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Purple Martin
Posted on 2/6/26 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 5:13 pm
Put those purple martin houses up! Scouts will be heading north
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Posted on 2/6/26 at 11:50 pm to bengalman
I haven’t had a single purple Martin in a few years…I don’t know whst the hell has happened. 
Posted on 2/7/26 at 9:26 am to bengalman
Working on "remodeling" the houses now. Based on what I'm seeing, its gonna be a fight to the death with the starlings this year.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 4:11 pm to bengalman
Can someone give me a brief overview of purple Martins? I know they migrate and people have those houses on poles.
What’s the appeal? Just to watch them? I may look into a house, what basics should I know?
What’s the appeal? Just to watch them? I may look into a house, what basics should I know?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 9:55 am to SixthAndBarone
quote:they eat mosquitos
What’s the appeal?
quote:no but they are beautiful
Just to watch them?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:40 am to faraway
mo-ske-toes
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:47 pm to bengalman
In North Central Alabama and the martins will inspect my house and move on to the houses near the lake at the end of the subdivision. Some years I don’t see any stop by. I have a good fly way but food is more plentiful elsewhere.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 9:15 am to Yewkindewit
I had a bunch flying high yesterday but none of them made their way to my house. I will take birds over bugs any day. They fly unlike any other birds as well. Fun to watch
Posted on 2/9/26 at 9:20 am to bengalman
Just saw some reports in cenla. I will wait until I see them due to: house sparrows.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 3:23 pm to AlxTgr
they eat mosquitos
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Actually they eat a ton of dragonflies, which eat mosquitos.
They migrate from Brazil to the same houses each year.
A lot of info on purplemartinconservation.org
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Actually they eat a ton of dragonflies, which eat mosquitos.
They migrate from Brazil to the same houses each year.
A lot of info on purplemartinconservation.org
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:07 am to Gauxt
They eat a lot of bugs out of the air. They will just kill those termite swarms.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:00 pm to bengalman
We replaced our old house. Interested to see if we will get any residents. Our old house was filled every year for the last 12 years.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:12 pm to Gauxt
quote:Yeah, that plus the fact that mosquitoes make up less than 3% of their diet means they are likely a net plus on mosquitoes.
they eat mosquitos
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Actually they eat a ton of dragonflies, which eat mosquitos.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:22 pm to C-Bear
If you can play some of their chatter via a you tube video with a speaker in your yard in the early morning they will hear it and may take a closer look. It worked on getting my first pair last year.
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