Purple Martin Forum

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.

We are just a little south of you (Sugarcreek) and have approximately 70 active nests with a lot of eggs, "Not all nest yet" and ours are out at 4 - 4:30 each morning. So i would think yours will start anytime now or once the eggs are in the nest.

Subbies are still arriving daily in Ohio ...It will slow down the first week of June but there are always some late ones, Older fella's used to call them June Martins

Steve

What a great setup for martins always enjoy reading and looking at your pic's. Question do you not have starlings in your area and why not go with Starling resistant entrance holes ? Or are all your martins trained on round holes....Sorry if someone asked before.

Last yr I tried checking mine every Sunday afternoon, This yr i changed to every 5 so i can tell if trouble is pending...Seems like seven is just to long of a wait

I managed to train mine to supplemental feed really Glad we took the time to do it, they now come down right in front of the house and eat out of a tray as for me its always nerve racking when cold weather comes and it sticks around for a couple days because that third day they get really hungry. I ...

Good to hear you are gaining some back again, Should have some 70 degree sunny nice weather for the next couple days which revitalizes everything .

Good luck to you and your colony this yr

I would be sleeping out by the poles or installing a camera if they were mine, that does look like a rat, Wiesel type kill.

One other thig "Birds" if you are ever in the Sugarcreek Ohio area please contact me would love to have you stop at our house.

Those pine trees look pretty close. Please Don't give up yet as SY subbies are just starting to migrate to and through the Midwest. One interesting book you should consider reading is "A Purple Martin Journey" Its a book written by Andrew Troyer of Troyer's Bird paradise...So much common sense in it...

That's a HOSP alright

jhcox wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:04 pm

I have bluebirds tree swallows one purple Martin Carolina wrens black capped chickadee‘s how do you go about getting barn swallows. I got a barn but it’s not open. JHCox

Barnies love open barns, probably have to open your barn

Hi I have been trying to attract purple martins for weeks and no luck. I have been playing the dawn song on a bose speaker, are any of you familiar with that? I also have a house sparrow problem could the house sparrow be frightening the Martins away from the house . Please let me know what you're ...

Doug Martin - PA wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:29 pm

Boy someone just opened a can here. A dozen showed up while I was grilling. Lots of fighting though. Game on here!

Still waiting for that to open in Sugarcreek, Ohio....my 3 are getting lonely!!!

JHunter wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:57 am

Thanks, I'll order them today.

Your Martins will resist going into new holes once the new ones are installed but they will adapt and you will have less to worry about as far as starlings are concerned

Great job, how do you keep the house from swivelling on the pole?

Wozer, I'm not ready yet....!! Crickets on order today

The sparrows are the problem. You can't let them nest anywhere near your site. They will kill your Bluebirds and the Martins young when they get the chance. Get rid of the sparrows, get the BB back where they belong and close up the Martin house temporarily until the BB start nesting elsewhere. The...

Well thanks for all the replies, we did find the colonies at Epcot saw maybe a dozen or so we had a high of 65 it's still better than Ohio right now

We are in Florida for couple days going to spend a few days at Disney.....can anyone direct us to where the colonies are located at within the park ?
Thanks