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.

Condos built specially for the purple martin, a type of swallow, are nearly fully occupied at Minsi Lake in Northampton ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

Purple martins astonish me every year between January and February, as adult males arrive to scout for suitable colonial nest boxes that we conveniently call purple martin houses. I hope they’ll ...