The purple martin is the largest swallow in North America, and arguably the most popular. Males have dark purpleish black feathers all over their bodies. The females are paler in color, with dark ...

WE ARE JUST STARTING OUR PURPLE MARTIN NEST AND FEAST IN -- NESTING SEASON ... WILL GIVE ME AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE AGE BASED ON THESE PICTURES. YOU CAN START TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

A proper birdhouse is the keyKey TakeawaysChoose the Right Housing: Martins need elevated, multi-compartment homes placed in ...

A nesting female purple martin typically lays four to six eggs. In the southwestern U.S. purple martins often nest in abandoned woodpecker nest cavities in saguaro cacti. But in Wisconsin the ...

Last year was a tough year for purple martin families in our area because of the difficult weather conditions. This year seems to be proceeding with the same start. The arrival and nest selection ...

Tucson Audubon says it has mapped martin nest locations in more than 200 saguaros in Southern Arizona. But unlike the eastern purple martins, whose behavior and wintering grounds have been heavily ...

You can use a plastic gourd or a natural gourd to attract the birds and give them a place to nest in. For more details, go to the North Carolina Purple Martin Society's website.

the purple martin has been sighted ... as the unwavering dedication of thousands of ‘martin landlords’ who maintain multi-compartment nest ‘condos’ that are essential for the birds ...

Before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans hung up empty gourds for the Purple Martin. In the west, they still nest in places like woodpecker holes. The first Purple Martin ...

Purple martins, a glossy black and purple swallow species that migrates to South America for the winter, have been sighted in Michigan following their long journey, the Purple Martin Conservation ...