3) p. 1;
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Habitat-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Hacking 9(3) p. 26 (definition)
Hatch 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
Heat sink hypothesis 18(1) p. 25 (and roosts);
Helping martins 4(1) p. 12; 4(2) p. 6;
Heritage Lake 20(2) p.12-13 (colonies);
High Island, TX 18(2) p. 17 (effects of Hurricane Ike);
Hill, James R. 14(2) p. 1 (retires) 16(1) p. 2 (20th anniversary message); 21(1) p. 18-19;
Histoplasmosis (from droppings at roosts) (see Diseases);
Home range size 2(4) p. 27;
Homeowner's Associations (see under Housing)
Homing of martins 5(2) p. 12;
Honeybees (see Diet/Houses)
Hooded oriole (see Housing)
Host 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Host-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Hosting a Martin Event 13(3) p. 20-23;
House Finch (see Nest Site Competitors)
Houses
aluminum 5(1) p. 8 (enlarging compartments); 28 (3) p. 12;
aluminum vs. wooden 1(4) p. 10 (and reproductive success); 3(1) p. 24; 4(1) p. 24; 6(2) p. 23; 11(4) p. 9;
awnings 14(2) p. 19 (on aluminum housing);
bare floors in 3(4) p. 14-15 (and effects); 6(1) p. 20 (lethal effects on nestlings);
buying (mail order) 1(1) p. 29;
building material 1(1) p. 30; 5(1) p. 20 (pressure treated wood); 6(3) p. 14 (pressure treated wood); 11(4) p. 9 (thickness);
cavity depth 2(4) p. 3 (preference);
cavity design 4(2) p. 8 (for owl protection);
Coates martin house 3(1) p. 25;
Coated Watersedge housing 13(2) p. 8;
color preferences 1(2) p. 23 (on door panels);
compartment size 1(4) p. 24; 2(4) p. 3 (size preference); 3(2) p. 24 (deeper); 6(4) p. 15 (enlarging); 6(2) p. 16; 8(4) p. 15, 16 (modifying metal house), 12 (doubling in Trio houses); 9(1) p. 5 (M12-K Musselman- double size compartments); 9(4) p. 20 (larger); 10 (1) p. 17 (depth); 13(1) p. 11 (doubling up); 13(2) p. 8 (double compartments);
dimensions 4(2) p. 16; 6(1) p. 17; 8(4) p. 15;
entanglement in 10 (1) p. 5;
Finney, George 1(1) p. 24 (one of the largest martin houses in America); 6(3) p. 6 (Guiness record);
flaws in 3(1) p. 26; 4(4) p. 24 (inadequacies in design);
floor 6(2) p. 13(height from entrance hole);
Ghost house 16(1) p. 27-28;
Harmonica Houses (painting) 12(2) p. 23;
house companies 3(3) p. 8(of J. Warren Jacobs);
hundred year old martin house 2(3) p. 7;
insulating 7(2) p. 19; 8(3) p. 25 (Trio-Grandpa); 9(3) p. 22;
Jacobs, Warren housing 4(2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 28 (replicas);
lining walls with aluminum foil 3(4) p. 25;
lumber 3(1) p. 22 (types to use); 5(1) p. 20 (treated); 6(3) p. 14 (treated);
making safer 21(2) p. 18-20;
modifying compartments 8(4) p. 16 (metal house); 14(2) p. 8; 16(2) p. 10; 17(3) p. 8 (Trio);
mounting 3(2) p. 24 (on roofs of houses);
painting 1(1) p. 31; 2(2) p. 24; 3(1) p. 18 (trim color); 3(2) p. 25; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 14; 7(1) p. 24; 11(4) p. 8 (inside compartments to deter starlings); 14(1) p. 10; 16(1) p. 10;
parallelogram pivot system 7(4) p. 10;
plastic 9(3) p. 16 (vs. wood, metal);
porches on 2(4) p. 3 (height preference test); 13(1) p. 11 (use of non-skid tape with crescent entrances);
porch dividers 2(1) p. 6 (and martin productivity); 2(4) p. 5, 16; 3(2) p. 22; 3(4) p. 28; 4(2) p. 27; 4(4) p. 15; 6(1) p. 15; 6(3) p. 7 (and infanticide); 6(4) p. 10, 11(template for Trio Castle); 7(1) p. 17; 7(4) p. 14; 8(4) p. 23; 9(3) p. 4 (template for Trio 6-sided Houses); 10 (2) p. 16; 13(3) p. 9(importance/benefits);
pvc housing 2(3) p. 20; 2(4) p. 18;
Quad Pod 13(4) p. 26-27;
railings 1(3) p. 22; 8(4) p. 14 (on T-14); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin trapped in);
styrofoam house 15(4) p. 24-27; 21(1) p. 26-27; 30(1) p. 6;
subfloor 14(2) p. 8;
T-14 8(4) p. 14 (railings on); 9(3) p. 10-11 (how to avoid warping pole); 10 (3) p. 5 (snake proofing); 19(1) p. 28-29 (nest check tool);
tilting house 4(2) p. 17;
trays 10 (1) p. 5 (problems with); 15(1) p. 13;
Trio Castle 6(4) p. 11 (pattern for porch divider); 9(1) p. 6 (enlarging compartments/adding owl guards); 9(3) p. 1-4 (modifying-owl guards, SREH's, compartments, porch dividers); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin wedged in keyhole entrance); 10 (2) p. 1 (and owl guards); 12(4) p. 24 (sparrow control); 22(3) p. 6 (manufacturing plant);
Trio Mussleman 12(4) p. 24-25 (use of portable traps in);
wood preservatives and 8(4) p. 16;
Housing
adding additional 7(1) p. 16; 7(2) p. 17; 7(4) p. 14;9(2) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 15; 18(2) p. 11; 23(2) p. 8;
amount needed 13(2) p 9;
and Homeowner's Associations 19(2) p. 11; 26(1) p. 18-19; 27 (2) p. 18;
as art 14(4) p. 24-26;
attached to chimney 22(2) p. 8;
Australian Budgerigars in 12(4) p. 21;
bats in (see Bats);
beginner 25(3) p. 17;
cedar 22(3) p. 9-10 (use of, odor);
changing types of 2(4) p. 29; 10 (4) p. 12 (effects); 13(3) p. 9; 24(4) p. 7; 30(3) p. 14;
choosing 30(1) p. 28-29;
cleaning 3(4) p. 22-23; 5(1) p. 22; 6(1) p. 16; 6(2) p. 16; 7(4) p. 14; 9(1) p. 15 (use of dilute bleach solution), 16; 12(1) p. 10 (bleach formula); 12(3) p. 10; 15(1) p. 10; 16(4) p. 10-11; 18(1) p. 12; 20(1) p.8; 21(4) p. 10; 22(1) p. 10; 25(2) p. 8; 31(2) p. 11; 31(3) p. 12;
closing up after season 23(3) p. 22;
color of 3(1) p. 18 (trim); 14(2) p. 8 (disinfecting);
compartment 2(4) p. 5 (color preference); 6(4) p. 16 (preference by martins); 21(1) p. 28-29 (size); 26(4) p. 25 (size); 27(4) p. 25;
cooling 14(2) p. 12-13; 15(3) p. 11; 18(1) p. 12; 19(2) p. 13; 20(1) p. 10; 20(3) p. 11; 20(4) p. 9; 25(3) p. 12-13; 29(1) p. 13; 31(4) p. 15;
distance between 2(1) p. 27; 3(4) p. 25; 6(2) p. 15; 13(3) p. 9; 17(4) p. 12; 23(2) p. 11;
doves 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
electric wire near 25(3) p. 21;
entrance hole 1(1) p. 31(diameter); 1(2) p. 4 (entrance placement design); 2(3) p. 23 diameter); 2(4) p. 3 (diameter preference); 3(2) p. 24 (cutting); 4(1) p. 23(diameter); 4(2) p. 19 (fake holes); 4(3) p. 16 (diameter); 5(4) p. 16 (diameter); 6(2) p. 13, 21 (height from porch); 7(1) p. 19 (diameter); 7(4) p. 19 (diameter); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin trapped in McEwen type crescent ); 10 (4) p. 12 (changing type in mid season); 12(1) p. 20 ( CREOB entrance hole for "wing hang"); 13(2) p. 9 (orientation); 15(2) p. 13 (changing); 15(2) p. 23-25 (Cartwright 3-hole entry); 15(4) p. 13 (size); 16(1) p. 11 (changing); 17(2) p. 12 (tunnel); 17(3) p. 8; 21(4) p. 8 (crescent); 22(1) p. 10; 24(2) p. 26-28, 29 (wing entrapment protectors WEP); 24(2) p. 26-28 (raised porches- SREH); 4(2) p. 19 (fake holes);
erecting on public lands 9(3) p. 5, 29;
flag on martin pole 9(1) p. 14; 20(2) p.8 (effects on martins);
fake owl near 25(3) p. 21;
floor slope preference 2(4) p. 3;
gourds (see Gourds)
geckos laying eggs in 13(3) p. 10;
grackles in (see Nest Site Competitors)
guy wires and 10 (1) p. 20; 25(3) p. 18;
heat testing in 19(3) p.20-22;
height 3(1) p. 22; 4(2) p. 19; 4(3) p. 14; 4(4) p. 20; 6(4) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15 (pole); 9(2) p. 16 (reducing); 12(2) p. 8; 25(3) p. 19; 31(2) p. 11;
hooded orioles in 7(2) p. 26;
Holbrook, John 9(1) p. 11;
house finches in (see Nest Site Competitors)
house wrens in (see Nest Site Competitors)
inspection 18(1) p. 19 (housing and associated parts);
insulation 9(3) p. 22; 14(1) p. 8 (use of styrofoam, mud, foil); 28(2) p. 22;
laundry soap jugs 16(1) p. 12 (use as housing);
lightning striking 6(1) p. 22;
location (see Housing/Placement)
loggerhead shrike on 18(3) p. 11;
lowering 3(1) p. 22 (effect of); 4(3) p. 17 (and abandonment); 9(1) p. 15 (during storms); 10 (1) p. 12 (during storm); 12(4) p. 11 (during storm); 20(2) p. 9 (during bad weather);
manufacturers 27 (3) p. 20 (PMCA recommendations to);
material types 9(3) p. 16;
mockingbird in (see Nest Site Competitors)
mourning dove in 8(3) p. 23;
moving (see relocating below);
near bathouses (also see Bats) 15 (4) p. 10; 26(1) p. 20;
near beehives 6(1) p. 14;
near bird feeders 12(2) p. 9; 13(4) p. 11; 14(2) p. 10; 25(3) p. 19; 28(2) p. 22;
near bluebird housing 16(1) p. 12;
near boat pier 6(2) p. 18;
near cats 21(3) p. 10;
near dogs 10(2) p. 23; 11(2) p. 14 (and colony decline); 14(1) p. 10; 14(2) p. 8-9; 21(3) p. 10;
near fish farm 4(3) p. 13; 9(3) p. 14;
near fish mailbox 21(2) p. 9;
near flags 21(2) p. 9;
near hawk nest 14(3) p. 11 (red-tail -benefits);
near helicopter pad 14(2) p. 9;
near horses 21(1) p. 9;
near kestrel housing 12(1) p. 9;
near kite flying 21(2) p. 9;
near lights 5(2) p.16; 2(1) p. 26; 11(4) p. 10;
near livestock 23(4) p. 6;
near llamas 23(4) p. 6;
near mist system 9(1) p. 22; 21(2) p. 9; 25(3) p. 19;
near osprey platform 12(4) p. 9;
near owl housing 14(2) p. 9;
near parking lot 10 (4) p. 17;
near Red-winged Blackbirds 13(2) p. 11;
near sheep 23(4) p. 6;
near trees and 2(4) p. 28; 6(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 16; 11(2) p. 14 (encroachment); 13(2) p. 9 (encroachment); 14(1) p. 10; 25(3) p. 18;
near water 6(1) p. 16 (ponds); 6(2) p. 15; 9(4) p. 14 (fledglings falling in water); 14(1) p.11; 15(2) p. 10; 21(1) p. 9 (docks); 21(3) p. 11 (docks); 25(2) p. 12-13 (ponds); 26 (3) p. 25;
near wind turbines and 22(1) p. 10;
near wooded area 16(1) p. 12;
neglected vs. maintained 20(1) p.18-21;
nuthatches in (see Nest Site Competitors)
occupancy 1(2) p. 26;
on golf course 3(1) p. 25; 9(4) p. 17;
opening housing 2(3) p. 15; 6(1) p. 21; 10 (2) p. 14, 18; 12(2) p. 9 (when attracting first pair of martins); 14(1) p. 10; 18(4) p. 8; 20(2) p.9 (when to); 21(2) p. 8 (when); 21(4) p. 11; 22(2) p. 9; 28(2) p. 23; 29(4) p. 16 (when); 31(3) p. 12 (when); 31(4) p. 14;
orientation 1(1) p. 31; 2(4) p. 29; 4(2) p. 19 (entrance holes); 4(4) p. 16 (and nestling survival); 7(1) p. 12 (alignment marks on telescopic poles); 10 (1) p. 12; 13(3) p. 10 (importance of); 14(3) p. 9 (alignment marks/preventing changes in orientation); 20(2) p.10; 22(4) p. 8; 29(3) p. 14; 31(2) p. 12;
owl roosting in 1(4) p. 21 (Screech); 8(3) p. 11 (Screech); 14(2) p. 25 (Screech); 14(3) p. 20 (Screech);
new 2(3) p. 18; 3(2) p. 22; 10 (4) p. 11;
paper wasps (see Wasps);
parakeet in 1(1) p. 33-34; 9(2) p. 21;
perches 1(4) p. 26; 2(4) p. 5 (rod diameter preference); 13(4) p. 8 (adding/dimensions); 15 (4) p. 10 (materials used for);
placement 1(1) p. 30; 1(3) p. 21; 2(2) p. 25, 26; 3(1) p. 22; 3(4) p. 19; 4(1) p. 23; 5(2) p. 18; 5(3) p. 18; 6(4) p. 16 (and trees); 7(1) p. 14; 7(4) p. 16; 8(3) p. 14, 16; 10(2) p. 13; p. 14, 16; 11(3) p. 8; 12(2) p. 8; 13(4) p. 9 (and trees/shrubs); 14(1) p. 9; 14(4) p. 8, 9; 17(3) p. 7; 18(2) p. 10; 19(3) p. 11; 23(1) p. 9; 26(4) p. 25; 27 (3) p. 21; 27(4) p. 26;
plants near 9(1) p. 14; 13(3) p. 10; 16(1) p. 12;
plugging holes 2(1) p. 25; 25(2) p. 11; 29(2) p. 15;
poles 1(2) p. 7 (alignment marks); 2(4) p. 4 (predator proofing- reasons for); 4(2) p. 17 (types); 7(2) p. 19 (splitting in cold weather); 7(4) p. 10 (parallelogram pivot system); 8(3) p. 25 (beefing up TG-12 pole); 12(4) p. 11 (strengthening); 13(2) p. 20 (Multipurpose Pole System); 13(4) p. 2-4; (pole safety); 14(1) p. 11 (and wind); 14(1) p. 16-17 (for T-14); 31(1) p. 11 (damage during stroms);
pond 25(2) p. 12-13 (building one near colony);
porches 2(4) p. 3 (porch/railing test); 10 (4) p. 14 (adding to speed acceptance of new entrance hole); 11(1) p. 17 (causing nestling fallouts); 13(1) p. 11 (use of non-skid tape on metal houses with crescent entrances);
portable ground socket 12(4) p. 24 (instructions to make);
predator guards (see Predator Guards)
predator baffles (see Predator Guards)
proper mounting 1(1) p. 29; 26(4) p. 25;
pvc 2(4) p. 18;
Quad Pod 11(4) p. 1;
rabbit head on top of 19(3) p.18;
raising 9(1) p. 17 (when to); 12(4) p. 10 (when to raise and open); 14(1) p. 9; 21(3) p. 10 (timing); 24(1) p. 7 (in Florida);
relocating 1(4) p. 25; 3(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 22; 6(3) p. 23; 8(4) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 16; 11(4) p. 10; 13(2) p. 10; 14(1) p. 9 (how to), 11; 15(3) p. 13; 18(2) p. 10; 18(3) p. 16 (gourd rack); 19(3) p. 13; 22(3) p. 8-9;
removal of 9(2) p. 18 (competitor infested); 10(4) p. 16 (retiring old housing); 27 (3) p. 22;
replacing 3(1) p. 19; 4(1) p. 21; 5(1) p. 16; 16(1) p. 10; 18(3) p. 10; 24(4) p. 7; 26(1) p. 19; 27 (3) p. 22;
reproductive success 1(4) p. 10 (in different house types);
robins nesting on porch 15(3) p. 10;
rope failure 13(4) p. 3-4
Safe Haven housing 24(2) p. 26-28;
safety enhancements 18(4) p. 20-24;
solar lights on 27 (1) p. 25;
specifications 6(1) p. 17; 11(1) p. 15;
spinning 21(2) p. 10 (fix for);
squirrels in (see Nest Site Competitors)
SREH (starling-resistant entrance holes) 3(4) p. 8, 9; 4(2) p. 18 (pattern); 5(1) p. 10 (crescent); 5(3) p.10 (adjustable); 5(4) p. 21; 6(1) p. 16; 6(2) p. 16, 9 (Trio houses); 6(4) p. 20; 7(1) p. 15; 8(4) p. 10 (adjustable),12 (Trio houses-pattern for); 9(1) p. 21, 24 (gourds); 9(3) p. 15, 16; 10(1) p. 8 (Duke Snyder's Starling Excluder), 15, 17 (and exclusion of screech owls and kestrels); 9(4) p. 8 (cutting in gourds), p. 10 (gourds), p. 17; 10(2) p. 2 (feedback from landlords), p. 4 (negative feedback), p. 5 (pm preference-round vs. SREH), (excluder), p. 15, p. 23 (and starlings); 10(3) p. 15 (Snyder Excluder); 10(4) p. 12 (new excluder/increasing traction below SREH's), 15 (effects on fledglings), 16 (and feather loss); 11(1) p. 17 (Snyder excluder on gourds); 11(2) p. 17 (excluder and premature fledglings/excluder on T-14); 11(4) p. 8 (excluder), 20 (excluder); 12(1) p. 11 (plugs for Snyder Excluder), 20 (CREOB entrance for "wing hang"); 12(3) p. 9 (difficulty entering Excluder entrance); 13(1) p. 8 (placement of crescent adapter), 10-11 (introducing to active site), 19 (Excluder door); 13(2) p. 8 (CREOB- combination crescent/obround), 20 (Excluder); 13(3) p. 15; 14(2) p. 10, 18 (crescent); 14(3) p. 9 (and starlings); 14(4) p. 7 (crescent entrance and porch placement), 17 (Conley or WDC entrance); 15(2) p. 9 (McEwen crescent), 13; 15(2) p. 23-25 (Cartwright 3-hole entry); 15(4) p. 11 (McEwen crescent), 12-13, 16-17; 16(1) p. 11, 12, 18 (placement of crescent); 17(1) p. 10, 11; 17(2) p. 12 (and wing entrapment and use of bumper guard); 17(2) p. 18 (WDC- Conley hole); 18(4) p. 23 (Conley II on gourds); 19(1) p. 11 (for owls & hawks), 12 (for starlings); 19(3) p. 11-12; 20(3) p. 8, 9; 20(3) p. 16-17; 21(1) p. 8; 21(4) p. 8; 22(1) p. 10; 22(3) p. 8; 23(2) p. 10; 24(2) p. 8 (SREH and porch height); 24(2) p. 26-28 (Conley II entrance, Lewis modification on Troyer horizontal gourds); 25(3) p. 18;
storing of during offseason 4(2) p. 17; 18(1) p. 11; 19(1) p. 11; 29(2) p. 15;
storms and 9(1) p. 15 (lowering during); 14(4) p. 7 (damage due to);
T-14 12(1) p. 11 (types of poles for); 12(2) p. 21 (door stops for excluder entrance); 14(1) p. 16-17 (pole system);
taking down at season's end 1(2) p. 26; 2(3) p. 21; 7(4) p. 21; 4(3) p. 14; 5(3) p. 15; 6(2) p. 14;
temperature differences in housing 1(3) p. 24; (also see Weather);
tree swallows in (see Nest Site Competitors)
unmanaged 8(4) p. 16;
ventilation 9(3) p. 22; 14(1) p. 8; 18(1) p. 12; 22(1) p. 9; 22(2) p. 9; 28(2) p. 22;
video camera inside 3(4) p. 10;
vintage 28(1) p. 16-19;
vs. Home Owner's Associations 17(1) p. 12;
wall thickness preference 2(4) p. 5;
wasps in (see Wasps);
winch 13(4) p. 3 (failure), 4 (offset design) p. 4; 21(4) p. 20-21 (safety concerns); 22(1) p. 18-19 (safety systems);
wind and 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 8 (protecting from windstorms); 10(1) p. 12, 13 (damage from), 14 (protecting from); 11(2) p. 20; 14(1) p. 11(pole);
wing-hang/entrapment 12(1) p. 20; 18(2) p. 15 (in aluminum crescent entries/use of weatherstripping to prevent); 18(4) p. 23-24 (prevention in gourds); 24(2) p. 26-28, 29 (wing entrapment protectors);
winterizing 25(4) p. 29;
House sparrows (see Nest Site Competitors)
House wrens (see Nest Site Competitors);
Houston Area Purple Martin Association 14(2) p. 24;
Houston, TX 27 (1) p. 16-18 (50 years of housing purple martins);
Hovering 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Hoy Audubon Purple Martin Project 18(3) p. 22-23 (SE Wisconsin);
Hummingbirds 15 (4) p. 10 (aggressive towards martins); 22(3) p. 11;
Hurricane Andrew 4(2) p. 2, 5; 6(3) p. 24;
Hurricane Arthur 23(4) p. 26-27;
Hurricane Harvey 27 (1) p. 27;
Hurricane Hugo 2(2) p. 6
Hurricane Ike 18(2) p. 17; 18(3) p. 12; 19(2) p. 26 (effects on purple martins on Bolivar Peninsula Texas);
Hurricane Isadore 11(4) p. 8;
Hurricane Ivan 14(4) p. 9;
Hurricane Katrina 14(4) p. 2-3;
Hurricane Rita 14(4) p. 2-3; 15(2) p. 19;
Hydrocyanic acid (see Nest/green leaves);
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Icterids 6(3) p. 5 (definition)
Incubation 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 29(3) p. 8-11 (and Artificial Intelligence);
Incubation of eggs (see Eggs)
Indian Mynas 18(1) p. 11;
Indigenous 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
Infanticide (see Behavior)
Injured martins 2(4) p. 16 (intraspecific); 4(1) p. 25 (also see Rehabbing Purple Martins); 10 (1) p. 2 (subcutaneous emphysema), 5 (from rubber band in nest); 18(3) p. 1; 27(4) p. 18; 31(4) p. 15 (what to do);
Insect 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Insectivorous 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
International Ornithological Conference 19(4) p. 2-4 (part 1); 20(1) p. 2-4 (part 2);
Interspecific 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 20(3) p. 25 (house sparrow feeding martin nestlings);
Intraspecific 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Intraspecific injury 2(4) p. 16 (definition), 20;
Introduced birds 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Iridescence 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
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Jacobs, Warren J.
American Birdhouse Journal 3(3) p. 26;
his purple martin house 23(3) p. 20-21;
Housing replicas 11(3) p. 28;
life of 3(3) p. 2;
liquidation of his company 3(3) p. 36
martin colony 3(3) p. 31;
visit with his descendants 3(3) p. 39p;
Johnson County Songbird Project 23(1) p. 10;
Jones, Genevieve 24(2) p. 17-19;
Juvenile 8(1) p. 15(description); 21(2) p. 4-6 (survival of);
Juvenile harassment (see Behavior)
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Kent Land Trust 31(1) p. 26-27 (Interns);
Kingbird 1(3) p. 11 (kills purple martin); 15(3) p. 19 (Western and Couch's taking food from martins); 16(3) p. 12 (aggressive behavior towards martins); 20(4) p. 9;
Kleptoparasitism 1(3) p. 23 (definition); (also see Behavior);
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Lake Murray, SC (see Roosts)
Lake Pontchartrain 2(2) p. 5; 4(3) p. 5 (Pontchartrain Fencing Project); 5(4) p. 2 (fencing project); 8(1) p. 5; 25(4) p. 11-13;
Lake Osakis 20(1) p.28-29 (roost);
Lake Shasta, Calif 13(1) 4-5 (snag nesting site);
Lakeland Area Purple Martin Association 18(3) p. 21 (NW Pennsylvania & NE Ohio); 21(3) p. 3;
Landlording 1(3) p. 16 (landlord experiences); 1(4) p. 8 (checklist); 2(4) p. 29 (death of); 3(1) p. 23; 4(2) p. 10 (landlord ethics); 4(4) p. 8 (first year experiences); 5(3) p. 24 (new east and west); 6(3) p. (in Winona, Minn.);7(2) p. 13 (experiences); 9(2) p. 1 (confessions of first time landlord); 11(1) p. 12 (first year experiences); 12(3) p. 9 (pros and cons); 13(4) p. 13 (pellet guns for-types, safety); 13(4) p. 18-19 (landlords of the year share ideas); 14(1) p. 6-7 (landlord experience); 14(2) p. 3-7; 14(3) p. 12-13, 24-25 (experiences); 14(4) p. 27 (experiences); 15(1) p. 6-8 (experiences), 14-15 (experiences), 26-27 (projects); 15(3) p. 14-15, 20-22, 26-29 (experiences); 15(4) p. 14-15 (experiences); 16(1) p. 25-29 (experiences); 16(2) p. 6-7 (experiences); 16 (2) p. 26-27 (experiences); 16(3) p. 13-15 (Prince William County); 16(3) p. 22-23, 24-28 (experiences); 17(1) p. 12 (vs. Home Owner Associations); 17(3) p. 10-13 (landlord motivations); 17(4) p. 28 (experiences); 18(1) p. 14-15 (experiences); 19(1) p. 5-7, 26 (experiences); 19(4) p.6-7, 18-20, 22-25; 20(1) p.18-21, 25-27; 20(2) p. 12-13 (Heritage Lake); 20(3) p. 2-5 (devastation and recovery of a colony); 20(3) p. 12-13 (experiences), 24-26 (experiences), 27-28; 20(4) p. 20-21 (experiences), 24-26 (experiences); 21(1) p. 20-23 (Connecticut); 21(2) p. 7 (landlord experiences-Nederland, TX); 21(2) p. 11-13 (experiences in Texas and Oklahoma), 28-29 (experiences in Baton Rouge, LA); 21(3) p. 1 (North Texas), 18-19 (age composition of landlords); 21(3) p. 13 (Sandia, TX); 21(4) p. 4-6, 7, 12-13, 28 (Cape Coral, FL); 22(2) p. 11-13, 23 (experiences); 22(4) p. 4-5, 6-7, 22-25 (experiences); 23(1) p. 11, 18-19; 23(2) p. 6-7 (sharing in community); 23(2) p. 22-25; 23(3) p. 12-13; 20-21; 24-25 (experiences); 23(4) p. 16-17 (experiences); 24(1) p. 8-9; 16-17; 18-19; 20-21 (experiences); 24(2) p. 24-25 (experiences); 24(3) p. 13, 14-17, 20-21, 22-25 (experiences); 24(4) p. 15 , 16-21, 24-25 (experiences); 25(2) p. 14-15 (experiences), 19-21; 25(3) p. 4-5, 14-15, 22-23, 24-25 (experiences); 25(4) p. 22-23 (Mississippi), 26-28 (Virginia); 26(1) p. 26-27 (experiences); 26(2) p. 16-18, 26-27 (involving Eagle Scout); 26 (3) p. 16-17 (experiences); 27 (1) p. 12-15; 20-24 (experiences); 27 (2) p. 22-23 (experiences New Hampshire); 28(1) p. 22-24 (experiences); 28(2) p. 12-13; 28 (3) p. 6-7 (veterens); 28(4) p. 10; 29(2) p. 4-5; 17-18; 29(3) p. 26 (experiences); 30(3) p. 8-12 (Caesar Rodney School District); 31(3) p. 14-16 (experiences);
Landlords in New Mexico 19(3) p.19;
Landlord of the Year (see PMCA)
Landlord Profile 13(2) p. 24-28 (Tony Frederickson); 30(3) p. 22-25 (Jack Gulvin);
Lawn chemicals (and effects on purple martins) 11(3) p. 10;
Laughing gulls 15(2) p. 29 (taking moths form martns);
Laying (see Eggs);
Layton, R. B. 1(1) p. 21-22 (book "The Purple Martin");
Lebanon, Oregon (snag nesting site);
Leg splaying (see Nestlings)
LeRoy, Richard 1(4) p. 12;
Leucism 16(2) p. 17; 18(3) p. 24-25; 18(4) p. 9, 16-17; 19(1) p. 12; 20(4) p. 22-23; 22(3) p. 16, 17 (partial);
Lewis SREH Modification (see SREH)
Li, Kevin (memorium) 15(2) p. 6-8;
Lice (see Ectoparasites)
Life span of Purple Martins 1(3) p. 20-21; 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 23; 7(4) p. 18; 11(3) p. 6; 13(1) p. 8; 15(3) p. 4-7; 15(4) p. 17; 22(2) p. 9; 26(4) p. 23;
Livestock (see colony);
Llamas (see colony);
Loggerhead shrike 18(3) p. 11 (on martin housing);
Lone Star Buy-one Get-one Grant Program 19(1) p. 13;
Loss of mate 7(2) p. 17; 8(4) p. 16;
Louse flies (see Ectoparasites)
Lynchburg, VA (2003 year in review);
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Magnolia Mound Plantation 9(3) p. 24-25 (mentor project);
Magpie 2(2) p. 15 (see Predators)
Maladaptive 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Male porch domination (see Behavior)
Mannington Mills (colony) 16(1) p. 22-24;
Manns Harbor Bridge Purple Martin Roost Festival 14(4) p. 22; 21(3) p. 1;
Martensville, Saskatchewan Canada martin colony 18(3) p. 28-29;
Martin Box Regiment 8(4) p. 7 (Civil War story);
Martin Hog Theory 7(4) p. 8; 8(2) p. 3; 12(2) p. 28;
Martin landlord 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
Martin Mentor Program 9(1) p. 12 (becoming one); 9(4) p. 12 (mentor a teacher); 10 (3) p. 4 (becoming one); 11(3) p. 9 (finding one); 11(4) p. 11; 12(4) p. 7; 22(3) p. 7 (reverse mentoring); 24(2) p. 16 (program); 29(3) p. 17, 27;
Martin Morning 17(4) p. 2-3;
Martin mouth size 4(3) p. 15;
Martin night 4(1) p. 1 (Gene Morton);
Martin release program 4(4) p. 15;
Martin scout 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
Martin TV 26(4) p. 19-21; 27(4) p. 9-11; 28(4) p.5-7 (Season 4); 29(4) p. 20-21 (2020); 30(4) p. 24-25 (2021); 31(4) p. 22-23 (2022);
Martin watcher's checklist 2(4) p. 12-13;
Martinfest 9(2) p. 12 (1999); 11(2) p. 8 (2002); 13(4) p. 22-23 (2004); 14(3) p. 6 (history of); 17(3) p. 28 (2008);
Marvelwood School (colony site) 26(4) p. 14-17;
Masked Woodswallow (see Blue martin)
Mason-Dixon purple martin festival 17(4) p. 9;
Mate fidelity (see behavior)
Mate guarding (see Behavior)
Mating (see Behavior)
McEwen, Charlie 15(2) p. 9; 18(3) p. 1 (passing);
McEwen entrance hole (see Housing/SREH);
Meadow Wood Elementary Purple Martin Society 18(1) p. 20-23;
Mealworms (see Diet)
Media (and martins) 14(4) p. 14-15;
Melanism 12(3) p. 23; 17(3) p. 26-27 (female);
Menunkatuk Audubon Society 19(2) p. 2-5 (martin project);
Michigan Audubon 27 (3) p. 11-13 (colony);
Migrant 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
Migration 1(1) p. 34 (Trans-gulf); 2(3) p. 17 (migrating martins roosting in housing/landing on oil rig), 24;2(4) p. 24 (flocking behavior during); 3(1) p. 14 (prolonged); 4(4) p. 16; 5(2) p. 11, 16;5(3) p. 17 (reverse); 6(1) p. 18 (reverse); 7(2) p. 16 (and nest abandonment); 7(4) p. 17; 8(1) p. 7 (migration timing); 8(3) p. 15 (death during); 8(4) p. 16; 9(2) p. 16 (tracking); 9(3) p. 16 (staging areas defined); 10 (1) p. 7 (winter range/migration pathways); 10 (4) p. 24 (tracking); 11 (3) p. 6 (age-specific migration timing), 8 (return schedule-by age); 11(4) p. 8; 12(3) p. 8; 12(4) p. 11 (particle marking in Brazil); 14(3) p. 10; 15(4) p. 12, 13, 28; 16(2) p. 8-9; 16(3) p. 10; 16(4) p. 6-7 (updating of map); 17(1) p. 10-11; 17(4) p. 12; 18(2) p. 2-6 (geolocator tracking to Brazil); 18(4) p. 2-3 (tracking); 19(2) p. 6-9 (along Texas coast), 12; 20(3) p. 21-23 (2011); 21(4) p. 10, 14 (and solar flares); 22(2) p. 4-5 (and geolocators); 22(3) p. 2-5 (and geolocators); 22(4) p. 9, 18-21 (and geolocators); 23(1) p. 2-5 (and migration), 9 (young martins); 23(2) p. 2-5 (early spring arrival), 18-21 (geolocators); 24(1) p. 4-5; 24(2) p. 20-23; 24(4) p. 4-5; 25(2) p. 4-6 (martin navigation); 26 (3) p. 13-15, 25; 27 (1) p. 27; 27 (2) p. 8-11 (departure date and temperature); 28(2) p. 8-11 (migratory coupling with dragonflies); 28(3) p. 14 (late arrival); 28(4) p. 28-29; 29(3) p. 17; 29(4) p. 18-19 (flock size and doppler radar); 30(2) p. 10-13 (exposure to pre-migratory light pollution); 30(4) p. 6-9 (night flight); 31(3) p. 6-10 (and climate change); 31(4) p. 24-26 (and citizen science data);
Migratory Bird Treaty 17(1) p. 12; 27(4) p. 12-17;
Mink (see Predators)
Minnesota 2009 Martin Season 19(1) p. 27 (low fledge rates);
Minnesota Martinfest 13(3) p. 4-5; 14(4) p. 23; 17(4) p. 23 (2008); 19(1) p. 24-25 (2009);
Minnesota Purple Martin Working Groups 21(3) p. 2;
Mirrors 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
Missouri River Bird Observatory 21(2) p. 2; 21(3) p. 2;
Mites (see Ectoparasites)
Mockingbird 16(3) p. 12 (aggressive behavior towards martins); 22(4) p. 9 (harassing martins); 29(3) p. 14;
Molt 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 10 (4) p. 16; 11(1) p. 15; 16(4) p. 13; 18(2) p. 10; 23(4) p. 22; 31(3) p. 29;
Monofilament fishing line 12(4) p. 14 (martin entangled in);
Monogamous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Morry the Monotone Martin 24(4) p. 23 (poem);
Morton, Dr. Eugene 3(1) p. 2; 4(1) p. 1; 11(1) p. 15; 12(2) p. 12 (biological significance of return schedules);
Mosmon, Darwin 2(4) p. 6-9 (martin researcher);
Mosque swallow (See Swallows);
Mosquitoes (see Diet & Ectoparasites);
Motus Wildlife Tracking System 28(4) p. 12, 18;
Mud dams (see Nests)
Musselman (M 12-K) 9(1) p. 5 (enlarging compartments/adding owl guards);
My Martins and Me Series 30(3) p. 26-27; 31(4) p. 16-17;
N
Natal site fidelity (see behavior)
National Wildlife Health Center 18(3) p. 1;
Nature Society 22(3) p. 6;
Neonicotinoids 23(4) p. 20; 29(2) p. 10-14 (effects on Sacremento bridge nesting martins);
Nest
abandonment (see Behavior)
aboard Canadian destroyer 6(1) p. 28;
addled eggs (see Eggs)
and elevation 10 (1) p. 16; 13(3) p. 11 (altitude); 15 (4) p. 10;
artificial 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
aspen shaving in 12(2) p. 8;
building 5(2) p. 21; 10 (3) p. 9; 13(3) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8;
cedar shavings in 1(4) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(2) p. 23; 5(3) p. 15 (safety); 8(3) p. 14; 12(2) p. 8;
checks 1(2) p. 25, 26; 3(4) p. 28; 4(1) p. 26, 29; 4(2) p. 18 (proper times to perform); 6(4) p. 15; 7(1) p. 14; 7(4) p. 6 (prognosticator), 20; 8(3) p. 17; 8(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 16 (importance); 9(2) p. 15 (tips); 10 (1) p. 20; 10 (2) p. 17 (how often); 10 (3) p. 15 (best time to do); 10 (4) p. 15; 11(1) p. 15; 13(4) p. 9; 12(4) p. 9 (martin remaining in housing during); 14(1) p. 8; 14(3) p. 20; 15(3) p. 12 (and use of hole plugs to prevent prem fledging); 16(3) p. 18 (and premature fledging); 17(2) p. 26-27 (how-to guide); 21(2) p. 15 (importance of); 22(2) p. 18-19 (guide); 22(3) p. 10 (when); 23(2) p. 22 (nest check pole); 23(3) p. 5 (timing); 23(4) p. 6; 26(2) p. 28-29 (how-to); 30(4) p. 22 (and premature fledging);
clutch initiation 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 6(1) p. 4 (in Pennsylvania), 12 (calculating); 9(1) p. 4 (calculating), 17; 19(2) p. 14-15 (dates across North America);
clutch size 1(4) p. 21; 4(3) p. 10 (and reproductive success); 8(4) p. 3, 14; 9(1) p. 22; 11(1) p. 19 (artificially reducing); 15(3) p. 10; 29(3) p. 24;
coconut fiber in 12(2) p. 8;
composition analysis 2(4) p. 5;
construction 7(1) p. 20;
corn fodder in 12(2) p. 8, 23; 13(2) p. 11; 4(3) p. 20 (husk);
cycle 21(4) p. 9; 24(3) p. 26-28;
description 2(3) p. 24; 3(2) p. 23; 12(2) p. 8; 26 (3) p. 24;
disappearing 9(2) p. 16;
failure 8(4) p. 5 (rate); 11(2) p. 14 (causes); 11(3) p. 8 (causes); 14(4) p. 7; 18(3) p. 10 (due to weather); 20(2) p.8-9 (causes);
green leaves in 1(4) p. 27; 2(1) p. 1, 3; 3(2) p. 25; 6(3) p. 22; 10 (2) p. 11; 10 (3) p. 9 (use of /hydrocyanic acid); 12(4) p. 21 (and pytochemicals); 14(1) p. 8; 17(3) p. 8; 24(4) p. 7; 31(2) p. 12;
habits 8(2) p. 16;
hemlock in 13(2) p. 11(toxic);
identification 14(3) p. 26-29; 25(4) p. 21; 27 (3) p. 28-29 (native and non-native nests); 31(4) p. 14-15;
in aspen tree 13(4) p. 29; 16(2) p. 21;
in aviation ball 6(3) p. 13;
in barn swallow nest 30(4) p. 23;
in bridge weep holes 10 (1) p. 18; 11(1) p. 2 (California and Oregon); 12(1) p. 2 (Sacramento, Calif.); 12(4) p. 4-6 (capturing using pole nets in Sacramento, CA); 29(2) p. 10-14 (neonicotinoid effects on);
in Bufflehead nest box 6(3) p. 13;
in crane boom 1(1) p. 34;
in dead sabal palm tree 10 (1) p. 14;
in exhaust stack of anchored ship 30(1) p. 12-15;
in fire-killed Redwood snags 13(1) p. 7(in Calif., Oregon, & Washington);
in gas station sign 10(1) p. 18; 11(4) p. 23; 13(1) p. 19;
in helicopter hanger 12(1) p. 28 (relocated to gourds);
in hole in side of building 17(2) p. 15;
in horizontal signal support 25(3) p. 3;
in ledge of navigation marker 30(1) p. 12-15;
in ledges under pier 30(1) p. 12-15;
in metal pole 30(1) p. 7, 12-15 (pipe on top of pier);
in oil pump 1(4) p. 9; 2(3) p. 18 (Florida);
in old piling 7(1) p. 10;
in open end of boom of sailboat 30(1) p. 12-15;
in other than man-made housing 4(2) p. 17; 15(2) p. 12;
in PVC piping 17(3) p. 24-25;
in rafter in boat shed 30(1) p. 12-15;
in rot pockets on pier 30(1) p. 12-15;
in saguaro cactus 4(2) p. 22; 18(3) p. 12; 19(2) p. 23-25; 29(4) p. 8-12 (and progne subis hesperia); 31(4) p. 2 (loss of cactus);
in snags (see Western Martins);
in street light 4(2) p. 23; 12(2) p. 4 (Orlando, FL); 20(4) p. 27-29 (vandalized lights); 30(1) p. 12-15 (broken);
in tree 17(2) p. 8-9 (New Mexico); 29(3) p. 15 (cavities);
in underground lava tubes 11(4) p. 2;
in utility pole 14(1) p. 26-29 (western martins);
in vent pipe 30(1) p. 12-15;
in wooden pilings 30(1) p. 12-15 (in bandoned and active marinas);
in woodpecker-created cavities 4(3) p. 6-7 (Sabal Palm trees in Florida); 9(2) p. 8-11; (Northeastern New Mexico); 10 (1) p. 21; 10 (2) p. 26-29 (Tehachapi Range of Calif.); 10 (3) p. 2-4; 11(2) p. 4-7 (Colorado Rockies); 13(1) p. 1-7 (in Calif., Oregon, & Washington);
large clutches 7(1) p. 12; 26 (3) p. 5 (11 eggs);
large nesting site 10 (1) p. 18;
late nest (see Behavior)
man-made 10 (2) p. 12;
maple seed pods in 14(3) p. 20;
material 3(2) p. 21; 4(2) p. 24 (goose droppings), 26 (supplemental); 6(1) p. 16, 18 (pine needles); 7(1) p. 14 (use of sawdust); 7(4) p. 15; 8(4) p. 16 (use of mud); 10 (1) p. 5 (injury from rubber band), 11 (use of nest material tray); 11(2) p. 17 (use of sticks); 12(2) p. 8, 23; 12(3) p. 27 (metal found in nest); 12(4) p. 21 (pytochemicals in leaves); 13(2) p. 11 (pine straw); 13(4) p. 9 (adding); 14(3) p. 8 (securing pine straw on platform); 14(4) p. 7 (offering to attract); 15(2) p. 17 (coir- coconut fiber); 16(2) p. 12; 16(4) p. 12 (periwinkle and zebra mussels, glass and metal in), 12 (paper clip, cigarette butts, mylar tinsel, plastic coffee stirrer, green canvas, plastic and silk artificial leaves); 17(2) p. 11 use of tamale wrappers; 18(4) p. 15 (hazardous material); 20(4) p. 17 (use of shotgun shell wads); 24(4) p. 7; 26(4) p. 23; 27 (3) p. 19 (how much to add); 28(3) p. 14 (added by landlord); 29(3) p. 16 (leaf preferences); 29(4) p. 16 (dry hay); 31(2) p. 12-13;
mollusk shells in 23(1) p. 9;
mud dams 7(1) p. 20 (function); 9(3) p. 18; 11(2) p. 17 (in gourds); 12(3) p. 10; 13(1) p. 11 (spilling out of entrance hole/function); 19(3) p. 13 (materials used, reasons for); 24(2) p. 7; 30(1) p. 22 (use of a dead fish as dam);
multiple 11(2) p. 14 (disoriented purple martin);
newspaper in 14(3) p. 20;
o-ring in 14(3) p. 20;
pine shavings in 12(2) p. 8, 23;
pine straw in 12(2) p. 8, 23; 17(2) p. 11;
potato root in 14(3) p. 20;
predation 14(4) p. 7-8;
preference for old nests (see Behavior)
premade (4) p. 28; 12(3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 9;
removing old 4(4) p. 28; 7(2) p. 15; 8(4) p. 14; 12(3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 9 (reasons why); 15(1) p. 10; 21(4) p. 10; 22(1) p. 10;
renest attempts (see Behavior)
replacements 4(2) p. 27; 4(3) p. 16, 26; 5(3) p. 16; 5(4) p. 15; 6(2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 15; 8(3) p. 16; 9(2) p. 4, 5 (how and why); 9(3) p. 23 (before eggs hatch); 10 (1) p. 22; 11(1) p. 15; 11(2) p. 23; 13(2) p. 9 (following wind-driven rains); 14(3) p. 18; 15(1) p. 10; 20(3) p. 10 (when to do); 27 (1) p. 25; 30(2) p. 18-19 (how to); 31(4) p. 14 (and mites);
reuse test 2(4) p. 3;
season 13(4) p. 11 (length of);
season videotaped 3(4) p. 10-13;
size 4(4) p. 24;
skate egg case in 22(4) p. 25;
snail shell in 23(1) p. 11;
spanish moss in 12(1) p. 8; 12(2) p. 23 (nestling entangled in moss);
spruce tree needles in 12(2) p. 8;
success 5(1) p. 28; 8(2) p. 15 (improving); 13(3) p. 11; 15(4) p. 16 (success rates);
temperature of nesting chamber 4(4) p. 26;
under ferry docks 5(4) p. 18;
under piling caps at marina 11(3) p. 21;
under Spanish roof tiles 11(3) p. 12;
wet 12(3) p. 10 (implications of); 13(1) p. 25;
wheat straw in 12(2) p. 8;
Nest cameras 12(3) p. 16; 17(2) p. 20-21 (installing); 25(4) p. 24-25 (PMCA streaming); 26(4) p. 18-21;
Nest fauna 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Nestling(s)
albino 14(1) p. 22-25;
and hypothermia 5(3) p. 15;
and kestrel attacks 12(1) p. 9;
and parent signature 13(4) p. 10 (recognition of parents);
aging 9(1) p. 2, 4;
average hatch size 8(4) p. 4;
baby photos 9(1) p. 2 (how to use);
banding 2(4) p. 4; 8(3) p. 20;
begging after fledging 28(4) p. 19;
bill deformity 13(4) p. 27;
choking on insects 5(2) p. 21; 5(2) p. 21 (dragonfly); 10 (1) p. 12, 13 (large cicadas/dragonfly); 14(4) p. 18;
choking on nesting material 7(4) p. 20;
choking on white pebble 14(4) p. 18;
deaths 7(4) p. 16; 8(3) p. 15; 11(2) p. 16 (causes); 11(3) p. 9 (causes); 13(1) p. 9 (causes); 13(4) p. 10 (swallowed twig/reasons for); 16(3) p. 10 (commonality); 19(4) p.10 (grit cause); 27 (2) p. 16 (causes); 29(4) p. 17 (causes); 30(2) p. 8 (causes);
definition 1(1) p. 14;
development 3(1) p. 6 (photos); 21(4) p. 9 (growth rates); 31(1) p. 28-29;
eating plant material 13(4) p. 10 (corn fodder);
egg tooth 9(2) p. 17;
ejected 8(3) p. 15; 10 (2) p. 21;
entangled in moss in nest 12(2) p. 23;
entangled in twine 18(4) p. 15;
failing to fledge 6(4) p. 8 (reasons); 8(1) p. 14 (reasons);
fallouts (see grounded nestlings below);
flapathon 10 (3) p. 13;
food begging 10 (3) p. 12;
fostering 10 (1) p. 22; 16(3) p. 11;
gizzard/grit study 2(4) p. 4;
grounded nestlings 1(2) p. 26, 37; 1(4) p. 17; 3(2) p. 25; 4(1) p. 23 (reasons); 4(2) p. 27; 4(3) p. 16 (reasons); 4(4) p. 17; 6(4) p. 15; 7(2) p.14 (parents abandoning); 8(3) p. 15; 8(4) p. 15; 9(1) p. 16; 10 (1) p. 5 (from nest built to high), 11; 11(1) p. 17 (due to porches); 13(1) p. 9 (reasons); 14(4) p. 6 (parents feeding/what to do with/causes); 15(3) p. 11 (causes); 19(4) p.9; 21(1) p. 10 (jumping); 27(4) p. 18; 30(1) p. 21 (reasons);
growth of 5(3) p. 1; 8(1) p. 18 (development photos); 29(4) p. 28-29;
honeybees and 9(1) p. 19 (stinging); 19(4) p. 11-13 (retaliatory behavior on nestling);
hatching late (in season) 11(1) p. 15;
identification 25(4) p. 19;
leg splaying 3(4) p. 14; 6(1) p. 20 (use of Gutter Guard on flooring to prevent); 6(4) p. 8 (reasons/deaths); 10 (1) p.11; 13(4) p. 11 (causes/prevention); 15(2) p. 12 (causes/prevention); 24(3) p. 5;
leaving nest during nest checks 6(2) p. 16;
loss of 4(3) p.11;
malnourished 18(1) p. 12;
moving to another nest 4(4) p. 15; 8(4) p. 14;
natal dispersal (see Behavior)
orphaned 27(4) p. 19;
porch wandering 13(3) p.9; 21(3) p. 10 (reasons); 23(3) p.5;
parents feeding 10 (4) p. 14; 14(4) p. 6 (grounded);
premature fledging (see Behavior);
rehabbed nestling 16(4) p. 11;
rescue device 15(1) p. 24-25;
returning to birth site 1(2) p. 26; 5(1) p. 16; 10 (3) p. 15; 21(4) p. 9, 11;
returning to natal cavity to sleep 27 (3) p. 21;
roll-outs 10 (1) p. 5;
runts 11(1) p. 19; 17(3) p. 8; 27(4) p. 19;
sexing 13(4) p. 8;
single nestling 5(3) p. 15 (overfeeding);
size 4(1) p. 23;
subcutaneous emphysema 10 (1) p. 2; 11(3) p. 23 (extreme case); 13(4) p. 27;
starving 13(3) p. 11 (reasons);
survival rates 8(4) p. 4;
swallowing cedar shavings 13(3) p. 10;
swallowing corn fodder 14(3) p. 10;
under developed eye 13(4) p. 27 (microphthalmia);
weight 5(1) p. 12;
Nestquest Go Project 30(4) p. 5;
Nest site competitors
bluebirds 2(4) p. 23; 3(2) p. 25 (in martin housing); 3(4) p. 23(natural history); 7(2) p. 16; 8(2) p. 12, 15 (in martin housing); 8(4) p. 26; 10 (2) p. 14 (eastern); 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 10 (3) p. 15; 10 (4) p. 16 (in martin housing); 11(1) p. 13; 11(3) p. 9 (negotiating SREH); 12(2) p. 9; 13(4) p. 9; 14(1) p. 9; 14(2) p. 9 (housing near); 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 8; 16(1) p. 12 (housing near); 16(1) p. 28 (used as sentries at martin colony); 16(3) p. 18; 19(4) p.28; 21(3) p. 12; 22(1) p. 9, 24-26 (management); 22(2) p. 24-26; 22(3) p. 10-11; 23(1) p. 8; 25(4) p. 20 (bluebird eggs in martin nest); 27 (1) p. 28; 29(3) p. 15; 31(1) p. 11 (in martin housing);
chickadees 14(1) p. 9; 14(3) p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 19(4) p.29; 22(2) p. 26 Carolina); 26 (3) p. 26;
grackles 3(2) p. 19; 4(3) p. 21; 10 (1) p. 15; 14(3) p. 8, 10 (boat-tailed);
great-crested flycatcher 6(2) p. 14; 10 (2) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 13; 11(4) p. 11; 12(4) p. 10; 13(3) p.12-13; 14(3) p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 16(1) p. 29; 19(3) p. 12-13; 19(4) p.27; 23(1) p. 8; 23(3) p. 8; 24(3) p. 16 (in gourd); 27 (1) p. 28;
house finches 1(3) p. 2-4; 4(1) p. 20; 4(2) p. 24; 6(3) p. 16; 10(3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 14(2) p. 10; 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap), p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 17(4) p. 12; 17(4) p. 12; 19(4) p.8;
house sparrows (English) 1(1) p. 31; 1(2) p. 24, 25-26; 1(3) p. 21, 22; 1(4) p. 24, 27; 2(1) p. 24, 25; 2(2) p. 25; 2(4) p. 21, 25 (breaking martin eggs); 3(1) p. 20, 23; 3(2) p. 16, 22; 3(4) p. 16, 29; 4(1) p. 24, 17 (killing martin nestling); 4(2) p. 18, 26; 4(3) p. 16, 17 (sparrow revenge), 22 (nest built upon martin nest); 5(2) p. 18, 23; 5(3) p. 15, 16, 19;5(4) p. 16, 17, 26 (martin feeds); 6(1) p. 17 (sparrow "revenge"); 6(2) p. 14, 20; 6(4) p. 16 (repelling with garlic), 17; 7(1) p. 13; 7(4) p. 14, 17; 8(2) p. 8 (program for controlling), 16; 8(4) p. 21; 9(1) p. 13; 9(3) p. 17, 22, 28; 9(4) p. 16 (trapping/killing); 9(4) p. 19 (and gourds); 10 (2) p. 12, 16, 17; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 16 (nest description); 11(2) p. 15 (breaking eggs/killing nestlings), 16 (nest removal); 11(3) p. 8; 11(4) p. 12 (house sparrow revenge syndrome); 11(4) p. 13 (control methods); 11(4) p. 15 (euthanasia of); 12(2) p. 8 (controlling/egg-nest description), 10 (impact on colony); 12(3) p. 10 (trapping/use of mousetrap); 12(4) p. 18 (and West Nile Virus), 24-25 (control of using traps); 13(1) p. 10, 19, 23; 13(3) p. 8, 16 (control of); 13(4) p. 9 (trapping/controlling), 11 (attracted by birdfeeders near housing), 28 (controlling humanely); 14(1) p. 9 (controlling), 10, 27-28; 14(2) p. 9 (controlling); 14(3) p. 10(trapping/baiting), 20, 28 (nest/egg identification), 29; 14(4) p. 17 (trapping); 15(3) p. 13 (trapping); 15(4) p. 5 (trapping), 11, 13; 16(1) p. 13; housing native competitive cavity nesters; 15(2) p. 13; 17(1) p. 10, 11; 17(2) p. 10; 18(2) p. 11; 18(3) p. 17 (egg shaking); 18(4) p. 10; 19(3) p. 11; 19(4) p.9 (pipping martin eggs); 20(2) p. 9; 20(3) p. 25-26 (feeding martin nestlings); 21(2) p. 8, 9, 17, 22-25 (controlling); 21(3) p. 10, 11; 21(4) p. 10; 22(1) p. 9; 22(2) p. 9, 24; 22(3) p. 9, 25-27 (control myths); 22(4) p. 10 (nest identification); 23(2) p. 29 (nestbox trap); 23(4) p. 9; 24(1) p. 6; 24(2) p. 9; 25(2) p. 9 (use of sparrow spookers); 25(3) p. 18-19, 20, 21; 25(4) p. 20; 26(4) p. 23; 28-29; 27 (1) p. 26 (use of cigarette butts in nest and adverse effects); 27 (2) p. 12-14 (euthanizing), 18; 27(4) p. 24 (euthanizing); 28(1) p. 26 (in gourds); 29(4) p. 17 (addling their eggs); 29(4) p. 19; 30(3) p. 13 (managing), 15 (pipping martin eggs); 30(4) p. 13-15 (managing); 31(3) p. 11;
mockingbird 7(1) p. 26 (Dellinger); 7(4) p. 22; 10 (3) p. 14; 12(4) p. 9; 28(2) p. 17-19 (Sparrow Swap Program); 28(4) p. 21 (harassing martins);
northern flicker 18(2) p. 29 (western martins);
northern rough-winged swallows 9(4) p. 15 (in martin housing);
nuthatches 15(3) p. 11;
squirrels 1(2) p. 24; 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 2(4) p. 23 (flying squirrel); 3(1) p. 15 (13-lined Ground squirrel); 4(2) p. 12 (Eastern fox squirrel in martin house); 10 (2) p. 14; 13(1) p. 10, 22 (gave birth in house); 20(3) p. 16 (flying); 27 (3) p. 19;
starlings (European) 1(1) p. 10 (impact on martin populations in unmanaged colonies); 1(2) p. 24; 1(3) p. 21; 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 25; 2(3) p. 21, 23, 24; 2(4) p. 17, 19, 23; 3(1) p. 20; 3(2) p. 25;3(4) p. 29; 4(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 26; 5(3) p. 15, 23; 5(4) p. 16, 17; 6(4) p. 16; 7(1) p. 16; 7(4) p. 14; 8(4) p. 21; 9(1) p. 13, 14 (light to deter); 9(3) p. 22, 28; 9(4) p. 19 (and gourds); 10 (2) p. 12, 16, 17 (removing eggs from nest); 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 10 (3) p. 15; 10 (4) p. 16; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 17 (nest removal); 11(4) p. 8 (painting inside compartments to deter); 12(1) p. 11 (use of crescent entrances to control), 22 (Repeating Bait Trap); 12(2) p. 8 (egg-nest description), 10 (impact on colony); 12(4) p. 23 (use of Troyer V-top trap); 13(1) p. 18 (destroying martin eggs), 19, 23 (use of S&S Controller trap); 13(3) p. 8, 15 (and crescent entrances); 14(1) p. 9 (controlling), 10, 27-28; 14(2) p. 10 (controlling), 18; 14(3) p. 8-9 (trapping), 10, 20, 28 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 6 (attacking martins); 15(4) p. 11; 16(1) p. 13; 16(3) p. 18; 17(1) p. 10; 17(2) p. 11 (attacking tree swallows); 18(3) p. 11 (egg shaking); 18(4) p. 23 (SREH); 19(1) p. 12 (trapping); 19(3) p. 11-12 (and crescent holes); 20(1) p. 9; 20(3) p. 8 (destroying eggs); 21(2) p. 9, 17; 21(3) p. 10; 22(2) p. 24-26 (control); 22(3) p. 8; 23(2) p. 10; 23(2) p. 29 (nestbox trap); 24(2) p. 26-28 (and SREH); 25(2) p. 10, 11; 25(3) p. 20; 26 (3) p. 24; 26(4) p. 7, 25, 28-29; 27 (2) p. 18; 27 (3) p. 19; 27(4) p. 24; 30(4) p. 13-15 (managing); 31(3) p. 11;
Stellar's jay 18(2) p. 29 (western martins);
tree swallows 1(4) p. 25; 2(3) p. 21, 23; 3(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 22; 4(4) p. 15; 5(4) p. 23; 6(3) p. 15;7(2) p. 16; 8(2) p. 17; 8(3) p. 16, 22; 8(4) p. 16, 17; 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 23; 10 (2) p. 14, 16; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo), 11; 11(1) p. 13; 12(4) p. 10; 13(4) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8, 9; 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 8; 15(2) p. 19; 16(1) p. 28 (used as sentries at martin colony); 17(2) p. 11; 19(1) p. 10-11; 19(2) p. 12; 19(4) p.27; 20(2) p.10; 21(1) p. 10; 21(3) p. 11, 12; 22(1) p. 8, 9; 22(2) p. 24-26; 22(3) p. 11, 26; 23(1) p. 8; 24(4) p. 8; 25(2) p. 24-25; 27 (1) p. 28; 28(1) p. 27; 29(3) p. 15; 29(4) p. 14; 30(3) p. 15 (in martin housing);
wrens 4(1) p. 24 (house); 5(3) p. 17 (house); 7(2) p. 26 (cactus); 9(3) p. 22; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 26 (house); 12(4) p. 10 (house); 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 17(2) p. 19; 17(3) p. 7 (house); 19(4) p.29 (house); 23(1) p. 9; 26(4) p. 22; 27 (1) p. 28 (house wren); 30(3) p. 14 (in martin housing);
New Jersey Teaches Community about PUMAs 14(4) p. 20-21;
New Mexico (landlords) 19(3) p.19;
New York State 21(4) p. 18-19 (projects);
New York State Purple Martin Society 21(3) p. 1;
Nite Guard (see Predator Guards)
North American Breeding Bird Survey 16(4) p. 2-5;
North Carolina school aid martins 12(4) p. 26-29;
North Carolina Purple Martin Society 21(3) p. 1;
Northern Flicker 18(2) p. 29 (and western martins);
Northwest Alabama Purple Martin Club 16(1) p. 14-15;
NOVA (Northern Virginia Purple Martin Initiative) 27 (2) p. 25-27;
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Ontario Purple Martin Association 21(3) p. 2; 26(1) p. 22-23;
Opossum 13(2) p. 4-5 (White-eared);
Osprey 1(3) p. 20; 3(4) p. 24; 16(2) p. 12 (near martin colony); 18(1) p. 10 (platform near martin colony); 19(4) p.10 (compatibility with martins); 20(4) p. 8; 25(2) p. 9; 29(4) p. 16 (near housing);
Oyster shell (see Diet)
Owls (see Predators)
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Pairing (see Behavior)
Paper wasps (see Housing)
Parasite 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 28-29 (infestations); 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Parasiticide 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Parasitologist 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Parasitiology 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Parent abandoning grounded nestlings (see Behavior)
Particle marking 12(4) p. 11 (migration study):
patagial tags on martins 11(1) p. 14;
Paternity 22(3) p. 22-24 (age-related in martins);
Pennsylvania Purple Martin Working Group 23(3) p. 10-11;
Penwell-Gabel Cemetary 25(1) p. 19 (martin colony);
Permanent resident 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
Peruvian martin (Progne murphyi) 17(4) p. 14; 29(4) p. 14;
Pesticides (see Ectoparasites)
Peterson, Roger Tory 7(1) p. 1
Photographing purple martins 14(2) p. 22-23;
pigeonnier 9(3) p. 25 (use by martins);
Pipping (see Eggs)
Planned gifting 31(4) p. 27 (to PMCA);
Plumage 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 5(2) p. 6; 17(3) p. 26-27;
PMCA
2003 Season Summary 13(1) p. 28-29;
2004 Season Report 13(4) p. 26-27;
2004 Staff activities 13(4) p. 12;
2006 Season Summary 15(3) p. 2-4;
2007 Colony Site Report 16(4) p. 24-25;
2007 Conference and Festival 16(4) p. 20-23;
2011 Conference and Festival 20(4) p. 2-3;
2022 Conference 31(4) p. 10-13;
2015 Season Summary 24(4) p. 9;
2016 Season Summary 25(4) p. 8-10;
2016 Amazon Expedition (Part 1)26(2) p. 8-13; 26 (3) p. 7-12 (Part 2);
2017 Season Summary 26(4) p. 8-10 (PMCA colony);
2018 Season Summary 27(4) p. 20-23;
2019 Season Summary 28(4) p. 22-25;
2020 Season Summary 29(4) p. 24-26;
2021 Season Summary 30(4) p. 18-21;
2022 Season Summary 31(4) p. 7-9;
Affiliate Program 20(2) p.11; 20(3) p. 1;
Anniversary 21(2) p. 3 (25th);
archival repository 2(4) p. 4;
at industry trade show 12(3) p. 11;
BBC 3(2) p. 28;
continent wide publicity 1(4) p. 7;
develops new tool for PM attracting 3(1) p. 28;
Daylily Grants 17(2) p. 22-23;
environmental education grant 16(4) p. 1;
farmer's almanac pokes fun 2(2) p. 13;
fencing fund complete (Lake Pontchartrain Project) 5(4) p. 2;
function 2(4) p. 2-5, 27;
history 1(1) p. 36; 5(3) p. 14; 8(1) p. 1; 31(4) p. 28-29 (35 year anniversary);
how to join 1(1) p. 37;
Hill, James R. 14(2) p. 1 (retires)
interns 24(4) p. 14 (Shelby Rog);
landlord of the year
Charles McEwen (1992) 3(4) p. 8-9;
Andy Troyer (1993) 4(3) p. 24;
Terry Suchma (1994) 5(3) p. 26;
Dr. Thomas Baynes Dellinger (1995) 6(4) p. 1;
Edwin W. Donath (1996) 7(4) p. 2;
Chris J. Slabaugh, Sr. (1997) 8(3) p. 2;
Ken Justus (1998) 9(1) p. 8;
Ron Seekamp (1999) 9(4) p. 2;
David R. Fouts (2000) 10 (4) p. 5
William Dietrich (2001) 11(2) p. 24;
Allen Jackson (2002) 11(4) p. 26;
Tim Shaheen (2007) 16(4) p. 26-28;
John Barrow (2008) 17(3) p. 20-23;
listed in 1989 NWF Conservation Directory 1(4) p. 7;
leadership changes at 13(1) p. 13;
Media platforms 30(2) p. 14-15;
Mentor Program 28(1) p. 24:
nestcam 25(4) p. 24-25;
new offices & mailing address 14(4) p. 1; 15(1) p. 2;
news from 2(3) p. 6; 2(4) p. 1; 3(1) p. 1; 3(2) p. 1; 4(1) p. 11; 4(2) p. 1; 4(3) p. 1; 5(1) p. 13; 5(2) p. 1; 5(4) p. 1; 6(1) p. 1; 6(2) p. 1; 6(3) p. 1; 7(2) p. 1; 8(2) p. 1; 8(4) p. 1; 9(1) p. 1;
organizations impact 30(4) p. 16-17;
planned giving 6(3) p. 29; 28(4) p. 26-27; 29(4) p. 27;
PMCA Conservation Award
Alisa Esposito (2003) 12(4) p. 16-17;
PMCA's innovative martin products 1(3) p. 29;
PMCA sponsored team takes 1st place in birdathon 6(2) p. 29;
Presque Isle sites 16(4) p. 24-25;
receives grant 26(2) p. 2;
registration program 1(2) p. 5;
research 1(3) p. 30 (research grounds); 3(2) p. 5 (Arizona 1991); 23(1) p. 20-23; 31(2) p. 2 (in Amazon);
review of PMCA's first decade 8(1) p. 4;
reviews research grant 1(4) p. 7;
scout arrival study 9(3) p. 6;
Songbird Essentials Program 29(3) p. 12-13 (grant program);
staff through the years 28(1) p. 20;
summer intern 15(4) p. 23 (experiences); 17(4) p. 26-27 (experiences);
t-shirt featured on TODAY SHOW 1(2) p. 35;
visiting PMCA (2) p. 24;
volunteering 10 (4) p. 27;
vs. Nature Society 9(4) p. 16;
Pole nets 12(4) p. 4-6 (used to capture martins in bridge weep holes);
Polygamy (see Behavior)
Polygamous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Ponds 25(2) p. 12-13 (use of by martins);
Population 1(1) p. 4 (trends 1966-1986 in North America); 1(1) p. 7 (trends in U. S.); 1(1) p. 8 (abundance and breeding distribution in North America); 1(1) p. 10 (impact of starlings on martin populations); 1(2) p. 20 (long term trends); 2(1) p. 4 (in New York state); 2(1) p. 26 (increasing colony population); 2(2) p. 10 (population study in Wisconsin 1942); 2(3) p. 24 (increasing colony population); 4(1) p. 14 (changes over 15 years); 4(2) p. 14 (in Pennsylvania); 4(4) p. 12 (in Michigan); 5(2) p. 17 (population stats); 5(2) p. 19 (decline);6(2) p. 2 (North American Breeding Bird Survey 1966-1994); 6(2) p. 17 (reasons for decrease at colony); 7(1) p. 7 (in Pacific Northwest); 7(1) p. 13 (population stats in U. S.);8(1) p. 26 (patterns 1966-1994); 9(1) p. 15 (high mortality rates at end of season); 16(4) p. 2-5 (status of); 18(3) p. 14-15; 22(1) p. 8; 30(1) p. 16; 31(1) p. 20-22 (trends- reprinted article);
Porch dividers (see Houses);
Porch tunnels (see Gourds);
Portable ground socket 12(4) p. 24 (how to make);
Portage Lake Purple Martin Association 16(2) p. 13-15; 21(3) p. 1;
Post-breeding behavior (see behavior)
Post-fledging wandering (see behavior)
Post fledgling behavior in parents (see Behavior)
Predation of colony 2(4) p. 28; 5(1) p. 18; 17(4) p. 11; 31(2) p. 23 (signs of);
Predators
ants 2(4) p. 16 (fire); 5(3) p. 21 (fire); 6(3)p. 21 (fire-controlling); 8(3) p. 16 (fire); 9(1) p. 16 (fire); 11(4) p. 19 (fire); 12(3)p. 10 (fire- ways to deter); 17(3) p. 6; 20(1) p. 8; 24(1) p. 24-27 (diet);
bald eagle 9(3) p.18; 29(4) p. 16 (near housing);
bass 1(2) p. 23 (bass eats martin);
black-billed magpie 2(2) p. 15 (eating nestlings);
blue jay 9(4) p. 19 (predation on martin nestlings); 11(1) p. 14 (pulling nestlings from housing);
crows 2(3) p. 8-9, 15 (taking nestling); 2(4) p. 21 (Fish crows attacking nestlings); 5(1) p. 14 (eating nestlings); 5(4) p. 18 (attacking nestlings); 7(1) p. 23; 7(2) p. 14; 8(2) p. 14; 9(2) p. 16, 19; 12(2) p. 10; 13(3) p. 8; 15(2) p. 10; 16(1) p. 11; 17(4) p. 17 (detering hawks); 20(1) p.9; 25(2) p. 11; 26 (3) p. 6, 23; 26(4) p. 25;
Cuban tree frog 16(3) p. 16;
definition 1(1) p. 14; 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
falcon 9(4) p. 15 (deep compartments/hardware cloth "cage" to prevent kestrel/merlin attacks);
feral cats 5(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 16; 10 (1) p. 11; 10 (2) p. 16; 18(1) p. 12;
fire ants (see ants)
fish 21(1) p. 9;
frogs 21(1) p. 9 (bullfrog); 21(3) p. 12 (Cuban tree frog);
herons 2(4) p. 26 (great blue); 12(4) p. 10 (great blue); 20(4) p. 8; 26 (3) p. 20-21 (great blue attacking water-downed martin);
guards (see Predator Guards)
hawks 2(4) p. 24; 3(4) p. 22; 4(4) p. 21; 5(1) p. 18; 6(1) p. 15; 7(1) p. 23 (red-tailed); 7(2) p. 28 (sharp-shinned); 9(4) p. 15 (Cooper's); 9(4) p. 15 (sharp-shinned); 10 (1) p. 11; 10 (2) p. 17 (sharp-shinned), (attacking martins); p. 20 (sharp-shinned); 11(1) p. 29 (attacking purple martin decoys); 11(2) p. 16 (Cooper's/Sharp-shinned); 11(3) p. 19 (red-tailed); 12(3) p. 23 (Crested Caracara); 12(4) p. 23 (Cooper's); 13(2) p. 11 (sharp-shinned attracted to martin decoy); 13(3) p. 8; 14(1) p. 11 (red-tail raiding gourds); 14(2) p. 16-17 (Cooper's & Sharp-shinned), 21 (attacking martin decoys), 25 (Screech); 14(3) p. 11 (red-tailed/cooper's/sharp-shinned), 21 (Cooper's attacking martin decoy); 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 11; 15(2) p. 10 (red-tailed/cooper's/sharp-shinned); 16(1) p. 28 (PEWS system); 18(3) p. 11; 18(4) p. 14 (Cooper's); 19(1) p. 11; 20(1) p. 9 (red-tail/kestrel); 20(2) p. 9; 20(3) p. 15 (Cooper's/Sharp-shinned); 21(2) p. 9; 22(3) p. 11; 23(3) p. 29 (sharp-shinned); 25(1) p. 14-15 (protecting colony from); 26(4) p. 25; 27(4) p. 28; 28 (3) p. 14 (use of scarecrow/martin decoys to distract); 29(3) p. 16; 30(2) p. 9 (use of horn as deterrent); 31(3) p. 12 (use of martin decoys);
iguana 21(3) p. 12;
kestrel 2(3) p. 15; 2(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 25 (taking over martin house); 5(2) p. 21; 7(1) p. 23; 7(2) p. 15; 9(4) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 17 (use of SREH); 12(1) p. 9; 15(1) p. 12; 15(2) p. 25; 15(4) p. 16 (sharp-shinned); 16(1) p. 17;
laughing gulls 11(2) p. 15 (taking nestlings);
Magpie 2(2) p. 15 (eating nestlings);
merlin 2(2) p. 28 (feeding on road killed martin); 9(4) p. 15;
mink 18(1) p. 12;
mississippi kites 7(2) p. 28;
mockingbird 16(3) p. 12;
owls 1(4) p. 21 (screech in housing), 26; 2(1) p. 27; 2(3) p. 8-9; 5(2) p. 16(attacking gourds), 23; 5(3) p. 15; 5(4) p. 19 (screech); 6(1) p. 14 (great-horned); 6(3) p. 15 (evidence of owl predation); 6(4) p. 22 (screech); 7(1) p. 17; 7(2) p. 29 (screech); 8(3) p. 11 (screech in housing); 9(2) p. 17; 10 (1) p. 14, 16, 17 (use of SREH for screech owls); 10 (2) p. 17; 10 (3) p. 12 (Great-horned); 11(1) p. 29 (attacking purple martin decoys); 11(2) p. 17 (attacking gourds/prevention), 20; 11(3) p. 8; 12(4) p.19, 22 (laser light as Great-horned Owl deterrent); 13(1) p. 9 (nighttime raids), 10, 26; 13(3) p. 8; 13(4) p. 14 (use of Nite Guard as deterrent); 14(1) p. 10(screech, great-horned, barred); 14(2) p. 9 (screech), 11(egg comparisons), 25 (screech in housing); 14(3) p. 11, 20 (screech in housing), 29 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 10; 15(2) p. 13(screech owls and SREH use); 16(1) p. 13, 16, 27-28 (GHOST house); 16(2) p. 10; 16(3) p. 23 (Barred owl); 17(1) p. 10 (screech); 17(2) p. 28 (radio transmitters found in owl pellets); 18(3) p. 11; 18(4) p. 24; 19(1) p. 11 (great-horned); 19(3) p. 13; 20(1) p.10; 21(2) p. 9; 21(2) p. 9 (barn, great-horned, barred), 18-20 (great-horned/GHOST house); 22(2) p. 26; 22(3) p. 11; 22(4) p. 15 (Barred); 25(3) p. 21 (fake owl near housing); 27 (2) p. 16 (eastern screech in housing); 27(4) p. 28; 28(3) p. 18-23; 29(3) p. 16; 29(4) p. 16 (Great-horned -protection from);
ospreys 1(3) p. 20; 15(4) p. 12;
peregrine falcon 4(2) p. 13; 6(3) p. 21;
raccoons 2(3) p. 21 (signs of); 2(4) p. 19; 4(2) p. 22; 9(2) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 16; 10 (2) p. 17 (climbing poles); 11(3) p. 8; 11(4) p. 19; 12(2) p. 10; 13(1) p. 9; 14(1) p. 10; 14(4) p. 7-8; 14(4) p. 18; 18(1) p. 12; 18(3) p. 16; 19(3) p. 13; 20(1) p.8, 10; 21(2) p. 9; 21(4) p. 11; 22(1) p. 10; 22(2) p. 26; 23(3) p. 6; 27 (3) p. 19; 27(4) p. 24; 29(3) p. 16;
roadrunner 5(4) p. 12; 14(3) p. 9; 21(2) p. 18;
robin 16(3) p. 12;
shrikes 4(2) p. 24 (taking nestling from porch);
snakes 1(2) p. 18, 24, 26; 2(2) p. 21, 26; 2(3) p. 21 (rat snake); 2(4) p. 18; 3(1) p. 22; 3(4) p. 18; 4(1) p. 23; 4(2) p. 12, 21; 4(3) p. 15, 19; 4(4) p. 15, 21; 5(1) p. 15; 6(1) p. 23; 6(2) p. 20; 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 19, 20;7(2) p. 15, 2; 8(4) p. 14; 9(2) p. 17; 9(3) p. 17, 23; 10 (1) p. 12, 16; 10 (2) p. 24 (predation), (Texas rat snake); 10 (3) p. 5; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 16 (Black Rat), 19 (rat snake climbing pole guard); 11(3) p. 8; 12(1) p. 10, 19; 12(2) p. 10, 21; 12(3) p. 17 (black rat snake); 12(4) p. 2-3 (rat snakes-using Net Trap to deter), 19 (netting caught rat snake), 22(rat snake); 13(1) p. 15-17 (guards for), 18 (black snake), 23, 26; 13(3) p. 14 (rat snake); 14(1) p. 10; 14(2) p. 19 (predation); 14(3) p. 20 (yellow rat); 14(4) p. 18; 16(1) p. 11 (rat snake), 17; 16(2) p. 4-5; 17(1) p. 11 (Texas rat snake); 18(2) p. 9 (rat snake); 20(1) p.10; 20(3) p. 9 (rat), 10; 20(4) p. 9; 21(2) p. 9 (rat); 21(3) p. 11 (rat); 21(4) p. 11; 22(1) p. 10 (rat); 22(2) p. 9; 22(4) p. 10; 23(1) p. 8; 23(3) p. 6; 24(2) p. 8 (gray rat snake); 27(4) p. 25 (bullsnake); 31(3) p. 11 (climbing poles);
squirrels 1(2) p. 24; 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 3(1) p. 15 (13-lined Ground squirrel); 4(2) p. 12 (Eastern fox squirrel in martin house); 13(1) p. 10; 18(1) p. 12; 28 (3) p. 12; 30(2) p. 8; 31(3) p. 11 (in martin housing);
turtles 21(1) p. 9 (snapping); 26 (3) p. 19-22 (attacking water-downed martin);
Predator Guards
angled baffle block 5(4) p. 17; ants 5(3) p. 21 (petroleum jelly, Tanglefoot, axle grease); 9(1) p. 16 (petroleum jelly, Teflon spray, tape);
awning 14(2) p. 19 (as an owl guard);
baffles 5(4) p. 17; 8(2) p. 13 (baffle plans); 11(2) p. 16; 27(4) p. 29; 31(2) p. 23;
cone guard 13(1) p. 17;
crows 4(1) p. 21; 4(2) p. 21; 5(1) p. 14 (cavity design/dowel rods); 7(1) p. 23; 9(3) p. 20; 18(3) p. 12 (eating nestlings/predator guards); 18(3) p. 12; 20(1) p. 9 (use of owl guards); 25(2) p. 11 (use of owl guards);
electrified 30(2) p. 9:
GHOST (Great Horned Owl Safety T) 16(1) p. 27; 21(1) p. 19-20;
great blue heron 18(3) p. 12 (raiding and eating adult martins);
hawks 3(4) p. 22; 7(2) p. 24 (reconfiguring aluminum house compartments on TW-12), 28 (external cage for gourds, horizontally suspended gourds); inner-chamber partition 5(4) p. 17; 9(3) p. 21 (sharp-shinned after trapped sparrows); 13(1) p. 9; 14(1) p. 11 (on gourd racks); 14(2) p. 16-17; 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 11; 18(3) p. 26-27; 22(2) p. 27; 23(1) p. 12; 24(2) p. 9; 31(2) p. 23 (cage guard); 31(3) p. 13;
Kingston guards 22(2) p. 26;
laughing gulls 11(2) p. 15 (external cage);
Nite Guard 13(4) p. 14 (solar powered flashing strobe light);
net trap 12(4) p. 2-3; 13(1) p. 17; 27(4) p. 29; 31(2) p. 23;
owls 4(1) p. 23, 24; 4(1) p. 24 (deeper compartments); 4(2) p. 8 (protection by cavity design), 21, 24; 5(4) p. 17 (baffles); 7(2) p. 24 (reconfiguring aluminum house compartments on TW-12), 28 (external cage for gourds), 29 (SREH for screech owl); 8(3) p. 15 (use of rods); 9(1) p. 6, 21(owl guards); 9(3) p. 14, 15; 9(4) p. 1; 10 (2) p. 1 (using to deter hawks), 14; 11(1) p. 20, 21; 11(2) p. 16 (hardware cloth/wooden dowels), 17 (use of rods on gourds); 11(4) p. 10 (Trio owl guards/when to install); 12(2) p. 20; 12(3) p. 20 (preventing owls from lifting guards); 12(4) p. 22 (laser light as owl deterrent); 13(1) p. 9 (instructions on building), 26; 13(2) p. 12-13 (making and modifying); 13(4) p. 14 (Nite Guards-strobe light); 14(1) p. 11; 14(2) p. 16-17, 19 (awning as guard); 14(3) p. 11; 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 10; 15(2) p. 13 (SREH for screech owls); 15(4) p. 12; 16(1) p. 13, 27 (GHOST house); 16(2) p. 10; 17(4) p. 24-25; 18(3) p. 26-27; 20(1) p.9 (and crows); 20(2) p. 9; 21(3) p. 16; 21(4) p. 24-25; 22(2) p. 28-29; 24(2) p. 8, 9; 28 (3) p. 18-23; 31(2) p. 23; 31(2) p. 13; 31(3) p. 13;
PEWS System 16(1) p. 28;
pole guard 2(4) p. 4; 7(1) p. 12; 10(4) p. 8 (for telescopic pole), 15; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 16; 11(4) p. 19 (improving effectiveness); 1(1) p. 9; 13(1) p. 10 (positioning for squirrels), 15-17 (installation of/types); 13(3) p. 26 (pvc); 14(4) p. 8; 21(3) p. 11; 23(3) p. 6; 28 (3) p. 12 (for squirrels); 29(3) p. 20-23 (electrified guard); 31(2) p. 23;
pvc pipe guard 6(2) p. 15; 7(2) p. 22; 13(1) p. 16;
raccoon 8(2) p. 13; 13(1) p. 9; 20(1) p.8;
snake 6(2) p. 15 (carnuba wax/silicone spray to make slicker); 8(4) p. 14; 12(1) p. 10 (Adjustable Pole Guard); 12(2) p. 21; 12(4) p. 2-3 (using Net Trap to deter); 16(1) p. 11; 16(2) p. 4-5; 17(1) p. 11; 20(3) p. 9, 10 (use of netting); 22(2) p. 9; 22(3) p. 15; 23(1) p. 8, 9 (electric mesh); 29(3) p. 15 (use of mothballs);
stove pipe guard 7(2) p. 24; 13(1) p. 16; 29(3) p. 17 (netting);
telescopic inverted bucket guard 13(1) p. 17;
use of lard 4(1) p. 23;
various 27 (2) p. 19-21;
wire funnel guard 18(1) p. 12 (vs. stovepipe/pvc guard);
Preening (see Behavior);
Premature fledgling (see Behavior);
Premigratory Roosts (see Roosts);
Presque Isle Bay 11(4) p. 24;
Presque Isle State Park martin colony 15(2) p. 2-5; 15(3) p. 1;
Prince William County 16(3) p. 13-15;
Progne chalybea (see Grey-breasted Martins);
Progne cryptoleuca (see Cuban Martin);
Progne dominicensis (see Caribbean Martin);
Progne dominicensis sinaloe (see Sinaloa Martins);
Progne elegans (see Southern Martin);
Progne modesta (see Galapagos Martins);
Progne murphy (see Peruvian Martin);
Progne subis (see Purple Martins);
Progne subis arboricola (see Western Martins);
Progne subis hesperia (see Arizona Purple Martin);
Progne tapera (see Brown-chested Martin);
Prognosticator 7(4) p.6-7; 9(1) p.2;
Project Demolition 9(1) p. 13;
Project Martinwatch 6(1) p. 14; 6(2) p. 10; 6(4) p. 21; 8(3) p. 26; 10 (4) p. 20 (importance of data sheets); 14(1) p. 3-5 (2004 season results); 15(1) p. 3-5 (2005 season results); 16(1) p. 4-5 (2006 season results), 6-7 (data sheet tips); 17(1) p. 13-15 (2007 results); 18(1) p. 2-4 (2008 results); 19(1) p. 2-4 (2009 results); 20(1) p.5-7 (2010 results); 21(1) p. 24-27 (2011 results); 22(1) p. 4-6 (2012 results); 22(4) p. 3 (2013 summary); 23(1) p. 26-29 (2013 results); 24(1) p. 10-13 (2014 results); 25(1) p. 4-7 (2015 results); 26(1) p. 4-7 (2016 results); 27 (1) p. 8-11 (2017 results); 28(1) p. 7-11 (2018 results), 10-11 (how to participate); 29(1) p. 14-18 (importance), 19-23 (2019 results); 30(1) p. 23-27 (2020 results); 31(1) p. 15-18 (2021 results), 18-19 (how to participate);
Project Martin Roost 14(3) p. 1, 2-5; 14(4) p. 4-5; 17(1) p. 4-5; 26(1) p. 19; 29(2) p. 3;
Project Swallow 4(2) p. 4;
Promiscuous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Prospect Park Lake 30(3) p. 6-7 (mystery martin);
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge 17(3) p. 24-25;
Purple Finch 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap);
Purple Haze 31(3) p. 24-27 (martin documentary);
Purple Martin Acres by the Sea (Phil Donahue colony) 19(3) p. 3-5;
Purple Martin Ambassadors of Central Florida 19(3) p. 14-15;
Purple martin art 29(1) p. 24-25;
Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas 21(2) p. 2; 21(3) p. 2;
Purple Martin Caretakers 19(4) p.21;
Purple Martin Club 5(3) p. 11 (starting a martin club); 16(1) p. 14-15 (NW Alabama);
Purple Martin Coin (martin image on U.S. quarter) 31(2) p. 28;
Purple Martin Conference and Festival 16(2) p. 2-3 (2007); 20(2) p. 2-3 (2010);
Purple Martin Endowment Fund 17(3) p.2-3; 19(3) p. 2;
Purple Martin Educational Poster 29(1) p. 3;
Purple Martin Festivals 13(4) p. 22-23 (in TN & NJ); 23(4) p. 6-9; 30(4) p. 10-12 (Brevillier Village);
Purple martin (Progne subis)
a human love affair 6(3) p. 26 (martins and the control of insect pests);
adult mortality 11(3) p. 6;
and birdbaths 3(4) p. 24;
and ponds 16(4) p. 10;
and children 12(2) p. 17; 22(2) p. 3; 26(4) p. 14-17;
and fireworks 16(2) p. 10-11;
and golf courses 16(4) p. 14-15;
and hummingbirds 10 (4) p. 15 (feeder close to martin housing);
and it's management in Texas (book on) 13(2) p. 16;
and Native Americans 3(4) p. 26-27; 8(1) p. 8;
and natural pest management 26(1) p. 24-25;
and public martin projects 17(1) p. 24-28;
annual timeline 25(3) p. 28-29;
artwork 30(2) p. 20-21;
as Flagship Species 22(3) p. 18-21;
at power plant 20(3) p. 18-20;
at sewage facility (use of martins in pest management) 26(1) p. 24-25;
being mistaken for blackbirds 7(1) p. 17;
bibliography 2(4) p. 4;
Brazilian name for 14(2) p. 11;
Brown-chested Martins (see Brown-chested Martins);
coexisting with chickens 20(1) p.8;
declines of 17(2) p. 2-4;
educating public about 13(3) p. 20-23;
entangled in monofilament fishing line 12(4) p. 14;
family tree 29(4) p. 13-15 (martin taxonomy);
feeding house sparrow 5(4) p. 26;
fruit-eating 5(2) p. 25;
Grey-breasted Martins (see Grey-breasted Martins);
hearing in 15(2) p. 10;
history 20(2) p.4-7;
home range size 2(4) p. 27;
hosting a workshop 6(4) p. 26;
identifying 22(2) p. 6-7; 26(1) p. 28-29; 28(2) p. 28-29;
in Alaska 7(2) p. 15;
in Arizona 18(3) p. 12 (in saguaro cactus)
in Azores Islands 13(4) p. 5-7 (due to U.S. hurricanes);
in bluebird house 11(2) p. 18;
in Canada 20(1) p.22-24 (Camrose, Alberta); 26(1) p. 14-17 (Wasel colony); 26(1) p. 22-23;
in Colorado 9(4) p. 14; 16(2) p. 20-21 (Rocky Mountains);
in cyberspace 8(2) p. 5;
in Eastern Oregon 16(3) p. 10;
in Florida 12(2) p. 10 (decreasing martin numbers-reasons);
in Florida Keys 15(1) p. 10;
in Inland Northwest 6(1) p. 24;
in Los Angeles, Calif. 26(2) p. 19;
in Long Island, NY 18(2) p. 11;
in Louisiana 16(3) p. 27-28;
in Mexico 10 (3) p. 15;
in Minnesota 13(3) p. 24;
in Missouri (mentoring) 19(3) p.23-25;
in New Jersey 16(4) p. 14-15;
in New Mexico 17(2) p. 8-9;
in Northern California (in nest boxes) 17(2) p. 13-15;
in Northwest Texas 6(3) p. 10;
in Nova Scotia 12(4) p. 9;
in Ohio 24(2) p.17-19 (130 years ago);
in Ontario, Cananda 26(2) p. 20 (population decline);
in Pacific Northwest 1(3) p. 8-10; 7(1) p. 7; 21(3) p. 4-8;
in Rhode Island 17(1) p. 6-9;
in Scotland 13(4) p. 5-7 (due to U.S. hurricanes);
in Wyoming 13(4) p. 29; 25(4) p. 18;
killed by hail 11(2) p. 2;
life history 5(2) p. 2; 23(4) p. 23-25;
managing tips 8(1) p. 10;
migration (see Migration);
mural (in Erie, PA) 31(1) p. 12-14;
name of a group of martins ("haze") 28(1) p. 3;
on stamps 7(2) p. 6;
people eating martins (Brazilian rumor) 18(3) p. 13;
poetry 28(3) p. 24-27;
population of (see Population);
postage stamp campaign 16(2) p. 1;
promoting 11(2) p. 28; 13(2) p. 14-17 (in NW Texas and Western Oklahoma);
purchasing 18(3) p. 12; 22(4) p. 9;
song 24(4) p. 22-23;
struck by cars 11(2) p. 15;
subspecies 29(3) p. 28-29;
survivorship 30(1) p. 17;
thirteen ways they are unique 4(2) p. 28;
timeline 17(2) p. 6-7;
tradition shift 3(4) p. 26-27;
vagrants 3(4) p. 4-5;
Western Martins (see Western Martins);
Purple Martin Forum 9(2) p. 6;
Purple Martin Hotline 25(1) p. 3;
Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas 23(1) p. 10;
Purple Martin Mentor Program 6(3) p. 9; 9(2) p. 7; 9(3) p. 14; 11(2) p. 10;
Purple Martin Preservation Alliance 21(1) p. 18; 21(3) p. 2;
Purple Martin Prognosticator 7(4) p. 6; 9(1) p. 2 (how to use);
Purple Martin Scientist Spotlight 31(1) p. 23 (Jonathan Branco); 31(2) p. 6-7 (Kristen Lalla); 31(3) p. 17-18 (Eliene Fontes); 31(4) p. 20-21 (Jessica Oliveira);
Purple Martin Society of Collier County 11(2) p. 27;
Purple Martin Society of Frederick, Maryland 23(1) p. 10;
Purple Martin Update 1(2) p. 1 (receives rave reviews); 6(3) p. 1 (decoding mailing address); 29(2) p. 8-9 (readership survery);
Pymatuning Visitor Center 9(3) p. 5, 29;
Pymatuning State Park 9(3) p. 29;
Pyrethrin (see Ectoparasites)
Pytochemicals 12(4) p. 21 (in green leaves);
Q
Quad Pod (see Houses);
R
Rabbit head on top of martin house 19(3) p. 18;
Raiders 3(4) p. 5 (definition), 7;
Rank, Tom 27 (1) p. 7;
Ray, James D. (PMCA Chief Wildlife Biologist) 23(3) p. 18-19;
Reasons why people lose martins 2(4) p. 28-29;
Red-breasted swallow (see Swallows);
Rehabbing martins 3(1) p. 2(Gene and Jane Morton); 6(4) p. 16 (martin rehab manual); 7(1) p. 16; 7(2) p. 2; 8(2) p. 11; 8(3) p. 18 (martin rehab manual);
Rehabbers 9(1) p. 23 (Houston, TX area);
Renest 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
Renesting attempts (see Behavior)
Reproductive failure 2(3) p. 17; 4(2) p. 16;
Reproductive success 1(4) p. 10 (in different house types); 2(4) p. 3 (effects of parasites on); 4(3) p. 10 (of adults and subadults); 15(1) p. 28-29 (and acid rain); 15(2) p. 20-22 (and calcium supplementation);
Ribelin, Chuck 31(1) p. 8;
Robins 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
Rogillio, Carlyle 6(4) p. 16 (author of martin rehab manual/how to obtain);
Roosts 2(1) p. 27; 4(2) p. 2(Lake Pontchartrain); 2(2) p. 5(world's largest); 4(4) p. 5(on Amazon River); 5(4) p. 4(Southern); 6(2) p. 26 (Lake Murray, SC); 7(1) p. 2 (monitoring with weather radar), 4 (Lake Murray roost); 7(4) p. 13(Tulsa roost ), 21(general info); 8(2) p. 26(mapping using weather radar); 9(1) p. 19 (Shreveport, LA); 10 (2) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 24 (Lewisville, TX pre-migratory roost); 11(1) p. 15, 22 (Lewisville, TX); 11(3) p. 7 (winter roost composition), 9, 10 (and histoplasmosis from droppings ), 11(droppings from), at Louisville, Kentucky International Airport, 22 (in parking lot of Bank of Oklahoma); 11(4) p. 24 (Presque Isle Bay Martin Roost); 12(2) p. 2 (Tyler, TX- loss of/use of air cannons); 12(4) p. 12-15 (on Umstead Bridge in N. Carolina), 20 (Tulsa, OK), 22 (Austin, TX); 13(1) p. 9 (premigratory), 18 (Lake Livingston, TX), 22 (Decatur, AL); 13(2) p. 29 (winter roosts in Brazil); 13(3) p. 6-7 (Brazil-use of Doppler radar to detect); 13(3) p. 28-29 (Outback Steakhouse-McAllen, TX); 13(4) p. 15 (Fort Meyers, FL), 16 ( Bibb County Sports Complex- football stadium lights-Macon, Georgia), 20-21 (Decatur, AL), 21 (Cape May, NJ/Shreveport, LA/Presque Isle Erie, PA); 14(3) p. 2-3 (problems and opportunities); 14(4) p. 2-3 (damage due to hurricane), 4 (Austin, TX- Churchtown, PA- Chicago, Ill- Decatur, AL- Elgin, AL (Wheeler Dam)- Mountain City, TX- Quebec, Canada (1st)- San Antonio, TX- Tulsa, OK), 5 (Alvin, TX- Blenheim, ON, Canada- Corpus Christi, TX- Grand Prairie, TX- Harlingen, TX- Heber Springs, AR- Helotes, TX- Houston, TX- Loganport, LA- Longview, TX- Muskogee, OK- Presque Isle, (Erie) PA; 8-9 (dispersal distance during day/life of); 16(1) p. 20-21 (Sioux Falls, SD); 16(3) p. 10, 29; 16(4) p. 1 (Richmond, VA); 16(4) p. 8-9 (Manns Harbor); 17(1) p. 5 (Richmond, VA), 10-11; 17(4) p. 4-8 (promoting & protecting); 18(1) p. 25 (roost exploration of Presque Isle Bay roost/heat sink hypothesis); 18(3) p. 3 (general info); 18(4) p. 9 (when do they end), 13 (2009 roost season); 18(4) p. 12-13 (W.P. Hebert Health and Wellness Center Roost- Beaumont, TX); 19(1) p. 10 (sounds at); 19(2) p. 11; 20(1) p.28-29 (Lake Osakis roost); 21(4) p. 17 (on housing); 22(4) p. 26-29 (Austin Highland Mall); 23(1) p. 15 (Oklahoma City, OK); 23(4) p. 18-20; 24(1) p. 15; 24(2) p. 3; 24(4) p. 10-13 (New Jersey), 26-28 (Tulsa roost calamity); 25(1) p. 16-18 (Austin, TX); 26(1) p. 21 (Bomb Island S.C.); 26 (3) p. 28-29 (description/definition); 28(1) p. 25 (McAllen, TX), 26 (Lake Murray, Virginia); 28(2) p. 3 Umstead Bridge North Carolina); 28(3) p. 13; 28(4) p. 13 (Brazil), 20 (Texas); 29(4) p. 18-19; 30(1) p. 18-20 (Nashville, Tenn.); 31(4) p. 15;
Rotary Pavilion (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25; 26(1) p. 19 (general info);
S
Saguaro cactus (see Nest/in saguaro cactus);
Salmonella (see Diseases)
Sanctuary (purple martin) 2(2) p. 2;
Sand Martins 13(3) p. 8;
Sandburg, Carl 4(3) p. 17 (martin poem);
Satellite sites (under Colony)
Scouts 1(1) p. 15 (arrival date definition); 2(4) p. 4 (arrival study), 10 (arrival date definition);4(1) p. 23; 8(2) p. 14; 9(3) p. 6-8 (arrival study); 10 (2) p. 7; 17(2) p. 10; 19(2) p. 11 (origin of name/definition); 21(3) p. 9; 21(4) p. 11; 23(2) p. 9 (arrival); 24(1) p. 7; 24(2) p. 7; 26 (3) p. 25 (reporting); 28(3) p. 13; 31(2) p. 20-21 (arrival study- impact of 2021 winter storm);
Secondary-cavity nester 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
Seekamp, Ron 7(4) p. 10 (parallelogram pivot system)
Semiplumes (definition) 16(4) p. 13;
Sevin (see Ectoparasites)
Sexing martins 3(4) p. 1; 6(1) p. 15; 6(4) p. 23; 8(1) p. 15 (color guide); 11(4) p. 16-17 (undertail coverts); 13(4) p. 8 (nestlings); 22(2) p. 6-7; 25(2) p. 8;
Sexual dimorphism 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 24(3) p. 18-19;
Sexual maturity 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Sheep (see colony);
Shelter Cove, California 13(1) p. 2-4 (snag nesting site); 17(2) p. 14; 18(2) p. 27-29 (pilot nestbox program);
Sinaloa martins (Progne dominicensis sinaloe) 10 (3) p. 15; 29(4) p. 14; 30(3) p. 7;
Single brooded 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
Single parent purple martin 5(3) p. 19; 9(2) p. 24 (Ursula); 11(1) p. 14; 13(3) p. 9(feeding);
Site abandonment (see Behavior)
Site fidelity (see Behavior)
Site population 13(4) p. 9;
Slabaugh, Chris J. 8(3) p. 2;
Sleeping (see Behavior)
Smell (sense of in martins) 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 8(2) p. 16; 9(2) p. 17; 12(3) p. 11; 17(1) p. 11;
Smoke (see Behavior)
Snakes (see Predators)
Snow-bellied martin 17(4) p. 15; 30(3) p. 7;
Snyder, Duke (starling excluder inventor) 10 (1) p. 8;
Snyder Excluder (see Houses/SREH)
Soaring 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Social attraction 9(3) p. 26-28; 25(2) p. 26-27;
Sommerheim (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25;
Sooners 19(2) p. 7;
South Carolina Color-banding Project 18(2) p. 8;
South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center 22(1) p. 12-13;
Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study 18(3) p. 1;
Southern Martin (Progne elegans) 17(4) p. 14; 19(1) p. 10; 25(4) p. 18; 26(2) p. 10; 29(4) p. 14;
Sparrow Spooker 25(2) p. 9;
Sparrow Swap Program 28(2) p. 17-19;
Sparrows (see Nest Site Competitors)
Splash bathing (see Behavior)
Squirrels (see Nest Competitors/Predators)
St. Frances 17(3) p. 17;
Staging area (definition) 9(3) p.16; 10 (2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 11 (definition); 31(4) p. 15;
Stamps and purple martins 7(2) p. 6;
Star martin feeder 6(1) p. 6; 9(2) p. 21;
Starlings (see Nest Competitors)
Starling resistant entrance holes (see Housing/SREH)
Starvation 11(3) p. 1 (of martins during cold weather);
Stellar's jay 18(2) p. 29 (and western martins);
Stewart, Martha 20(1) p.11-13;
Stine, Rob (artist)
Students aid Purple Martins 12 (4) p. 26;
Stutchbury, Dr. Bridget J. 18(2) p. 1;
Subadult 8(1) p. 15(description); 9(1) p. 15 (and poor parenting); 9(3) p. 8 (arrival vs. adults), 17 (and dawnsinging); 11(2) p. 17 (breeding population percentage); 11(3) p. 9; 11(4) p. 8 (breeding late in the season); 12(4) p. 10 (arrival dates in Houston, TX), 11 (differences between male and female); 14(2) p. 11 (late arrival), 21 (arriving alongside ASY adults); 14(3) p. 10 (identifying males); 14(4) p. 9 (declines in/attacking and removing nestlings); 19(1) p. 8-9 (id tips); 19(2) p. 10 (and nesting); 20(3) p. 10; 21(1) p. 10 (egg-laying first year); 21(2) p. 17 (male vs. female); 21(3) p. 9 (removing eggs), 10 (attacking nestlings), 12; 21(4) p. 9 (identification), 10, 11; 23(2) p. 9 (identification/arrival); 23(3) p. 6; 24(3) p. 3 (males killing nestlings); 25(1) p. 21 (nest maintenance); 25(4) p. 21; 26 (3) p. 26 (arrival of); 26(4) p. 24 (males attacking nestlings); 27 (3) p. 19 (male and egg destruction); 28(2) p. 20-21 (identification); 29(4) p. 19 (breeding with adults), (males removing eggs and young from nests); 30(3) p. 15 (cracking martin eggs);
Suchma, Terry (see Landlord of the year)
Sulfur (see Ectoparasites)
Summer resident 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
Sun bathing (see Behavior)
Super Colonies 25(1) p. 21;
SuperGourds (see Gourds)
Supplemental Feeding (see Feeding Martins);
Survival behavior (see Behavior)
Swallows
Bank 13(3) p. 8; 29(3) p. 17; 29(4) p. 14;
Barn 1(3) p. 21; 1(4) p. 26; 4(4) p. 15; 9(2) p. 26 (life history); 10 (3) p. 11; 14(3) p. 28 (nest/egg identification); 15(2) p. 19, 25; 19(4) p.28; 20(2) p.10; 20(3) p. 9; 26 (3) p. 24; 26(4) p. 11-13 (diet); 29(4) p. 14; 30(1) p. 22 (nesting near martin housing);
Cliff 10 (3) p. 11; 12(1) p. 6;Tree (see nest site competitors) Violet Green 11(4) p. 3; 14(4) p. 7; 26 (3) p. 24; 28(1) p. 27; 29(4) p. 14;
Greater-striped 30(2) p. 8;
Mosque 30(2) p. 8;
North Rough-winged 28(2) p. 23; 29(3) p. 17; 29(4) p. 14;
Red-breated 30(2) p. 8;
Tree (see Nest Site Competitors);
Violet Green 29(4) p. 14;
T
T-14 (see Houses)
Tanglefoot 5(3) p. 21 (for ants); 12(3) p. 10 (for ants); 20(1) p.8 (for ants);
Tehachapi Range California (purple martins in) 10 (2) p. 26;
Tent caterpillars (see Diet)
Territory 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
Thirteen ways martins are unique 4(2) p. 28;
Ticks (see Ectoparasites)
Tom Ridge Environmental Center 15(3) p. 1, 2-3;
Torpor (in martins) 18(2) p. 11;
Toxicity 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
Traditional shift 3(4) p. 26;
Translocate 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
Transient 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
Trap and transfer 9(3) p. 26 (definition);
Trapping (starling and house sparrows) 2(2) p. 25-26; 3(4) p. 17; 4(2) p. 25; 6(4) p. 18, 20 (baits), 22; 7(2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 10; 12(1) p. 8 (bait trapping sparrows);
Traps 3(4) p. 24 (use of mouse trap); 4(3) p. 27 (Troyer S&S/V-top trap); 5(4) p. 10 (SD-1 Spare-O- Door), 11 (traps can kill martins); 7(2) p. 17 (Troyer S&S); 8(4) p. 25 (S&S controller); 9(1) p. 29 (starling trapping strategy); 11(2) p. 16 (spare-o-doors); 11(3) p. 10 (Spare-O-Door); 11(4) p. 14-15 (Spare-O-Door/Universal Sparrow Trap/T-14 Insert Trap/SuperGourd Insert Trap/Trio Wire Sparrow Trap/Repeating Bait Trap/Starling-House Sparrow Nest-box trap); 12(1) p. 8 (V-top Trap, Universal Sparrow Trap); 12(3) p. 10 (Universal Sparrow Trap); 12(4) p. 23(Troyer V-top trap), 24 (portable sparrow trap), 25 (Spare-O-Doors-use in T-14/metal housing); 13(3) p. 16 (experience with Spare-O-Door); 13(4) p.27 (Universal Sparrow Trap); 15(3) p. 13 (Repeating Bait Trap); 15(4) p. 5 (Spare-O-Door);
Tree encroachment 2(4) p. 28; 9(1) p. 20 (and colony decline); 9(2) p. 20;
Tree Swallows (see Swallows)
Trio Castle (see Houses)
Turkey Vultures 13(2) p. 9;
Two-Tone 23(3) p. 27;
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Undertail coverts 11(4) p. 16-17;
Ursula 9(2) p. 24 (single parent);
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Vanderbuilt Purple Martin Colony 17(1) p. 22-23;
Vocalizations (of martins) 5(2) p. 9; 10 (3) p. 13 (parents warning nestlings); 17(3) p. 14-15; 30(2) p. 28-29;
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Wade, J.L. 16(3) p. 2; 22(3) p. 6;
Walpole Island Purple Martin Project 22(2) p. 20-22;
Walt Disney World (colony) 14(4) p. 10-13 (establishing colony); 25(4) p. 14-16;
Wasel colony (Canada) 26(1) p. 14-17;
Wasps 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 23; 6(2) p. 16; 9(3) p. 12-13 (European); 9(4) p. 15 (in pm housing); p. 15 (European); 13(1) p. 8 (European- controlling); 15(1) p. 12; 26(4) p. 22; 29(3) p. 15 (in housing, use of petroleum jelly);
Water (and martins) 2(1) p. 27; 2(3) p. 24-25; 16(3) p. 10; 25(2) p. 12-13 (ponds);
Weather 1(3) p. 14 (drought/heat wave and deaths); 2(4) p. 5, 28 (extremes); 3(1) p. 17 (induced die-off); 23 (induced mortality); 4(1) p. 6 (deaths during Summer of '92), 8 (what to do when weather gets bad); 5(2) p. 10; 6(1) p. 2 (martins killed by hail); 6(2) p. 24 (die-offs during Summer of 95); 7(2) p. 16 (hot weather and martins); 7(4) p. 24 (weather -stressed martins in Texas); 11(3) p. 1 (martin-killing weather of 2002), 8 (cool spring weather delaying return); 12(1) p. 10 (effects of inclement weather on martins); 12(2) p. 10 (effects on martin's feeding); 12(3) p. 24 (tornado destroyed colony), 28 (Hurricane Claudette- martin observations during storm); 12(4) p. 22 (deaths due to cold spell); 13(1) p. 19 (house knocked over during storm), 20 (deaths); 13(4) p. 5-7 (hurricanes), 15 (hurricane damage to housing); 14(1) p. 8 (hot weather and martin housing), 18 (Florida hurricane season); 14(2) p. 10 (effects of hailstorm); 15(2) p.12 (and martin deaths), 19 (Hurricane Rita); 16(3) p. 11 (effects on eggs); 17(3) p. 6 (tornado damaged housing); 18(3) p. 10 (and nest failure); 18(3) p. 12 (and low productivity); 18(4) p. 4-7 (impact on 2009 season); 20(2) p.8 (cold and martin survival); 21(3) p. 10 (heat); 22(3) p. 10 (return after housing destroyed); 23(1) p. 9 (and dead martin); 25(2) p. 10 (effects of cold weather); 30(2) p. 8 (heat in martin housing); 30(3) p. 28-29 (effects on martins and ways to help); 31(1) p. 10-11 (effects of hurricanes); 31(1) p. 24-25 (effects on bird body size); 31(2) p. 20-21 (2021 winter storm impact);
Western bean cutworm moth 21(4) p. 3;
Western martins (Progne subis arboricola) 7(1) p. 28 (nesting in tree cavities); 8(2) p. 25 (nestbox plans); 10 (2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 7; 12(1) p. 2; 12(4) p. 4; 13(1) p. 18 (snags destroyed by fire); 13 (2) p. 10 (housing for), 8 (hurricanes and early departure); 13(4) p. 29; 14(1) p. 26-29 (nesting in utility poles); 17(2) p. 8-9 (New Mexico); 17(2) p. 13-15 (in nest boxes in N. California); 18(2) p. 27-29 (Shelter Cove, Calif.); 18(4) p. 25-27 (site fidelity); 19(3) p. 12; 21(3) p. 4-8; 24(3) p. 6-9; 29(2) p. 15; 30(1) p. 8-11 (nesting habitat); 31(1) p. 10 (breeding range);
West Nile Virus 12(1) p. 7, 15 (landlord precautions); 12(4) p. 5-6, 18 (and house sparrows);
West Pier (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25;
Western Purple Martin Foundation 22(4) p. 10;
Wetlands Institute (New Jersey) 25(3) p. 6-7;
White-throated swifts 12(4) p. 4;
White wing patch (on male martins) 3(1) p. 16; 3(4) p. 17; 7(4) p. 18;
Wildlife rehab centers 27(4) p. 19;
William B. Umstead Bridge 12(4) p. 12-15 (martin deaths on); 15(3) p. 23-25 (mortality monitoring); 19(3) p.26-28; 28(1) p. 12-15;
Willowbend Country Club martin colony (Mashpee, Mass.) 18(3) p. 8-9;
Wing-hang/entrapment (see Housing);
Wing-tags on martins 11(1) p. 14;
Wintering grounds 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 27; 3(1) p. 20;
Wisconsin 25(2) p. 16-18 (and martins);
Wisconsin (Eastern) Purple Martin Association 22(3) p. 7; 23(1) p. 10;
W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary 24(1) p. 22-23;
Wood ash (see Ectoparasites)
Wood duck 10 (2) p. 24;
Woodlands Nature Station (Kentucky) 23(2) p. 23-25;
Woodpecker 10 (2) p. 24 (red-cocked); 13(1) p. 5 (Acorn Woodpecker); 14 (3) p. 19 (red-bellied/golden-fronted removing nesting material from martin housing);
Workshop 13(1) p. 11 (giving one), 20;
World Migratory Bird Day 23(3) p. 23 (Grand Prairie, TX);
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Yellow #572 9(3) p. 9 (history);
Yellow #2551 26 (3) p. 27 (first geolocator used);