Purple Martin Forum

Have been averaging 40-45 pairs of martins and by now should have around 25-30 martins here .. We have 2 pair here and they have been here 2 weeks with no other martins. I'm sure the weather has a lot to do with that. Hopefully when the weather breaks they will start pouring in.

I have 2 pair here and should have around 20-25 martins here by now.

Our earliest arrival is March 7th. They are slow arriving with the bad weather this month. 2 pair so far, should have 15-20 martins here by now.

Leverett, congratulations on your arrivals. I had my first arrival 3-7-16 here in Washington. Good luck this year.

Cindy, I'm from Washington also. Can you put the babies in another nest where they are close in age they could be adopted and be fed. If not I would try the rehabber. My last martins fledged yesterday. Had 44 pair this year. Good luck with the babies.

I've had both males and females attack each other. They do the dirty work for me

Leverett, same thing down the road in Washington. Put over 100 in the tray and they cleaned them out. Full here with 44 pair. First time that has happened. Still having SY arrivals and no place to go.

Mitch, I use 6in. diameter PVC 4 ft. length. Been using it ten years no problem.

Starling's around here are to fat to enter the crescent's on my trio's. They go for the nest box trap with the big 2 in. hole they can fit their fat @#$ threw Was catching 2 a day for a while. At least 50 sparrow's with the spare-o-door and repeating ground trap.

Here in Washington, Missouri I would usually have around 15 martins by now. As of today I have between 30-35 martins here. Hopefully it keeps up this pace.

Any time between 7am-10am is prime time for arrivals for my colony. I've had a few late arrivals but that 7-10 time frame is the main arrival time here.

John, congratulation's on your arrivals. I was wondering when the martins were going to make it back there. Good luck this year.

Darryl, I had a male on the 8th and another male on the 14th. There are years when my first arrivals don't show until after the 21st so who knows? Hang in there it's early yet

Keith, congratulation's on your arrivals. 2 males here so far. Good luck this year.

JoLita, congratulation's on your arrivals. A male has been here since 3-8-15. He comes home alone every night. He arrived at least 2 weeks early. It might be another week before he sees another martin here. Good luck this year.

Darryl, I had a male arrive on March 8th also. He has been coming back every night alone. It might be a while before he sees another martin around here.

My martin season starts in the record book. At 6:50 tonight an adult male arrived. He beat the record by 2 days. It's a record I thought wouldn't get beat. Just got everything up yesterday and still need to add nesting material. At least he has a cedar nest tray to sleep on. 3 other earliest arrival...

Darryl, congratulation's on your arrival. I was wondering when Missouri was getting that first report. Hopefully I will see my first arrival in a week or so. Everything is up and nesting material goes in today. Good luck this year.

John, thank's for the migration report. Always appreciate it. Usually around the middle of March when I start seeing martins here in East Central Missouri. Good luck with the martins this year.

Brian, I would get a few more gourds and a house if you can. The more options for the females the better. My colony prefers houses over gourds. The gourds do get used but houses usually get picked first. Good luck.