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Purple martins are a very beautiful and friendly native bird and will need all the help you can give them. On this site, you will read about housing accessibility, why doing nest checks are important, protecting them from predators and defending them from other pest birds and you have to be prepared to deal with all these things.
- Repeating Starling Trap
Starling Trap. Build Your Own Self. Repeating Starling Trap....
- The Purple Martin
The Purple Martin is considered to be America's most wanted...
- Purple Martins
Purple Martins are the largest member of the swallow family...
- Repeating Starling Trap
Starling Trap. Build Your Own Self. Repeating Starling Trap. Anybody that begins the quest of starting a Purple Martin colony quickly learns that two major problems almost immediately surface. One is the European Starling and the other is the English House Sparrow.
The Purple Martin is considered to be America's most wanted bird. The interaction between man and martin dates all the way back to the Native Americans. To this day, the purple martin, with its bubbly personality and gurgling song, is cherished by many that host them.
From simple hobbyists to full scale landlords with thousands of flying families, we have all things Purple Martin! From porches, poles, houses, gourds, and more, we have what Purple Martins need!
Purple Martins are the largest member of the swallow family with mature birds measuring up to 8 inches long. The tips of their extremely well developed wings often reach beyond the ends of their tails.
These purple martin pages are designed by Chuck Abare. Chuck's email address is posted on most of the pages. Write him with and questions or comments. He has put together a wealth of information on purple martins that can definitely assist you in starting a purple martin colony.
Warren Light’s The Purple Martin Site has lots of great, well written information on North America’s best songbird. Chuck Abare’s Purple Martin Page Find Loads of information about Purple Martins.
