Purple Martin Forum

After doing some checking it seems like martins are migrating back earlier this spring....From some of you that already have martins are they earlier this spring than in past yrs. ? or am i imaging things ?

Good to see you on here, You will love the companionship that you create with your martins they love humans around the colony for there safety. They get very used to lowering there nest boxes and will sit above on the purchase's until you put the house back up. Martins are a very friendly chatty bir...

I would change that house in a min. especially with that non kept neighbor of your's thats not tending to his birds.....you'll fill up with his if you take care of them, feed some egg shells and that'll entice them right on over.

Make sure you mount them out towards the front of the house and the wont bother you much at all.

Any idea as to which airport's you'd fly into?

Very impressive

Oh Yes they will wreck havoc on your Purple martin colony !!! Here is what I did, snuck out the back door at 12:30 am and took my shotgun with me and shot straight up in the air...Not sure if they have stopped flying yet or not, but scared the crap out of them I wanted them out of there and didn't c...

I have 6 - T14 Houses and have all treated 18' x 4" x 6" which i let dry for 2 weeks in my garage and then paint them white. Have worked well for me for all my houses

Does anyone know if there is a roost in Akron this yr.

Makes you wonder if they don't return or is the morality rate that high that only a few return because they don't make it.

I do use Facebook and enjoy it very much, Lots of Information on both sites, the traffic on facebook is much more active than on this forum but it has its drawbacks just like these forums...So it all depends on what you want to use...
Either one has its good points as well as its not so good points

Toy makes a very good point, the idea of more housing is always fun, but make sure you can care for what you put up.... We started with 14 openings and we are up to 108 openings now We have increased 20-25 pr. per yr over the last 3-4 yrs. and each yr i added another house but we are now done with m...

Nice to here from you!! Glad you have a ton of martins, lord knows you deserve them after your yrs of patiences, wishing u a great finish to your yr. Your comment about opening thing's up can't be underestimated as it has to be the number 1 determining factor in people not attracting martins. I also...

I feed egg shells all summer long....put them in a container and freeze them, then take amount you want and microwave for 2 minutes let them cool for a minute and they crush/crack very easy.

I have a couple pair of subbies that have not laid there eggs yet...But they are paired up and in nest building mode right now we expect them to lay in the next few days....Acquiring new subbies to your site this late in June is going to be tough but i have heard stories of others who have so not im...

Ryan,
Nice site and nice houses....I live in Ohio and our males as of this morning were still out singing dawnsong at 4:30 am. So sy 's they must still be travelling through.....usually they are out at 4:30 every morning.....wish you luck. Dont give up it can and will happen.

Number1 get rid of your house sparrow's and that will more than likely solve your problem, ripping out Hosp nest rages the sparrow's and they'll very likely go on a rampage and torment who they think did it....(the martins) martins have white eggs so whatever is laying brown eggs isn't a martin.

They will remove it when they are ready

Thanks for sharing your pic's ...Wish i knew the secret on how to share pics because it brings so much life to a post.