Purple Martin Forum

Starlings do not come in to my yard too much anymore but my repeater trap like yours made sure that two of them that did come did not leave.

A number of years ago I put up a V Trap at the chicken barns across the street from our place. I had it bated with bread and other food but no starling s entered the trap even though there was a large flock of them there and it was winter time when food is harder to get. I also had two teeter totter...

I am sure that most of the "well seasoned" or ok, older readers on this forum including me can pick out one species of sparrow from another just from the way they feed or how they behave in general. I know that it is sometimes hard to properly identify the bird you want to shoot is between you and t...

I actually have better luck shooting sparrows and starlings in the winter, the colder the better as they come crowding to the feeders and birdbath with the other birds. The starlings get to be more weary as the winter goes on though...….. the ones I miss

Hi Steve, Great article on Owl predication. For the past two years or so we have a pair of Barred Owls nesting in our yard. They have become quite interesting to watch and they have become quite interested in watching me doing things around the yard. It is amazing how tame they have become, as I hav...

Hi Steve, it is good to hear from you again! Glad all is well with all your martin colonies. As for me and my neighbors colonies not so good this year. Numbers are down at both sites due to a late cold spring I haven't seen many martins at all at my site this year either. Two other houses that I hav...

There is a product called No Rockers for Gourd Racks that should work for you. I dont see them in the PMCA Market Place Catalog but perhaps you can contact the PMCA and they can contact the manufacture of this product and get them for you. I have several of these No rocker arms and am quite satisfie...

Looks like you have your work cut out for you those sparrows wise up real fast and get very hard to get after a while. I don't have too much trouble with sparrows at my feeders it is starlings that I have a problem with. There is a large flock of them hanging around the chicken barns across the stre...

Is there any reason why not you or someone younger could use a stepladder to oil the pulley?

Hi Emi. For the past two years we have a pair of Barred Owls nesting in the woods near our yard. They did Not bother the one pair of martins that I had last year but I did find tree swallow wings and feathers laying on the ground one day last summer. Don't have any martins again this year the Tree S...

Evan, I have three of these houses complete from the perching rods on top to the cement at the bottom of the pole. They were rescued for me by my neighbor from someone he knows who was going to throw them away! They are somewhat faded but otherwise in good shape. If I get more than one pair of marti...

Hi there Barb! Great to see you on here again! :) I thought I would never hear from you again, like a lot of people that used to be on this forum. I hope you will have good luck getting martins at your new site you were a great landlord with your previous sites. I did have one pair of sub adults nes...

Hi Emil glad to see you on this forum again! I know you will soon have many more martins than the "teasers" that you had there. I am hoping that this year will bring me more martins than the one pair that nested last summer, but it was sure a joy to watch that pair raise and fledge four young. :grin:

That is the good news I needed today that summer is coming considering that it is -4 below 0 here and I have been sick with the flue all week.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone left on this forum. I hope everyone will have a great martin year!

Hi James Good to see you on here again. Sorry to hear you didn't have any luck getting martins this year am wishing you better luck next year. I too, have been wondering about Steve K. but someone said on this forum that he is on face book now. I am not nor will I ever be on any of those social medi...

The solar lights are just the small cheap ones from Wal Mart all of my solar lights are white, I have about 170 or so scattered around our yard.I call it my mini Las Vegas. Our yard is about two acers large, so there is plenty of room for solar lights. I don't have a smart phone to take good picture...

I have three solar lights on a perching rack next to my martin house and the martins and tree swallows don't mind them a bit. I also have a solar powered spotlight shining directly on my martins house so I can keep an eye on it at night as we have a pair of Barred owls nesting in the woods near our ...

Enjoyed your pictures as always Steve. I was looking at your snake netting around your polls and was wondering how early in the season do rat snakes become active down there?

Kyler when I needed parts for my MMP. a number of years ago the people at the PMCA sent my request for the parts I wanted to the people that make the MMP and its related parts and I was able to get just what I needed. Maybe you can still do the same now.