Purple martin birds nest in colonies of six to eight pairs or more. ... The females are paler in color, ... A pair constructs a nest of plant materials before female lays four to five white eggs.

Here is the nest of a pair of Purple Martins. The first photo shows the eggs during incubation, each egg just under an inch in length. The second shows the baby martins the day they hatched. I've ...

These are condos for purple martins, ... The color of band spotted, ... Female martins typically lay four to six eggs that hatch in 15 to 18 days.

Inside an artificial gourd hanging from an aluminum rack, a female purple martin sits on her eggs while her mate perches in the doorway to their human-made home in Erie. Meanwhile, 35 people watch ...

Inside an artificial gourd hanging from an aluminum rack, a female purple martin sits on her eggs while her mate perches in the doorway to their human-made home in Erie. Meanwhile, 35 people watch ...

This year, our purple martins laid 383 eggs at our main colony and another 20 at our smaller colony. Not every egg is fertile, and some eggs don’t develop if temperatures drop suddenly during ...

On June 3 the fourth a final egg appeared, and the martin watchers anticipated a June 18 hatch date. On June 9 this female disappeared, so it was back to square one for the male.

Stately three-level purple martin birdhouses have always been part of the yard landscape at our family farm. My late Uncle Swede, who was married to Auntie Lottie for 55 years, built the painted ...