Purple Martin Forum

Haha your welcome Whippy!! I'm glad it's working for u!! Yeah I just want to make sure mine don't twist as much so I'm going to have to experiment with them once I set my houses up @ the end of February to get all the kinks out!!

Ok yea sounds good!! I would like to see what u have & probably a lot of others do to! That's how u learn new ideas on here by sharing urs etc! That's how I've learned some of mine anyways lol!!! I also am going to mount some of these predator guards like this!! http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/j...

Whippy, If u get the Photobucket app & up load ur pics on it u can copy them from there to post as many of them here!!

Ok thanks Evan337!! I will check into this & I have two 2" square poles! One for a 12 gourds rack & the other is a multi-purpose pole!!

I'm like u & like it to look new!! They say to wax it before every season!! I wish there was a way to get it shinny again

Haha ok Courtney!!! Thanks & yea I may do that!! Also I was thinking about trying screen u would use for a Porch as well so just have to figure out how to fasten it!!

Hey Courtney-NC, Just curious on how u plan to screen the vent holes off bc I have some grandpa type houses & one new one this year that my neighbor gave me to manage & wanted me to clean & expand the compartments etc for him & saw some wasps nests in the attic rolling around as I was cleaning it! S...

This is awesome Tom!!! I like how there is no trees!!

Ok gotcha Jose very nice though!! Yea same for me here we have a shed back by our martins & im out there every chance I get!! & we have tree swallows & r trying to get blue birds!! We have a bunch of bats so I may get a bat house too!!

Nice site Jose!!!! do u have any tree swallows? & u could add a bunch more racks!! Also how close was that big oak tree & u still had Martins even with it there?

Sorry here's the pic of the bird bath heater

I have a bird bath heater that is flexible that I'm going to try & heat mine with this yr!! U can buy them at a farm store nearest u!! It's $20

I can't believe they r coming back already!!! Hurry up march I'm ready for the martins to return!!!

Thanks Jose,, I'm definitely getting one of those custom made signs & I sent u another email!!

P.s. I'm ready for my martins to be back here in Indiana!!! I'm about 58 days away from setting up my gourds & houses!!

Thanks Jose,, I'm definitely getting one of those custom made signs & I sent u another email!!

Hey I've got a caged funnel trap & caught 3 females one morning & got rid of them!! Then nothing for 3 days! Then finally got 2 males & there was about 15 sparrows all together. Got rid of them & having had anything for a while now what am I doing wrong? I put white bread in & out by the entrance ho...

Your welcome Jose!!

Ok thanks Rodger!!! I will get a pic of the front view to show what it looks like!! & yea it's about 0.7 of a mile away from my house now where we have water & Martin houses now so hoping once I get them established here then that will increase my chances of getting at the location where I plan on b...

Hey what do u guys think of me getting them at my location here in the near future once I build here someday!!! The red cx's r the trees that r yet to get cut down & the one with the line & x is getting trimmed up more! The blue is where my house will be & the white is where my gourds would be & I w...

Hey Jose I love that sign also!!! I would like to buy one also if u r selling one!! My email is StuSilverIII@yahoo.com

Thanks Stu III