Purple Martin Association of the Dakotas

Wow, seems early, considering what weather's doin up here!
Friday April 22 an ASY-m arrived, just north of TRF, Saturday 2 more arrived, Sunday an ASY-f arrived.
Are those dried meal worms & did you flip insects to get them started taking Supplimentle feeding

Jerome

Happy New Year, People

Who's planning a new Nest Site to Host these Special Swallows, for 2022

Anyone upgrading or painting housing?

We retired a 40 year old Trio-12 grandpa & have a modern wood duplex (two cuby) ready to greet new Arrivals for 2022.

Best O Luck new Season

Hi Mr. Dave Thanks for "heads up", wasn't notified bout this, indeed site may have been down, no response to my previous posts either 🤔 Any new PM site activity over your way? May have mentioned, built n helped raise Systems at 5 new Sites in NW MN, all were founded over 2020/2021 seasons, Happy LL....

Howdy Friends of Avian One of 4 Foundees asked me to expand their 4 plex to 6, for the new Season. Managed upgrade, including new purtch tower & 🐚 tray. These will remount to a newer Tilt pole system we have developed, eliminating winch/cable maintenance, with improved Safety 😀 A second new LL is in...

Hello Purple People 💜 Like to share an upgrade we presented & a Potential starter unit for Wannabes! Raised an old Heath Castle, converted to 6/dbl Cubys, in 2018. PM flocked to it, producing young in 18 n 2019, but lack of nest trays made Maintenance Challenging at best, having nest trays may have ...

Mr. Dave
Thanks for Sharing, watched Video a couple times, to capture the Great info. Hope all Wannabes see this, as their getting a start, in this Special Hobby!

Nice Fledge percentage, noticed one thing about Hosting Smaller Colony, its much easier to Witness
Fledge n Percentage tends to be Higher!
We noticed as season progressed, n moisture decreased, blo fly pressure dropped off as well.

Avian Friends
AllenH, Caroline any updates from your or area Colonys?
Any banding done at your sites, for 2020 Season?
Know of any new Sites, started in your areas?

First arrival here on April 29, was an ASY-m, three days earlier than 2019. Temps were cool, so early arrivals were Sharing Compartments n seeing that, i plugged the vents! Pair count increased by 4 at home site, Fledges by 25! Delt with some blo fly, as usual, but all in all a good Season, with 4 W...

High you all Did your Colony size increase or remain steady, did Fledged numbers change 🤔 Anyone in the Group, with Fledge numbers to share? Anyone else with Fledge numbers or who had PM visitors, and would like to share? Our pair numbers increased by just 4, but our Fledged Numbers increased to 82,...