Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas

Hello P.M. Folks Are ye-all ready for the Big Spring Thing Scouts in Iowa! Scouts in the South of Minnesota!!! Any new sites in the making Additions/improvements to existing? Was contacted bout help with a new site in Red Lake Falls Raised a new Prototype- House/Pole unit at our site Built/installed...

welcome to 2015 ARE YOU CONSIDERING HOSTING PURPLE MARTINS? AN APPROPRIATE OPEN SITE, A SAFE POLE AND COMFORTABLE HOUSING WILL HELP MAKE THIS A GREAT NEW HOBBY. WOOD HOUSING /W SREH IS READILY ACCEPTED BY PM IN OUR AREA AND MAY BE PURCHASED ON THIS SITE, IF YOU CHOOSE. GOURDS MAY BE HUNG BELOW OR O...

WELCOME TO 2015 SCOUTS HAVE RETURNED TO R SHORES IN 2014. MELBOURNE FLORIDA REPORTED AN ASY-F ON DEC 23. WE HAVE SEED FOR OUR 2015 PM SEASON, /W MORE RETURNS DAILY. LETS HOPE FOR A NICE SPRING, /W FORAGE, FILLS & FOUNDING PAIRS! ANYONE ELSE WITH FRESH SCOUTS TO REPORT? BEST O NEST TO EVERYONE, ...

Al, Nice to have the Forum working, so we can respond once we find out there's a post. I didn't' receive an email regarding this, did you? Al said- "FYI: I am not an activist but will help anyone that asks for assistance." Your willingness above, is probably just what us "new to and u...

Hy Al, We may have a couple things goin on here, Post delivery and we used to receive email notification each time someone posted on the forum.? Anyway, thanks for your insight on why some PM may not have nested. Great to here your site not only attracts PM, but PMW (PURPLE MARTIN WANABEE'S) Once wo...

Hi again AllenH Perry hopefully fixed the post glitch you had. Good to see those percentages strong, inspite of the late spring & pair numbers down. why would many adults not nest, forage, weather?? Thanks for your ongoing support for those "early birds" lookin for forage! Hope to chat...

Good report Dave, If I read you, sounds like nest numbers and fledges were strong, considering the cool spring/low forage that some experienced. How did other LL in your areas do? Bob Buskas and company out of Alberta, Can. reported a good average production, /w many SY fill-ins! Apart from the Alle...

AllenH WELCOME TO THE FORUM! Providing forage, thru lean times, seemed "Key" to PM survival in many areas! Congrats! on the number of "Recruits" added to the sky's, considering all the challenges, the PM faced this past season! Glad you "swooped in" to share with us, le...

Caroline,

How did the THG perform for you, did you get SY tenants
Hows your season going in general, more compartments next yr?

We also brought home and hung Troyer gourds, we noticed the visitors we
had, seemed comfortable, checking/entering the same.

Hi Dave, Good to here your Mentee had visitors, lets hope its Nesters next! Best O Luck with your Mentor program. I haven't hosted, Nesting PM yet, so I'm no Mentor, but we did have a PM roost in the T-8 for nearly a month in 2014, /w other visitors stopping by. Another friend /w a new T-8 hasn't re...