Purple Martin Forum

Martins arrived finally in Grand Prairie, Texas , now let the Games Begin!!!!!!
Man I'm Happy now

Thanks for The Reply's Everyone , wishing each of you Many Many Martins This Year

Emil , Our Prayers are with you & Your Family , I have no words , i am shocked about this happening

Hello Everyone , My First Scouts arrived this Morning @ 8:45 AM , 2 ASY Males in Great Shape and very Vocal.
I'm Ready , Let The Games Begin!!!!!

Hello Bird Brain, Sorry the S & S Repeater did not work for you , every PM Land Lord has a different scenario at their Location. along with the S & S I had alot of other traps Like insert traps that fit my SG's along with nestbox traps that were just above my fence line. A long with my Trapping I al...

Good Morning tboydshirt , Yes there are 2 Bolts about a Foot apart at the bottom of that trap Pole that go into the 4 X 4 Ground Socket. I leave one bolt in and take out the Other One to Lean over the House & Pole ,The Trap House is Very Heavy and well built , I Love this House , it works for me all...

They are a Great Trap to have , once erected you can see what you Catch in the wire basket below, They work all year long even when the Martins are long gone , also during all the years I have had Mine up (Since 2008) I have never caught a Martin , the reason is because i erected my S & S right Besi...

S&S Repeating 500 kb.jpg I have had my S & S up since 2008 and now with my Disabilities & Health I am Having a very difficult time Laying over the Pole & Trap House and getting it back up again . almost Impossible for me. Has anyone ever tried to Make a Pole with Hub & Winch & Cable to raise & Lowe...

Thanks for the Arrival date James , I still have not seen or Heard any Martins here at my Site in Grand Prairie as of yet Had a Squirrel to give birth inside my S & S repeating Controller , had to lay it down and dismantle to get the Squirrel nest & Babies out This is a First for me ,had the S & S u...

Good Morning James, It is me Kenny over here in Grand Prairie, Tx Congrat's on the return of your Martins, I did not see any entry's from you on the Scout report page , If you can please report I like to see who gets martins around my surrounding area and what dates When did your female come in????,...

Hello Louise or someone from Admin, My name is Kenny Crawford and i have been Mentoring Bruce Woodall of Lake Fork, Tx for a few years because bruce does not have Internet access he asked me to List his Scout arrival on 02/05/18 @ Lake Fork , Tx @ the pmca I tried to List his name but because i logg...

For decades I have had up Decoys (Many Decoys), They help during Hawk attacks and give the martins a Chance to bolt to freedom thus saving martin Lives , In answer to your Question , When the Martins come so do the Hawks .....This year I did not Put up an Decoys and Lost several Martins to Hawk atta...

I need help....our well established colony is about 18 years old. For the last 2-3 weeks I'll look out at the boxes around dusk and a sharp-shin or cooper's hawk (not sure which) is sitting on one of the boxes! Last night it took an ASY male, and the martin cry was terrible. We can't let our colony...

I forgot to mention in the search Subject Type in Cages or Owl attacks and you should see some pictures posted of the cages Land Lords built around their Colonies

Sorry about your Hawk attack , It hurts when your Colony has been hit and you hear that Martin Screaming for his Life while being carried off in those Talons. There are several things as a PM Land Lord that you can do this Subject has been talked about for Decades here, a lot of the Land Lords are b...

Probably a dumb question but does the female eat the egg shells after hatching babies or does she carry them outside? Getting close to 16 days now and I have been watching the ground for egg shells and so far nothing. I know we can feed them crushed egg shells so I was just wondering if her body ne...

Sorry for your loss Loco For Purple, I know how bad it hurts when it happens , I too have had a lot of Hawk attacks here in Grand Prairie both w/ me standing out there under my Gourd Rack and LS Goliad PM House and me watching from inside my house , all we can do as Martin Landlords is The Best we c...

Hi Curt, It's Kenny Crawford from over here in Grand Prairie Texas, don't know if you remember but several years ago I bought some HZ Troyers from you, I still have them , modified them a little and added tunnels and 2 1/2" 90 Degree elbo's for ventilation to each one. In answer for your question ab...

Sharon that is great news. more martins for you in the future
one of my problems at my location is my neighbor's trees...I am being encroached

I'll be damed!! I was out in the yard checking my Troyer Gourds trying to figure where I was going to put the Songbird Magnet.. I had turned on the songbird to make sure it was working and went back in the house for something and I look out and here is one very Large Sharp Shinned Hawk sitting on t...