Purple Martins
Purple Martin Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Putting up a Purple Martin house is like installing a miniature neighborhood in your backyard. In the East, dark, glossy-blue males and brown females will ...
Purple Martin Conservation Association
The Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA) is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of Purple Martins (Progne subis) through ...
Purple Martin Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Size & Shape. Purple Martins are very large, broad-chested swallows. · Color Pattern. Adult males are iridescent, dark blue-purple overall with brown-black ...
Purple martin ... The purple martin (Progne subis) is a passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is the largest swallow in North America. Despite its ...
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 - American Bird Conservancy
Purple Martins are cavity-nesters, normally reusing old woodpecker holes, but populations in the eastern part of the U.S. depend almost exclusively on manmade ...
How To Attract Purple Martins To Your Yard - Southern Living
The best way to attract Purple Martins is to utilize a Purple Martin house that is a multi-room home on a pole that includes perch rods, ...
Purple Martins. Purple martin birds, members of the swallow family, are native songbirds. East of the Rocky Mountains, purple martin birds nest almost ...
Helpful Tips · The Purple Martin is a colony-nesting species, readily using nest boxes with multiple compartments (more common in the east) or individual ...
Purple Martin | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife
Purple Martin. The Purple Martin is a migratory bird species that stops in Southwest Florida each year. CCFW volunteers have provided important habitat and ...
All About Purple Martins - Wild Birds Unlimited
Purple Martins are long-distance migrants. They breed in eastern North America and journey as far as South America to spend the winter months. What Foods ...
Meet the Purple Martin - Sacramento Audubon Society
Purple Martins are the largest swallow found in North America. They are long-distance migrants, skilled and acrobatic flyers, and can reach ...
Purple Martins | UGA Cooperative Extension
Not too long ago, every farmhouse had boxes, gourds or other housing to attract purple martins. Martin houses are not as common today as they once were, ...
Other of his publications on martins have appeared in the. Purple Martin Update (quarterly publication of the Purple Martin. Conservation Association), the ...
Requirements to attract - Chuck's Purple Martin Page
A 'common rule' is that the 'housing should be placed at a distance away equal to the height of the offending object' be it a tree or a building. The swooping ...
Purple Martins: A Species that Depends on People
Because of this competition and loss of habitat for nesting sites, the Eastern purple martin has adopted a preference for human-erected housing, ...
A Purple Martin Nest Story: 2023 Nestcam - YouTube
Watch as a nest of Purple Martins at the Purple Martin Conservation Association headquarters in Erie, PA progresses from eggs to fledglings.
Purple Martins - Maryland's Wild Acres
Purple Martins are members of the Swallow family which historically nested in cliffs and hollow trees. However, east of the Rockies, Purple Martins are ...
Purple Martin | State of Tennessee, Wildlife Resources Agency
Status in Tennessee: The distribution of Purple Martins in Tennessee is dependent on the location of artificial nest sites. They are a fairly common summer ...
All about Purple Martins - Wild About Birds
Gentle birds by nature, purple martins have a difficult time with more aggressive (and non-native) birds like European Starlings and House Sparrows who drive ...