Learn how to build a purple martin birdhouse. These purple martin house plans create stackable floors to accommodate a growing colony, year after year. Some things are just intrinsically appealing ...

For generations, the sight of purple martin houses dotting American backyards ... the extent of commitment required. These aren’t simple birdhouses you can mount and forget.

If fledgling ospreys and hawks can be translocated and “hacked” to the wild, why not purple martins? Wire-enclosed hacking boxes, which look like purple martin ... basic plans in house ...

GIBSONBURG — Lisa Rock, a project manager for the Green Creek Wildlife Society, banded purple ... to living in martin houses, the birds also live in gourds. Markel said he plans to add about ...

“I sent in for the plans, and a friend and I built a house ... But that’s as far as I go with birding.” The purple martin house on McGovern’s property beside the Kennebunk River has ...

Those trend lines helped to galvanize the purple martin ... a game plan. They would watch the purple martins as they raised their families. They had one big advantage in that pursuit: Purple martins ...

Plan to experience purple martins this summer. Some places where humans are taking care of martin houses include Montrose Harbor in Chicago, the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Lakewood Forest ...

In early February, Andrew and Carol Stamm scan the skies for the first signs that their purple martin colony will return ... from other birds such as house sparrows and European starlings.