Even if you did not receive a purple martin house as a Christmas present ... Consider from among live oaks, Texas red oak, Mexican white oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, bur oak and chinkapin ...

For generations, the sight of purple martin houses dotting American backyards has been a cherished symbol of spring’s return. These elaborate multi-unit bird dwellings, often resembling ...

Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo poses for a photo with his Purple Martin songbird houses at Cedar Ridge Elementary School in Columbia. Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo points out an opening on a round, white sphere at ...

Members of the Warrington Environmental Advisory Council have installed a purple martin gourd house at IPW Park in Upper Nike ...

Landlords, it's time to get the houses ready for the purple martins making their way here. These birds depend on us for their nesting spots. Purple martins, the largest swallows in North America ...

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.