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Purple Martin Pages

• The Purple Martin Society Homepage
  • Hopefully, you, the Purple Martin landlord reader, will find this website meets our goal of educating the Purple Martin public and stimulating interest and enthusiasm in today's Purple Martin interest. Remember, Purple martins travel thousands of miles from Brazil to be with you in your backyard every season. They are becoming very uncommon songbirds in many areas of their breeding today, and since they are completely dependent on humans, east of the Rocky Mountains, we have a responsibility to be good Purple Martin landlords. As long as Purple Martins live and as long as we protect them, they will return faithfully to our colony sites, year after year.
• The East Central Minnesota Purple Martin Recovery
  • The Purple Martin population in Minnesota has decreased 78% over the past 40 years according to the Audubon Society. The population is continuing to decline by 3.8% each year according to the Breeding Bird Survey. In response to this information East Central Minnesota - Purple Martin Recovery was established and has grown to six public colony sites located across the region. ECM-PMR colonies, which are extensively managed on a volunteer basis, serve to expose the general public to Purple Martins and help foster a healthy increase in the local Purple Martin population.
• Chuck's Purple Martin Page
  • Within the following pages, you will find all kinds of information on Purple Martins. Things like how to attract them, how to house them and how to care for them. This page is under constant construction to stay with the information that needs to be presented. The following are a few tips that will help navigate these pages:
• Danny's Purple Martin Place
  • Welcome to my page. This page is devoted exclusively to the hobby of being a landlord of Purple Martins. First, let me say that I am not an expert in this field, but really enjoy being a host for these beautiful birds and wanted to share some of the things that have worked for me as well as some of my failures. My knowledge of martins comes from "hands on" experience as well as other sources which include other landlord's advice and printed material. A word of advice though, This is an addicting hobby, so have fun! You can use the Home Button at the top to return to the Main page. Also, use the pm forum button at the top to visit the most informative forum about purple martins on the web.
• Hirondelles Noires
  • Information sur l'hirondelle noire
• Lake Murray's Purple Martins
  • Lunch Island, also known as Doolittle Island or Bombing Range Island, in the middle of Lake Murray, is North America's first officially designated Purple Martin sanctuary. On summer evenings, boats gather at dusk to witness the spectacle of thousands and thousands of Purple Martins coming to the island to roost.
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Wildbird Refuge
  • Twice a year, some eight million Purple Martins migrate through southeast Louisiana, the first as a final "refueling" stop before the long flight to South America, and again as their first chance to refuel on the way back. A flight for some that can be as long as 8,500 miles. More than 200,000 of these spectacular birds have adopted the under-structure of the southern end of Lake Pontchartrain Causewayas their evening roosting area during the spring and summer months. At dusk each evening, the swallows swoop and dance, sing and provide a natural, breathtaking spectacle. 
• Purple Martins in Texas
  • Texas Environmental Studies Institute in the Gulf Coast area of Texas is interested in Purple Martin migration.   Purple Martins, a type of swallow, migrate north through Texas in spring from Sao Paulo, Brazil into the Central Flyway of the United States seeking mates, housing and food.  The birds have fairly predictable time tables in their migration. We invite you to send us your sightings of Purple Martins as they come through your area. This project is in its fifth year of data acquisition.
• Purple Martin Photos by Joe Dellinger
  • All photos are copyright (c) Joe Dellinger. You may use these for nonprofit educational purposes; just credit them back to me, please, and don't remove the comments embedded in the image. I primarily took these for a friend to use for artistic reference purposes, so if you're also planning to use them for references for works of art, please check with me first.
• Central Florida Bird Watchers Purple Martin Page
  • Dedicated to keeping you informed of current bird sightings. The high point of Central Florida bird watching is the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. The refuge encompasses 140,000 acres of saltwater and freshwater marsh divided into several ecological habitats. When you visit the refuge you'll experience salt marsh, sedge grass plains, hardwood hammocks and stands of pine and Sable Palm. This diversity provides homes for 310 species of birds and 1,045 species of plants. The Refuge Office and Visitor Information Center is located just 4 miles east of Titusville, Florida on Route 402. Be sure to stop in at the Visitor Center to check the wildlife sighting log book.  
• Paxton's Purple Martin Paradise
  • If you are wondering, why the fuss  over a mere bird? It's very apparant that you are not aPurple Martin landlord...