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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.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:23 pm to Gauxt
quote:
they eat mosquitos
I thought about putting up a house, but I don't have many mosquitos. I guess this is because I have bats.
I had a huge purple martin house years ago and the only thing that got into it were wasps.
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 2/13/26 at 9:19 am to Fraid Knot
Make sure to use houses with crescent shaped holes, these are too small for starlings. Also you need to clean these houses when the martins leave
Around July.
Around July.
Posted on 2/13/26 at 9:48 am to BIG Texan
quote:I am fortunate to not have starlings interested in mine for whatever reason. It's the hoards of house sparrows that give me problems. My .177 is ready to go.
Make sure to use houses with crescent shaped holes, these are too small for starlings.
Posted on 2/13/26 at 4:25 pm to BIG Texan
I have 2-T14 houses with porches. I 3d modeled the porch so that I can print and change the entrance types. I have tried the Crescent, Conley 2, Excluder, Excluder II entrance shapes and I'm back to the Crescents this year. The last couple years I've had trouble with younger starlings defeating all of them. I will be back on air rifle duty this year and plan on building a trap over the summer for next year.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:42 pm to AlxTgr
Same here. Starlings aren't a problem but the sparrows have already been lurking. My red ryder is loaded!
Posted on 2/17/26 at 1:52 pm to bengalman
Now above I20. Still none at my place in Cenla.
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