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

Purple martin scouts began showing up in Houston a few weeks ago, prompting my wife, Kathy Adams Clark, and I to get our martin house in order. We pulled it down from its pole, uncapped the ...

My wife, Kathy Adams Clark, and I scurried out to the backyard the first week in January to clean our purple martin house. Because scouts for the largest and arguably the most handsome swallows in ...

Place the house on a pole about 12 to 14 feet high in a clearing ... Detailed information is available at the Purple Martin Conservation Association, www.purplemartin.org. Purple martins are ...

While pole-mounted baffles might stop climbing ... The post The Dark Side of Purple Martin Houses: What Every Backyard Birder Should Know appeared first on Wild Bird Scoop.

4 Place house on a pole about 12-14–feet high in a clearing ... It's time to ready the purple martin nest box. Adult male martins - aka scouts - will be the first to arrive, as they survey ...

According to the Purple Martin Conservation Association ... many inexpensive manufactured martin houses are built to incorrect dimensions. Further, they recommend “a pole that telescopes ...

I have found aluminum structures that include a mounting pole purchased on the internet or from a local shop as easy to obtain and construct. Right now, your purple martin house should be in the ...

Landlords, it's time to get the houses ready for the purple martins ... Krista Adams, a Louisiana Master Naturalist and purple martin ambassador, and her family have been providing homes for ...

Ray was visiting a college buddy who had installed a martin house ... a pole and sometimes resembles a gourd or miniaturized apartment building. The backyard structure was inhabited by purple ...

“I built a purple martin house and put it up. Before I had the last nut tightened on the pole, martins were checking out the house.” Larry Leonard’s yard in south Brainerd is a haven for ...

Owastanong Islands Audubon Society member Dave Herdegen, a purple martin landlord and ... "Once he shows up, we get the house ready." That means attaching the pole on a platform he puts in front ...