Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas

Our 2015 season is upon us. Have got your new system? Check out the systems that we sell at our eCommerce Center at shop.PurpleMartinDakotas.org for our hand selected items. We don't carry everything, but we will help you get started.

This was a presentation that I did a couple years ago for the Grand Forks Horticultural Society. These are the type of presentations that you will see when at our Outdoor Purple Martin Festival. This year the festival is tentatively in South Dakota, so maybe you can join us. All are welcome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cITlusUW5Q

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The forthcoming 3rd Annual Outdoor Purple Martin Festival will be on June 7, 2014. Tickets are available for purchase online. m Please note, Yapsody is our ticketing partner that sell tickets without ticketing fees. For more information about Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas visit our websit...

There are about 70 to 100 days to get your Purple Martin housing ready for the arrival in the Dakotas.

With four Purple Martins showing interest in your property, I would've made sure that my presence would've been known in the area. Purple Martins scouts didn't start showing up into the area until around April 20th when the daytime temperatures first got above 50°F. I don't think we really experienc...

The HAV-IT Services builds the T-14 Purple Martin house constructed with Starling Resistant Entrance Holes, and routered reliefs around the holes and on the outside edges of the porches. HAV-IT Services offers the eight unit apartment with attachment side plates for future addition of six more units...