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How to Attract Purple Martins to Your Garden


Mel's Attracting Purple Martins Video - Songbird Garden

Songbird Mel Attracting Purple Martins, Tips On How To Attract Purple Martins Progne subis To Your Backyard Video at SongbirdGarden.com - This informative ...

Purple Martins : r/birding - Reddit

What tips in general do y'all have to help me attract my own little family of martins?? (Located in Maryland, USA) TIA! Upvote 1. Downvote 1 Go ...

Purple Martin | Audubon Field Guide

Martin housing has a long history: some Native American tribes reportedly hung up hollow gourds around their villages to attract these birds. Purple Martins ...

Purple Martin Basics at BestNest.com

The top reason people fail to attract martins is that martin housing is not placed correctly, or the housing is placed in an inappropriate habitat. A martin ...

The Purple Martin Landlord's Ten Commandments - Ravenox

You can no sooner attract a woodpecker to an open field, than you can attract Purple Martins to a wooded area. They have a strong attraction to water, but ...

For the Birds: Tips for being a good Purple Martin host

Andy Troyer, an affable chap whose business is solving martin hosts' problems, recommends boxes seven inches by 12 inches deep, the size martins ...

7 Steps to Choosing a Purple Martin House - Dress The Yard

Purple martins prefer to nest in colonies, so a good purple martin birdhouse will have at least six apartments. More than six is fine, though ...

Joyce Block: Ways to attract Purple Martins to your yard | Community

The average date of arrival is Feb. 20, although Purple Martins will continue to arrive until the end of June. So we should have a good size ...

3 Ways to Attract Purple Martins - wikiHow Pet

Make sure to set up the housing in an open area that's close to your living space. To maximize your chances of attracting Purple Martins, provide housing that ...

Bird Man Mel - Attracting Purple Martins - YouTube

This short video shows you how to bring Purple Martin scouts in and keep colonies coming back year after year.

Are Purple Martin Houses The Solution For Mosquito Control?

To attract martins to your yard, provide suitable housing, such as multi-compartment martin houses. Mount the houses in open areas, maintain ...

Invite Purple Martins Into Your Yard with Martin Condos

Instead, you'll find them flying high in the sky, 150 feet up or more, gliding and circling to catch flying insects. Migration. Purple Martins prepare to ...

An Intro to Purple Martins and Housing - Wild Bird Store Online

Installing a purple martin house close to your house isn't necessarily bad – these birds are used to living in close proximity to humans. How ...

Ten Reasons Why People Fail to Attract Purple Martins

Housing placed to close to tall trees or in yards that are too enclosed. There should be no trees taller than martin housing within 40 feet of it, preferably 60 ...

Purple Martin houses - The best mosquito control? - Birds Choice

One way to significantly reduce pesticide use is to convert non-native yards and gardens into native landscapes with plants that are adapted to surviving ...

Purple Martins Need You: How to Help the Human-Dependent ...

Putting up a Bird feeder with birds in their backyard is not going to help attract the birds. Purple Martins Willie Dragonflies are a ...

How to Protect Purple Martins | Nite Guard

How to Protect Purple Martins from Predators and Keep them Thriving in Your Yard · Keeping Predators Away from Purple Martins and Birdhouses with Passive ...

Purple Martin Basics - Bird Houses

Generally, the farther housing is placed from trees, the better. Purple martin houses should be pole-mounted at a height of 10-20 feet. Be sure not to allow any ...

Purple Martins- Fact vs Fiction

Purple martin houses and gourds should be placed in the most open are of your yard as far from trees as possible. Trees should be trimmed yearly away from the ...

Purple Martin Moments: Bird Talk in the Idea Garden

July evenings in the Idea Garden can be home to some pretty raucous behavior. At this time of year, young martins negotiate the air on ...


Purple Martins: Role and Requirements in San Antonio Ecosystems