Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas

We can mentor most anywhere in the Dakotas. Most times it doesn't require a site visit to help folks with any concerns they may encounter. Have your fiends use our Registration page and write a Comment that they want a mentor. We will then have a location for their site and will do our best to help.

Thank for sharing. We are now less than six months away from their return.

Yesterday the Purple Martins were staging at my site. I have trapped only a few House Sparrows, so they have not been much trouble this year. None of my gourds were used this year, which is sort of unusual. I did find a Red Squirrel nesting in my yard which may have been causing the Purple Martins s...

Hi Allen

Can you post information about the bands that were put on your Purple Martins last year? Did you use any sort of color bands that will help people quickly identify the Purple Martin's that were banded at your site?

Our public sites are doing well too!

Jerome

I saw that you bumped this post. It seems that bbbdco has not been active on the forum since Sat May 23, 2015.

They are nesting at the Greenway of Greater Grand Forks Purple Martin Site too.

The first scout arrived today! May the 4th be with you! Oh Purple Martin majesty...above my own backyard...

I saw my first Purple Martin today of the season! The houses are up so there better be some takers. May the 4th be with you!

Yes the whole website has gone through a complete overhaul. Every component has been upgraded and I am still working on applying themes that give each of the components a common look and feel.

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