My old aluminum purple martin house has supported generations of purple martin families — but not in the last few years. I’m not sure why the old house lost its appeal to the birds. The house was ...

GRAND HAVEN — The last pair of purple martins nesting in the gourds at Grand Haven State Park may have a tough time getting their young ready in time for the flight south to the Amazon rainforest.

Natural gourds or plastic gourds, metal house or wooden house, gourd lines, gourd poles, gourd arms, porches, predator guards, dawn song audio recordings, purple martin decoys. There’s a lot to ...

The Martin gourd variety makes an ideal nesting spot for Purple Martins, providing them just the right amount of space to build their nests. Though this particular variety is named for its feathered ...

Centuries before European settlement, the Caddo Indians established farming villages in what would become East Texas, where they no doubt welcomed the annual return of purple martins. Imagine a Caddo ...

The mass migration of purple martins from their various breeding grounds in North America has concluded. In late summer every year, they aggregate en masse, flying south to Brazil, Argentina, and ...

We’ve been enjoying an unusually warm winter, but that doesn’t mean anything to the purple martins. They start showing up this time of year regardless of the severity of the winter. For them, it’s ...

Every year, bird enthusiasts hang groups of plastic gourds for purple martins to nest in Erica Royer Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple ...

Even before daybreak, you can hear them singing their happy sounding songs from inside their swinging gourds. The purple martin song. It will soon be their season. They return every year from their ...

Attracting purple martins is very desirable to bird lovers all across the United States. Many birders just love to have them as summer companions, for others it is a hobby and a way to help deter bugs ...

GREENWICH — The town of Greenwich is preparing for the return of the purple martins as the birds migrate north this spring. Jake Buckanavage, an intern with the Greenwich Inland Wetlands & ...

Dickie Martin was raised at the end of Ghost Creek Road in Laurens. Some 70 years later, he and his wife Linda still live there with their children around them. The original homeplace stands across ...