• Abandonment (see nest abandonment under Behavior)
• A.B.C.A. (American Bird Conservation Association) 8(3) p. 5
• Abnormalities
  • Anophthalmia (Eyelessness) 12(2) p. 6;
  • Bill deformity 9(3) p. 21 (crooked); 13(3) p. 11; 13(4) p. 27;
  • Leg splaying 3(4) p. 14-15; 6(1) p. 20 (use of Gutter Guard on flooring to prevent); 6(4) p. 8 (reasons/deaths); 10 (1) p.11; 13(4) p. 11 (causes/prevention); 15(2) p. 12 (causes/prevention);
  • Microphthalmia 13(4) p. 27 (under developed eye);
  • skin problems on nestlings  15(4) p. 13;
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema 10 (1) p. 2; 11(3) p. 23 (extreme case); 13(4) p. 27; 16(4) p. 12;
• Abundance (of martins) 1(1) p. 8-9, 12, 22;
• Access doors (see Gourds)
• Adaptation 2(4) p. 11 (definition)
• Adaptive brood reduction (see Behavior)
• Adding additional housing (see Housing)
• Addled eggs (see Egg)
• Adult martin 8(1) p. 15(description);
• Aerial behavior (see Behavior)
• Aerial insectivore 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Aerial strafing of landlords 2(1) p. 25;
• Aging martins 3(4) p. 1-3; 6(1) p. 13; 6(3) p. 17; 6(4) p. 14; 8(1) p. 15 (color guide); 11(4) p. 16-17 (undertail coverts)
• Air sacs 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Alaska 7(2) p. 15 (martins)
• Albinism 1(2) p. 16; 6(1) p. 9; 11(4) p. 20; 12(3) p. 12 (nestling); 12(3) p. 12 (degrees of); 12(3) p. 12 (challenges and genetics of); 12(4)  p. 10 (types of), 10 (albino returning from Brazil); 13(3) p. 16; 14(1) p. 22-25 (nestlings); 14(2) p. 12;
• American Bird Conservation Association  13(3) p. 2-3 (Annual PM Convention);
• Anal flukes (see Endoparasites)
• Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World 14(4) p. 10-13 (establishing colony at);
• Anthropomorphism 1(3) p. 23 (definition);5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Apteria (definition) 15 (4) p. 10;
• Arrival 1(3) p. 1 (scouts); 3(1) p. 12; 6(2) p. 14 (adults/subadults), 21 (scouts), 22 (adults); 7(4) p. 15; 8(1) p. 7; 10 (1) p. 7 (schedule); 12(2) p. 14 (biological significance of age-specific return schedules in breeding purple martins/based on sex and/or age), 15 (early arrival by old
  adults/early arrival early egg laying?);
• Arthropod 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Ash-throated flycatchers (see Houses)
• Association (martins) with other birds 1(1) p. 31;
• Attenborough, Sir David 7(4) p. 28;
• Attracting martins 1(1) p. 1, 20-21 (by sound playbacks), 29, 33; 2(3) p. 26 (decoys), 28-29 (10 reasons landlords fail); 3(1) p. 23, 24, 28; 3(2) p. 10; 4(2) p. 19; 5(2) p. 16; 5 (4) p. 14; 6(1) p. 15; 6(3) p. 14; 7(1) p. 16; 8(3) p. 8 (dawnsong); 9 (3)  p. 28 (social attraction); 10 (2) p. 14, 15, 17 (number of houses needed); 11(1) p. 16; 11(4) p. 9, 10; p. 9, 10 (after nest failure due to snake); 12(2) p. 11; 13(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 8 (vanilla, cinnamon, garlic, onion as an attractant); 13(2) p. 9 (and Turkey Vultures); 13(3) p. 10 (use of plants); 14(2) p. 9; 14(4) p. 7 (nesting material as attractant); 15(4) p. 11; 16(1) p. 10; 17(1) p. 11 (after snake invasion); 17(2) p. 10-11 (use of onions, vanilla, cinnamon), 11 (dawnsong, decoys);
• Avian pox (see Diseases)
• Avifauna 6(3) p. 5 (definition);

• Bachelor male 4(1) p. 22; 4(2) p.16 (causing nest failure); 4(3) p. 15; 5(2) p. 15, 22; 9(1) p. 17(destroying eggs); 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 11 (attacking nestlings); 11(3) p. 9 (visiting other colony sites); 11(4) p. 9 (breaking up couples); 13(3) p. 8 (removing nestlings), 9;
• Bachelor male wandering (see Behavior)
• Baffles (see Predator Guards)
• Bald eagle (see Predators)
• Banding martins 1(2) p. 25; 2(3) p. 22; 4(4) p. 10 (Troyer's fishing for martins); 5(1) p. 24 (local returns); 5(4) p. 15 (laws); 6(4) p. 24 (recoveries south of the border); 7(2) p. 17 (reporting banded martins); 8(1) p. 28 (recoveries); 8(3) p. 20 (nestlings); 9(2) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 2 (Ohio purple martin color banding project), 16; 11(3) p. 2 (history of bird banding); 11(3) p. 2-3 (banding permits); 11(3) p. 3 (banding equipment); 11(3) p. 3-4 (auxiliary marking permits); 11(3) p. 4-5 (capturing banded martins); 11(3) p. 5 (reporting a banded martin); 11(3) p. 5 (illegal banding); 11(3) p. 5-7 (what's been learned from banding martins); 11(3) p. 7 (how landlords can participate); 12(2) p. 14 (what can be learned); 12(4)  p. 4-6 (using pole nets to capture), 11; 13(2) p. 9 (reporting banded dead martin); 15(3) p. 7; 16(3) p. 4-7 (reading & reporting); 16(4) p. 25 (9-year banded martins recaptured);
• Band recoveries 14(3) p. 22-23 (reporting);
• Banks swallow (see Swallows);
• Barn swallows (see Swallows)
• Bathing (see Behavior)
• Bats 3(2) p. 23; 4(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 16 (housing); 6(3) p. 17 (and martins); 8(2) p. 16;BBC 3(2) p. 28; 14(2) p. 9 (housing near colony); 15 (4) p. 10 (housing near colony); 16(2) p. 16 (co-existing in same housing);
• Bedbugs (see Ectoparasites)
• Beehives 6(1) p. 14 (housing near);
• Behavior
  • adaptive brood reduction 1(4) p. 21; 7(1) p.15;
  • adults fighting with fledglings 4(4) p. 16;
  • adults teaching fledglings to hunt  13(1) p. 9;
  • aerial behavior 1(3) p. 12;
  • aerial strafing of landlords 2(1) p. 25; 9(4) p. 16;
  • aggressive behavior 10 (2) p. 8;
  • aggressive nestlings 7(1) p. 15;
  • aggressive sexual flight posture 10 (2) p. 10;
  • aggressiveness towards other birds 12(3) p. 9;
  • and displaced nests 1(2) p. 7;
  • and fireworks 3(4) p. 24;
  • and smoke 3(2) p. 25; 8(2) p.17;
  • appeasement display 10 (2) p. 9;
  • association with other birds 1(1) p. 31;
  • attacking hummingbirds 4(2) p. 16;
  • bachelor male despoiling nests 4(1) p. 22;
  • bachelor male causing nest failure 4(2) p. 16;
  • bachelor male wandering 11(3) p. 6;
  • bathing behavior 1(1) p.30; 1(3) p. 12; 6(2) p. 15(splash bathing to cool eggs in hot weather); 12(1) p. 9 (splash-bathing); 13(3) p. 8 (bathing/feather soaking to cool nestlings); 15(3) p. 19 (using a birdbath);
  • behavior during forest fire 1(4) p. 17;
  • behavior towards house sparrows  13(1) p. 10;
  • bill-snapping 10 (2) p. 9;
  • belly soaking 2(2) p. 14 (as possible thermoregulatory mechanism); 12(1) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8;
  • brood reduction 13(3) p. 11;
  • cavity checking behavior 9(2) p. 15;
  • cavity fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
  • cavity-type imprinting 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
  • claiming-reclaiming display 10 (2) p. 9, 11; 15(1) p. 11;
  • color preferences 1(2) p. 23 (of door panels); 15(1) p. 11;
  • commensal feeding 5(2) p. 20;
  • commensalism 5(2) p. 20; 5(3) p.18; 7(4) p. 18;
  • communal cavity roosting 3(4) p. 20; 5(3) p. 17; 7(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 28; 11(3) p. 1;
  • communal sun bathing 1(4) p. 22;
  • compartment preference 6(4) p. 16; 12(2) p. 14 (adults vs. subadults);
  • competition among martins 17(2) p. 5;
  • dissolving of family unit 5(3) p. 17;
  • drinking on the wing  13(3) p. 8;
  • during forest fire 1(4) p. 17;
  • during a storm 5(2) p. 8;
  • during nest checks 13(2) p. 10;
  • early departure from colony 1(1) p.30; 13(4) p. 8 (reasons for);
  • effects of landlording 9(2) p. 17;
  • effect of yard activity on martins 9(1) p. 16;
  • egg abandonment 5(2) p. 17; 7(1) p. 14; 10 (1) p. 15 (during cold spell); 11(4) p. 8; 15(4) p. 11-12; 16(3) p. 11;
  • egg dumping 6(4) p. 8; 12(3) p. 8; 14(4) p. 7
  • egg laying in two separate cavities 9(2) p. 22;
  • electric bug light and martins 1(1) p. 30;
  • extra-pair copulation 16(3) p. 20-21;
  • family units intermingling after fledging  13(1) p. 10;
  • feeding  1(4) p. 18 (on the ground); 12(1) p. 10 (on the ground when faced with starvation); 12(3) p. 21 (on the ground); 13(3) p. 15 (grounded insects); 15(3) p. 11 (effected by fog); 16(2) p. 12 (during cold weather);
  • female stealing nest material 2(4) p. 18;
  • fighting among martins 1(3) p.22; 2(4) p. 20; 7(1) p. 18; 9(4) p. 15 (use of gourds to prevent); 11(2) p. 15; 13(3) p. 9; 14(4) p. 6; 15(2) p. 13;
  • flocking behavior 2(4) p. 24 (during migration);
  • food allocation by parents 14(2) p. 14-15;
  • foraging 5(3) p. 14 (midday); 10 (2) p. 11;
  • forced extra pair copulation 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 4(1) p. 4; 6(2) p. 17; 7(2) p. 17;
  • forming of grouping areas 3(4) p. 5-7;
  • foster feeding 5(2) p. 24;
  • frequent rotating of eggs 4(4) p. 27;
  • gaping 10 (2) p. 9;
  • general 2(1) p. 8;
  • green leaf bringing 2(1) p. 1;
  • group behavior 10 (2) p. 10;
  • ground feeding 1(4) p. 18; 5(4) p. 22; 7(4) p. 24 (in weather stressed martins);
  • ground nesting 1(3) p. 11;
  • heterosexual gaping 10 (2) p. 9;
  • homing of purple martins 5(2) p. 12;
  • horizontal threat posture 10 (2) p. 8;
  • house domination 2(2) p. 24;
  • house imprinting 5(4) p. 13; 13(3) p. 9 (nestlings);
  • house choices 13(3) p. 9 (from year to year by adults);
  • hull-eating behavior 4(4) p. 9;
  • inbreeding in martins 2(3) p. 19; 11(4) p. 11; 15(1) p. 12;
  • in martins with displaced nests 1(2) p. 7;
  • infanticide 6(3) p. 7; 10 (3) p. 11; 11(2) p. 16 (by unmated subadult males); 12(4) p. 8; 13(3) p. 27; 14(3) p. 10;
  • initiation of egg-laying 9(1) p. 17;
  • interaction with cowbirds 9(1) p. 18;
  • intraspecific brood parasitism 6(4) p. 8; 11(1) p. 15; 12(4)  p. 8; 14(4) p. 7;
  • intraspecific fighting  15(4) p. 29 (among females);
  • juvenile harassment 2(4) p. 14-15 (implications);
  • juveniles visiting breeding sites after fledging 12 (4) p. 10;
  • kleptoparasitism 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 5(4) p. 18; 7(2) p. 16; 8(1) p. 14; 8(4) p. 23; 11(1) p. 14;
  • late nesting 1(1) p. 29; 8(3) p. 15; 13(4) p. 9 (reasons for);
  • leaving breeding site early 7(4) p. 16;
  • low feeding by martins 4(3) p. 15;
  • male porch domination 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(2) p. 24; 2(4) p. 11 (definition), 25; 6(2) p.17; 13(1) p. 10;
  • mantling 10 (3) p. 10, 11;
  • martins and humans 6(2) p. 15;
  • martin preference 2(4) p. 3;
  • martins visiting other colonies 4(2) p. 17;
  • mate fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 15(2) p.11; 16(4) p. 12;
  • mate guarding 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
  • mating  3(4) p. 5 (among juveniles); 4(3)  p. 14;  12(2)  p. 14 (pairing with martins of same age); 12 (3) p.8;  12(4)  p. 9 (when); 14(3) p. 8; 15(3) p. 9 (female preference for older males); 16(4) p. 12;
  • mobbing behavior 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 10 (3) p. 15 (martins mobbing radio-controlled airplane); 12(4) p. 18 (mobbing pellet wounded starling); 13(1) p. 11;
  • midday foraging 5(3) p. 14;
  • natal dispersal 2(3) p. 19; 11(3) p. 6; 12(2) p. 26-28 (dispersal distance/sexual difference/preferred dispersal direction); 16(4) p. 12;
  • natal site fidelity 11(3) p. 6; 16(4) p. 12;
  • nest abandonment 2(3) p. 17-18; 7(2) p. 16; 8(4) p. 23; 12(2) p. 10 (reasons);
  • nestling/parent signature 13(4) p. 10 (nestling recognition by parents);
  • nesting habits 8(2) p. 16;
  • nesting in places other than man-made housing  (see Nests);
  • noise (effects on martins) 4(4) p. 14;
  • of widowed female 13(2) p. 11;
  • pair formation 10 (2) p. 11; 13(2) p. 10; 16 (2) p. 28;
  • panting in martins 12(3) p. 8;
  • parental duties 1(4) p. 27;
  • parents abandoning grounded young 7(2) p. 14;
  • parents assembling the brood 3(4) p. 5-7;
  • parents eating eggshells of young 16(3) p. 11;
  • parents ejecting young from nest 7(2) p. 21; 16(3) p. 11;
  • parents feeding grounded nestlings 14(4) p. 6;
  • parents mobbing landlord 7(2) p. 14; 12(3) p. 9;
  • parents mobbing newly fledged young 7(2) p. 14;
  • parents protecting young 4(4) p. 16; 6(2) p. 23;
  • pair bonding 7(1) p. 16;
  • pairing 7(1) p. 12, 16 (bonding); 12(2) p. 14 (with martins of same age);
  • polygamy 3(4) p. 25; 5(2) p. 24;
  • poor parenting 1(1) p. 15;
  • porch wandering 13(3) p.9;
  • post-breeding behavior 11 (3) p. 6;
  • post-breeding nest cavity defense 6(3) p. 28; 10 (1) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 13, 14;
  • post-fledgling behavior of parents 3(4) p. 4-7; 6(3) p. 15;
  • post-fledging feeding  3(4) p. 6-7;
  • post-fledging wandering 10 (4) p. 2; 11 (3) p. 6;
  • preening 10 (2) p. 11;
  • preference for old nests 3(4) p. 23; 4(4) p. 25, 28 (benefits); 11(2) p. 14;
  • premature fledging 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 6(2) p. 11 (during nest checks); 6(3) p. 8 (preventing); 9(1) p. 4; 11(2) p. 17 (entrance type causing); 15(2) p. 10; 15(3) p. 12 (how to prevent during nest checks); 16(3) p. 18 (reasons); 17(1) p. 16;
  • raider behavior 3(4) p. 7;
  • removal of addled eggs by adults 4(2) p. 16; 15(3) p. 11;
  • renesting attempts  4(3) p. 12; 4(4) p.14; 6(3) p.22; 7(1) p.12; 7(4) p.15; 12(3) p. 8, 26 (how to tell if you have one); 14(4) p. 19; 15(3) p. 10; 16(3) p. 11; 17(1) p. 18;
  • reproductive behavior 2(4) p. 4;
  • reverse migration 5(3) p. 17;
  • roosting behavior 5(2) p. 8-9; 10 (4) p. 21 (on roof and windowsill of house for warmth); 11(2) p. 15 (seeking warm sites to roost); 13(1)  p. 10 (fledglings roosting outside housing);
  • second broods 15(3) p. 20-22;
  • site abandonment 4(1) p.16; 4(4) p. 22; 5(1) p.16; 6(3) p.15; 7(4) p.15, 16; 8(3) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 16 (reasons); 11(3) p. 5-6; 17(1) p. 11;
  • site fidelity 1(1) p. 15; 4(1) p. 23; 6(1) p. 17; 8(2) p.14; 11(3) p. 5; 15(2) p.11; 15(3) p. 13;
  • sleeping behavior 2(3) p. 1-5; 9(1) p. 17;  13(1) p. 10;
  • sleeping outside of housing 12(3) p. 10;
  • spinning 10 (3) p. 8;
  • splash bathing (see bathing behavior)
  • stooped-submissive fight display 10 (2) p. 9, 10, 11;
  • sun bathing 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 7(4) p. 22; 11(2) p. 23;
  • sunning posture 10 (2) p. 9, 10, 11;
  • survival behavior 11(3) p. 1 (during cold weather);
  • territorial agonism 10 (2) p. 8;
  • vocalizations 10 (2) p. 10;
  • warming up on rocks 11(2) p. 22 (at PMCA site);
  • yard lighting (effects on martins) 4(4) p. 14; 8(3) p. 15;
• Bell, Ralph K.  16(1) p. 3;
• Bent's life history 5(2) p. 2 (purple martins);
• Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest  15(4) p. 6-9;
• Biotic 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
• Birdbander's diary 1(2) p. 6;
• Birdbaths 14(2) p. 10 (and martins);
• Bird words 1(1) p. 14 (martin lingo, terminology); 1(2) p. 27; 1(3) p. 23; 1(4) p. 23; 2(4) p. 10;
• Bird feeding 8(2) p. 12;
• Bird Flu (see Avian Flu Viruses)
• Birdseed (see diet)
• Black flies (see Ectoparasites)
• Blood 12(4) p. 6 (sampling procedure);
• Blowflies (see Ectoparasites)
• Bluebirds (See Nest Site Competitors);
• Bolus 4(3) p. 15;
• Brazil 1(4) p. 1-5 (Brazilian wintering grounds), 6 (die-offs in Brazil); 4(1) p. 22; 6(1) p. 2 (deaths from Brazilian tornado); 13(2) p. 2-7, 29 (Brazilian Wintering grounds-research trip);
• Breeding  1(1) p. 8-9, 12, 22 (distribution); 4(2) p. 14 (distribution in Pennsylvania); 4(4) p. 12 (distribution in Michigan); 6(3) p. 13 (in Bufflehead duck nest box); 6(4) p. 6 (breeding success in martins); 8(1) p. 7 (breeding range), 14 (improving breeding success); 8(4) p. 2 (success in housing types); 10 (1) p. 7 (breeding range); 10 (2) p. 17 (time);
• Breeding Bird Atlases 4(4) p. 13;
• Brood  2(4) p. 10 (Single- definition), 22 (number in martins); 3(4) p. 5 (assembling of/grouping areas), 21 (double broodedness); 6(3) p. 20(number in martins); 7(2) p. 18 (second); 8(4) p. 16 (number of); 9(3) p. 19 (second); 10 (4) p. 17 (second); 15(3) p. 20-22 (second);
• Brooding 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Brood patch 4(4) p. 26;
• Brood reduction (see Behavior)
• Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) 12(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 2; 13(3) p. 8;
• Brown-crested flycatchers 17(2) p. 24-25;
• Buffalo gnats (aka Black flies-see Ectoparasites)
• Bumper guard (see Housing/SREH);
• Butcher, Jesse 1(2) p. 8 (landlord interview);
• Butterflies (see Diet)

C

• Canopies (see Gourds)
• Cactus Wren (see Housing)
• Calcium supplementation 15(2) p. 20-22 (and martin reproduction); 16(3) p. 12;
• Cape May Point State Park 11(1) p. 24;
• Cartwright 3-hole entrance (see Housing/SREH);
• Cassin's Finch 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap); 
• Cats (see Predators)
• Cavity fidelity (see Behavior)
• Cavity reduction 12(1) p. 11 (to see if new sites would be established);
• Cavity-type imprinting (see Behavior)
• Cedar waxwings 3(2) p. 20;
• Cedar shavings 1(4) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(2) p. 23; 5(3) p. 15 (safety); 8(3) p. 14; 12(2) p. 8 (safety); 13(3) p. 10 (swallowed by nestling); 14(1) p. 10;
• Central Virginia's 11th Annual Purple Martin Field Day 14(4) p. 29;
• Chalaza 4(4) p. 27 (definition);
• Charleston birdhouse auction 2(1) p. 14 (auction for charity);
• Chimney Swifts 3(1) p. 24; 1(3) p.13 (tries stealing prey from martin); 4(1) p. 22; 6(2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 17 (effects of swift nesting structure on martin colony); 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 24; 16 (2) p. 24-25;
• Civil War 8(4) p. 7 (martin box regiment);
• Cleaning housing (see Housing)
• Cloaca 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Club 5(3) p. 11 (starting a martin club);
• Clutch 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Clutch initiation (see Nest)
• Clutch size (see Nest)
• Coates martin housing (see Housing)
• Coevolution 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Colony
  • age-out 5(4) p. 16;
  • checking ground beneath  1(4) p. 28-29;
  • colony-site recruitment 11 (3) p. 6;
  • counting martins at 4(4) p. 15;
  • decline 2(3) p. 25 (loss of martins); 3(1) p. 25 (reasons); 9(1) p. 20 (and tree encroachment); 12(2) p. 10 (reasons); decline 12(3) p. 10 (reasons for);
  • definition of 1(1) p. 14; 6(3) p. 16;
  • dog near 10(2) p. 23; 11(2) p. 14 (and colony decline); 14(1) p. 10; 14(2) p. 8-9;
  • early departure (see Behavior)
  • establishing 1(1) p. 20 (problems); 1(4) p. 8 (landlord's checklist), 21, 28 (detecting what's happening at colony); 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 26 (tips); 4(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 26 (social attraction); 9(4) p. 21; 12(2) p. 11 (after prior colony was removed); 16(4) p. 11;
  • increasing size 3(4) p. 28-29; 9(4) p. 16;
  • loss of pond  14(2) p. 10 (effects of);
  • management 1(4) p. 5(3) p. 22; 8(1) p. 10; 13(4) p. 18 (tools);
  • martin watcher's checklist 2(4) p. 12;
  • near parking lot 10 (4) p. 17;
  • population 1(2) p. 4 (increasing by entrance placement design); 2(1) p. 26-27 (increasing); 9(1) p. 15 (number of cavities per colony); 13(4) p. 9;
  • public martin projects  17(1) p. 24-28;
  • predation of (see Predators)
  • reestablishing 8(3) p. 17;
  • registering 1(1) p. 29, 37; 1(2) p. 5; 2(4) p. 4 (registration project); 10 (4) p. 14;
  • relocating 7(1) p. 25; 12(4) p. 23; 13(1) p. 27;
  • report card project 1989 2(2) p. 13;
  • rescuing a martin colony 12(2) p. 24 (Raleigh, NC site);
  • super 10 (4) p. 15 (effects of near new colonies); 12(4) p. 22;
  • tips to prepare  16(1) p. 8-9;
• Colonization 9(2) p. 16 (of new sites);
• Color of housing (see Housing)
• Color preferences (see Behavior)
• Commensal feeding (see Behavior)
• Commensalism (see Behavior)
• Communal cavity roosting (see Behavior)
• Communal sun bathing (see Behavior)
• Compartment size (see Houses)
• Conley entrance hole- WDC (see Housing/SREH);
• Conservation status (of purple martins) 16 (4) p. 2-5; 17(1) p. 2-3, 19; 17(2) p. 2-4;
• Copper sulfate 6(3) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15; 11(1) p. 23 (soaking gourds in); 13(1)  p. 8; 14(2) p. 8, 27; 15(3) p. 13; 
• Cowbirds 5(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 18;
• CREOB entrance hole (see Housing/SREH);
• Crested Caracaras 17(2) p. 12 (and martins);
• Crickets (see Diet)
• Crissum 1(2) p. 27 (definition);
• Cross-species fostering 9(3) p. 26 (definition); 15(2) p. 19;
• Crowley's Restaurant (martin colony) 11(3) p. 16;
• Crows (see Predators)
• Cumberland County, NJ Purple Martin Festival 11(3) p. 15;

D

• Dawnsong 1(1) p. 20; 2(1) p. 10; 2(3) p. 22; 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 20; 5(3) p. 16; 6(1) p. 16, 23 (attracting snakes); 6(4) p. 14; 7(1) p. 16; 7(4) p. 16;8(3) p. 8, 9 (use of outdoor speakers); 9(1) p. 17; 9(3) p. 17 (and subadults), 27; 9(4) p. 16, p. 23; 10 (2) p. 12; 10 (4) p. 15; 11(3) p. 9; 11(4) p. 9 (and audio equipment), 10; 12(1) p. 9, 10; 13(1) p. 11; 13 (3) p. 11 (height of flight during); 14(2) p. 6; 14(4) p. 7; 17(2) p. 11;
• Daylily Grants 17(2) p. 22-23;
• Daytime chatter recordings 9(3) p. 28; 10 (2) p. 12; 10 (4) p. 15; 11(3) p. 9;
• Deaths 2(3) p. 14 (N. Carolina bridge); 4(1) p. 10 (what to do when you find dead martins); 8(3) p. 15 (during migration); 9(3) p. 20 (nestlings due to weather); 10 (2) p. 17 (dead female in nest); 11(1) p. 16 (dead female in nest); 12(2) p. 9 (due to cold weather); 12(3) p. 9 (death of female during nesting period); 12(3) p. 11 (death of parent); 12(4)  p. 12-15 (on North Carolina's William B. Umstead Bridge), 18 (struck by car), 19 (trapped in gourd due to loosened porch), 22 (due to cold spell); 14(2) p. 2 (Umstead Bridge update), 11 (causes); 14(4) p. 6 (causes of adult deaths);15(2) p. 12 (weather related); 15(4) p. 19 (due to traffic);
• Decoys 2(3) p. 26-27; 4(4) p. 2 (how to make); 9(3) p. 28; 10 (2) p. 12; 11(4) p. 10; 12 (1) p. 10 (how many to use/when to take down); 13(2) p. 11 (attracting sharp-shinned hawk); 17(2) p. 11;
• Delayed plumage maturation 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Dellinger, Dr. Thomas Baynes 6(4) p. 1 (1995 landlord of the year);
• Departure dates 3(2) p. 24; 6(4) p. 19; 7(4) p. 15;
• Desert martins 3(2) p. 3;
• Diaries 1(2) p. 6 (bird bander's), 14 (keeping a martin diary); 2(1) p. 16 (of a martin weather disaster);
• Diatomaceous earth 3(4) p. 29; 5(3) 16; 5(4) p. 15; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 14, 21; 7(4) p. 15; 8(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 15; 9(3) p. 15; 10 (3) P. 13 (reasons not to use); 12(2) p. 21 (reasons not to use);
• Die-offs 1(4) p. 6 (in Brazil);
• Diet
  • Africanized "Killer" bees 12(1) p. 8;
  • birdseed 1(4) p. 22; 3(1) p. 24; 8(2) p. 12, 20; 13(4) p. 11;
  • butterflies 4(1) p. 22; 7(1) p. 13:
  • cheddar cheese 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article);
  • cottage cheese 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article);
  • crickets 9(1) p. 27 (emergency foul-weather feeding); 9(2) p. 18 (feeding to martins); 12(1) p. 10 (feeding to martins); 12(4) p. 8 (storing/calorie content of); 13(1) p. 25;
  • caterpillars 12(4) p. 21;
  • cicadas  13(3) p. 8;
  • coffee grounds 17(2) p. 10;
  • corn fodder 13(4) p. 10 (nestling eating);
  • dragonflies 1(3) p. 22; 4(3) p. 13 (controlling to help fish farmers); 4(4) p. 16; 5(4) p. 17;
  • eggshells 1(4) p. 25; 1(3) p. 26; 2(4) p. 3-4 (vs. oyster shell); 3(4) p. 29; 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 15; 6(1) p. 6; 6(4) p. 13, 20; 7(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 14 (preparing); 13(1) p. 11; 13(2) p. 9; 14(4) p. 7; 15(2) p. 12 (and salmonella); 15(2) p. 20-22 (calcium supplementation); 16(3) p. 11, 12;
  • flies 9(3) p. 17;
  • flying ants 14(3) p. 10;
  • fruit 5(2) p. 25;
  • general 3(4) p. 25; 4(1) p. 24; 4(3) p. 15, 18; 4(4) p. 14; 5(2) p. 6; 7(4) p. 15; 16 (2) p. 29;
  • grasshoppers 2(4) p. 16; 9(2) p. 23; 4(2) p. 24;
  • grit 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 4 (nestling gizzard/grit study); 3(2) p. 21; 2(1) p. 27(seashells); 6(4) p. 12; 13(3) p. 10; 13(4) p. 9, 11 (birdseed); 14(4) p. 18; 17(2) p. 10;
  • honeybees 5(1) p. 18; 8(1) p. 15;
  • mealworms 4(3) p. 2 (feeding to martins), 4 (where to buy); 6(1) p. 6, 7 (raising), 8 (where to buy); 8(4) p. 17 (feeding to nestlings); 11(1) p. 14; 12(1) p. 10 (feeding to martins); 12(4) p. 8 (calorie content of);
  • midge fly  2(3) p. 16;
  • mosquitoes 1(4) p. 9; 2(3) p. 8-13 (relationship to control of), 16; 2(4) p. 19; 4(2) p. 18; 4(4) p. 16; 7(4) p. 15; 9(4) p. 17; 10 (2) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 12; 11(3) p.10;
  • moths 12(3) p. 22 (Promethia moth);
  • oyster shell 2(2) p. 25; 2(3) p. 25;  2(4) p. 3-4 (vs. eggshell); 7(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 14; 13(1) p. 11; 15(2) p. 20-22 (vs. eggshells); 16(3) p. 12;
  • scrambled eggs 6(1) p. 6 (Donath star feeder article); 11(1) p. 14;
  • tent Caterpillars 5(2) p. 25; 13(3) p. 15;
• Diseases
  • avian botulism 16(4) p. 10;
  • avian flu viruses 14(2) p. 8; 15(1) p. 9 (risk assessment for landlords); 15(2) p. 12; 15(3) p. 1; 16(1) p. 13;
  • avian pneumonia 15(2) p. 12;
  • avian pox 2(2) p. 16; 7(2) p. 16;
  • extreme cloacal protuberance 11(4) p. 11;
  • martin malaria 15(3) p. 8-9;
  • salmonella 7(4) p. 12; 15(2) p. 12;
  • west nile virus 11(3) p. 10; 15(2) p. 12;
• Dispersal (from natal site) (see behavior)
• Displaced nests (see behavior)
• Distance between housing (see Housing)
• Distribution 5(2) p. 11;
• DNA fingerprinting 2(3) p. 22-23; 4(1) p. 1 (Morton article on paternity of nestlings); 12(3) p. 8;
• Donath, Edwin W. 7(4) p. 2 (1996 landlord of the year); 9(2) p. 21 (star feeder); 11(1) p. 14;
• Doppler radar (Use in detecting roosts)  7(1) p. 2-6; 8(2) p. 26-29; 13(3) p. 6-7; 14(4) p. 4-5 (for monitoring roosts);
• Doves 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
• Dragonflies (see Diet)
• Dropouts (see fallouts)
• Droppings 5(3) p. 14; 11(3)  p. 10 (histoplasmosis from); 13(2) p. 5 (uric acid in);
• Drought 1(3) p. 14 (and martin deaths); 15(1) p. 12 (its effects on martins); 16(3) p. 10;
• Duct Tape 9(4) p. 16 (effects on martin feathers);

E

• Early spring arrival 3(1) p. 12;
• Eastern house finch (see Houses)
• Ectoparasites
  • and cedar shavings 5(1) p. 29 (safety);
  • and diatomaceous earth (see Diatomaceous Earth)
  • and green leaves (see Nest)
  • and mothballs 13(1) p. 8;
  • bedbugs 5(1) p. 1; 9(1) p. 15;
  • biting midge 15(3) p. 8-9;
  • black flies (buffalo gnats) 5(1) p. 1; 7(1) p. 13; 13(4) p. 24-25;
  • blowflies 3(4) p. 17; 4(3) p. 20; 4(3) p. 16; 5(1) p. 1; 6(2) p. 16; 6(3) p. 17; 9(2) p. 2; 10 (3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 10; 13(1) p. 26;
  • buffalo gnats (see Black flies)
  • definition 5(1) p. 7;
  • effects on reproductive success 2(4) p. 3;
  • fleas 4(3) p. 16; 4(4) p. 29; 5(1) p. 1; 6(1) p. 21; 8(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 15; 16(2) p. 12;
  • host 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
  • host-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
  • lice 1(3) p. 24; 3(4) p. 17; 5(1) p. 1; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p.17; 9(1) p. 15;
  • louse flies 5(1) p. 1;
  • mites 1(3) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(1) p. 1; 5(1) p. 28; 6(1) p. 21; 6(3) p. 17 7(1) p. 21; 9(1) p. 15; 9(2) p. 4; 11(4) p. 20 (controlling); 13(4) p. 10 (wristbands to keep off of landlord);
  • mosquitoes 5(1) p. 1;
  • nit 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
  • pesticides 2(3) p. 16 (sulfur); 2(4) p. 5 (levels in martins), 29; 3(4) p. 17 (No-pest strips), 29 (No-pest strips); 4(4) p. 29 (sevin/sulfur/pyrethrin); 5(1) p. 28 (No-pest strips); 5(3) p. 16 (sevin/sulfur/marathion/rotenone); 6(1) p. 21 (sevin); 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 13 (pyrethrum), 14 (sulfur/sevin); 7(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 15 (sulfur), 19 (malathion); 10 (3) p. 13 (Sevin); 13(4) p. 24-25 (Flys-Awaya II, Pyrethrin, Absorbine Flys-X, Ultrathon);
  • preventing fledglings from returning to natal cavities 13(1) p. 10;
  • swallow bug 9(2) p. 4;
  • ticks 5(1) p. 1; 12(3) p. 8;
• Edinboro Colony 15(3) p. 2-4;
• Egg
  • 6-egg clutch  8(4) p. 3 (prevalence);
  • 7-egg clutch 8(4) p. 3 (prevalence); 12(4) p. 21;
  • 8-egg clutch 10 (4) p. 19 (photo); 12(4) p. 21;
  • abandonment (see Behavior)
  • addled 1(1) p. 31; 1(3) p. 27; 4(2) p. 16(removal by adults), 27; 5(1) p. 16; 5(2) p. 17;6(1) p. 14; 6(4) p. 7; 8(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo);
  • artificial 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
  • brushed out by parents 4(4) p. 25;
  • capping 6(4) p. 7; 8(1) p. 13; 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo), 10;
  • counting 6(1) p. 12;
  • cracked 9(2) p. 14; 11(2) p. 14 (how to repair/and unlubricated brake winches);
  • delay period 12(2) p. 15;
  • description 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo); 12(2) p. 8;
  • determinate egg layers (definition) 6(3) p. 18;
  • double yolk 11(3) p. 11;
  • dumping 6(4) p. 8; 11(1) p. 15;
  • failure rates 8(4) p. 4;
  • fertilization of 9(1) p. 17;
  • frequent rotating of 4(4) p. 27;
  • hatching 10 (3) p. 6 (pipping photo); 15(3) p. 12;
  • hemispheres 10 (3) p. 6 (description/photo);
  • identification 14(3) p. 26-29;
  • in gourd with no nest 9(1) p. 16;
  • incubation of 4(3) p. 15; 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 15; 8(4) 17; 10 (4) p. 14 (interruption); 15(3) p. 12;
  • indeterminate egg layers (definition) 6(3) p. 18;
  • infertile 4(1) p. 22; 4(2) p. 16(removal by adults); 6(1) p. 14; 6(4) p. 7, 15; 8(1) p. 13; 11(4) p. 8;
  • laying and early arrival 12(2) p. 15;
  • laying in two separate cavities 9(2) p. 22;
  • loss of 4(4) p. 25;
  • loss to predators 4(3) p. 11;
  • on ground (see addled eggs above)
  • penultimate 7(2) p. 15;
  • pipping 9(2) p. 14;
  • removing from nest 2(1) p. 24; 9(4) p. 14; 11(4) p. 10; 16(3) p. 12;
  • switching between nests 8(4) p. 14; 11(1) p. 19;
  • touching eggs 12(3) p. 11 (skin oils clogging pores);
  • unhatched 1(3) p. 27; 4(1) p. 22; 4(3) p. 11; 16(4) p. 10;
  • why eggs fail to hatch 6(4) p. 7-8, 15; 8(1) p. 13;
• Egg laying 3(2) p. 25;
• Egg tooth 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Eggshell (see Diet)
• Electric bug light (and martins) 1(1) p. 30;
• Electrocution 1(4) p. 17 (of martin);
• Embryonic development (in birds) 16(3) p. 8-9;
• Encephalitis  12(4) p. 5;
• Endemic 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
• Endoparasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition); 8(3) p. 14 (anal flukes); 15(3) p. 9 (air sac worm);
• Enlarging compartments (see Houses; Housing)
• Entrance hole diameter (see Housing)
• Essex County Purple Martin Association 14(1) p. 12-14;
• European paper wasps 9(3) p. 12; 15(1) p. 12;
• Euthanization (of sparrows and starlings) 5(1) p. 17;
• Excluder entrance hole (see Houses/SREH);
• Exotic species 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
• Experiences with martins 7(2) p. 13;
• Extra-pair copulation (see Behavior)
• eyesight in martins 12(4) p. 8;

F

• Fallouts (see Nestlings)
• Fallout shelters 1(3) p. 13 (for gourds); 9(3) p. 21;
• Feathers 10 (4) p. 15(missing tail feathers); 11(4) p. 9 (missing tail feathers);
• Fecal sacs 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 1(4) p. 24; 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 5(1) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 11, 12 (voiding at entrance hole/removal by parents);
• Feeding martins
  • conducting a feeding count 9(4) p. 6 (frequency which parents feed nestlings);
  • crickets (to martins during foul weather) 9(1) p. 27, 28 (where to buy); 9(2) p. 18; 9(4) p. 26 (cricket tossing); 11(3) p. 11, 24; 12(2) p. 10; 12(3) p. 2, 4 (using blowgun); 12(4) p. 18 (using slingshot); 13(2) p. 18; 13(4) p. 16; 14(2) p. 21; 16(1) p. 18; 16(2) p. 10, 11;
  • Donath's Star Feeder 9(2) p. 21;
  • during cold weather 11(3) p. 1, 24, 26; 16(2) p. 12;
  • ethics of  11(3) p. 27;
  • feeding single parent  12(3) p. 11;
  • ground 5(4) p. 22; 7(4) p. 24 (weather stressed martins);
  • guide to feeding 13(2) p. 22-23; 14(3) p. 18-19;
  • low feeding 4(3) p. 15;
  • mealworms 4(3) p. 2 (Donath article); 11(3) p. 11, 24; 12(2) p. 10; 14(2) p. 21;
  • purple martins 6(1) p. 6 (Donath article);
  • scrambled eggs 11(3) p. 24, 26 (preparing), 11; 12(2) p. 10; 12(3) p. 2; 2(4) p. 8; 13(2) p. 18; 16(2) p. 10;
  • strategies 14(3) p. 14-17;
  • video/dvd 13(2) p. 1 (explains how to);
• Fencing Fund 4(3) p. 5 (Pontchartrain Fencing Project); 5(4) p. 2;
• Feral cats (see Predators)
• Fighting among martins (see Behavior)
• Finney, George 1(1) p. 24;
• Fire ants (see Predators)
• Fish farm (and martins) 4(3) p. 13; 9(3) p. 14;
• Flag (on martin pole) 9(1) p. 14;
• Flapathon (see Nestling)
• Fleas (see Ectoparasites)
• Fledge 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 10 (4) p. 15 (what time of day fledging usually occurs); 15(4) p. 11 (dates);
• Fledglings
  • adults fighting with 4(4) p. 16;
  • and raiders 3(4) p. 5 (definition), 7;
  • age 8(4) p. 15;
  • age at independence 11 (3) p. 6;
  • attacked by Great-tailed grackles 12(4) p. 20;
  • average size 8(4) p. 4;
  • calculating fledge date 6(1) p. 12;
  • definition 1(1) p. 14;
  • dispersal from nesting site  1(3) p. 19;
  • first-year mortality 11(3) p. 6;
  • grouping areas 3(4) p. 5;
  • life span 2(1) p. 26;
  • natal dispersal 11(4) p. 11; 13(3) p. 10;
  • post-fledging feeding 3(4) p. 6-7;
  • post-fledging mortality 3(4) p. 7;
  • returning to natal colony 2(3) p. 19; 7(2) p. 17; 14(3) p. 11;
  • returning to the nest 3(4) p. 6; 10 (3) p. 14;
  • roosting outside of housing 13(1) p. 10 (causes);
  • scouting out potential breeding sites  13(1)  p. 9;
  • visiting other colony sites 11(3) p. 9; 14(3) p. 11;
• Flight 5(2) p. 7;
• Flock (definition) 6(3) p. 16;
• Flocking behavior during migration (see Behavior)
• Florida hurricane season 14(1) p. 18;
• Florida Keys 4(1) p. 23 (martins in);
• Flying squirrels 2(4) p. 23 (in martin housing);
• Foraging (see Behaviour)
• Forced extra-pair copulation (see Behavior)
• Foster-feeding 5(2) p. 24;
• Fort Lewis, Washington 13(1) p. 7 (snag nesting site);
• Fregoe, Gisela  15(4) p. 20-22 (pm ambassador);
• Fruit -eating martins 5(2) p. 25;

G

• Garlic cloves (and repelling sparrows) 6(4) p. 16;
• Gizzard 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition); 13(4) p. (grit types found in);
• Gourds
  • access holes 4(3) p. 29; 7(2) p. 10; 14(2) p. 27;
  • access ports  14(2) p. 27-28 (making and installing);
  • adding to existing colony 4(2) p. 17; 15(2) p. 10-11;
  • and breeding success
  • and purple martins  1(3) p. 6-7;
  • and trees 2(4) p. 25;
  • applying polyurethane to 4(4) p. 16;
  • black-capped chickadee in 11(4) p. 10;
  • cleaning 11(4) p. 20 (disinfectant formula); 14(2) p. 26-27;
  • curing 2(2) p. 24-25; 2(4) p. 17; 12(1) p. 9;
  • damaged by hail 11(2) p. 2;
  • definition 1(1) p. 14; 2(4) p.10;
  • double gourds 15(2) p. 23-25;
  • drain holes clogged with paint 12(4) p. 20;
  • eastern finch in 1(3) p. 2;
  • eggshell feeder 4(3) p. 8 (made from gourd);
  • elastomeric coating 7(1) p. 24; 12(2) p. 11; 14(2) p. 8;
  • English house sparrow  5(1) p. 16; 5(4) p. 16; 17(1) p.10;
  • entrance hole 1(1) p. 31; 2(3) p. 23; 2(4) p. 3 (size preference);  2(4) p. 4 (preference); 4(1) p. 23; 4(3) p. 16; 5(4) p. 16; 7(1) p. 19; 7(4) p. 19; 14(2) p. 27 (cutting); 15(4) p. 12;
  • European honeybees in 11(3) p. 20;
  • European starlings in 17(1) p. 11;
  • fallouts 9(1) p. 14;
  • fallout shelter 1(3) p. 13;
  • funnel gourd 16(3) p. 27;
  • gourd holder 8(4) p. 29;
  • gourd rack 1(1) p. 18-19 (plans); 14(1) p. 20 (made from satellite dish);
  • great-crested flycatcher in 11(4) p. 11;
  • growing 2(1) p. 28; 3(2) p. 22; 3(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 18; 5(1) p. 16; 6(1) p. 15; 15(3) p. 13 (using potash to thicken walls);
  • hanging 2(4) p. 25; 3(1) p. 24; 4(4) p. 15 (from house); 5(3) p. 21 (horizontally); 7(1) p. 12; 7(2) p. 23, 28 (horizontally); 11(2) p. 17 (horizontally); 14(2) p. 28 (installing hanging wire);15(2) p. 28 (hanging tube); 15(3) p. 18;
  • horizontal 16(3) p. 27 (with offset entrance);
  • increasing traction below SREH's 10 (4) p. 12;
  • Kiltz on  13(1) p. 8;
  • maintenance/cleaning 2(1) p. 28; 2(2) p. 23, 24; 12(1) p. 8, 9 (cleaning mold off of);
  • martins nesting in gourds hanging from trees 4(4) p. 23;
  • martin trapped in bluebird gourd 12(4) p. 20;
  • minimum size 9(4) p. 14;
  • mixing different types  16(1) p. 12;
  • mold on 12(4)  p. 9; 13(1)  p. 9;
  • movement in wind 1(2) p. 25; 2(1) p. 24; 2(3) p. 20-21; 2(4) p. 5 (swing direction); 4(2) p. 19; 4(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 14; 9(2) p. 15;
  • natural 8(1) p. 25; 14(1) p. 9 (ridding of odor); 14(2) p. 26-29 (converting to housing);
  • natural vs. plastic 3(1) p. 23; 13(2) p. 11;
  • owl guards 9(1) p. 21; 11(4) p. 11 (for SuperGourds); 15(2) p. 13;
  • painting 2(2) p. 26; 2(3) p. 25; 2(4) p. 23; 3(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 19; 4(4) p. 16; 5(2) p. 14; 7(1) p. 24; 7(4) p. 17; 12(2) p. 11; 14(2) p. 8, 28;
  • plastic 1(2) p. 25; 3(1) p. 22 (plastic jugs as gourds); 8(1) p. 25;
  • porches 1(3) p. 22; 2(4) p. 22; 4(2) p. 16 (on gourd rack); 4(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 15 (problems with); 11(1) p. 17; 11(2) p. 16 (causing injury to martins); 12(2) p. 10 (importance of clip-on porches on crescent entrance/installing); 12(4) p.  19 (securing on Crescent Supergourds/martins trapped in gourd due to loosened porch); 13(1) p. 11 (on gourds with crescent entrances); 16(3) p. 12 (inside);
  • porch tunnel 16(2) p. 22-23 (plans for making);
  • predators 7(2) p. 28 (aerial predators);
  • preparing 3(2) p. 23; 6(3) p. 14 (copper sulfate); 7(2) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15 (copper sulfate); 11(2) p. 15;
  • preserving 2(1) p. 28;
  • proper size 4(2) p. 18; 10 (4) p. 16; 11(3) p. 9;
  • pros and cons 3(2) p. 12;
  • railings 4(3) p. 17;
  • rain canopies 4(3) p. 8; 7(2) p. 11; 8(4) p. 29; 14(2) p. 28;
  • replacing inner lining of caps 12(1) p. 8;
  • replacing natural with plastic during nesting season 11(1) p. 16;
  • screech owls in 15(2) p. 13;
  • seeds 2(2) p. 24;
  • Sintra porches 12(5) p. 20 (bracing);
  • sparrows in (see English house sparrow above);
  • stationary vs. swinging 13(1) p. 10;
  • SuperGourds 7(4) p. 27; 8(2) p. 2; 12(2) p. 9 (weight); 14(1) p. 8 (vs. hot weather);
  • temperature differences in housing 1(3) p. 24;
  • Thompson's Water Seal 13(1)  p. 8 (use on gourds);
  • traction tape 12(4) p. 19 (use in Troyer Gourd/tape warning-martin stuck on);
  • Tree swallows in 17(2) p. 11;
  • Troyer horizontal gourds 10 (3) p. 1 (clip on porches); 12(4) p. 19 (scoring inside neck for traction); 14(1) p. 8 (vs. hot weather); 14(2) p. 15 (traction kit
  • tunnel entrance 15(2) p. 28;
  • two entrance holes 13(3) p. 14;
  • use in northern states 3(1) p. 25;
  • use of different shapes and sizes 13(3) p. 17;
  • ventilation 4(3) p. 8 (pvc elbows); 5(4) p. 14 (holes); 9(1) p. 26 (pvc elbows); 11(1) p. 16 (pvc elbows); 14(2) p. 28; 15(4) p. 12;
  • vise 14(4) p. 28 (plans for);
  • vs. houses 4(1) p. 18; 8(4) p. 15;
  • winch system on gourd rack 9(4) p. 14;
  • wire breaking 12(4) p. 21;
  • wooden 3(2) p. 8 (plans);
• Grasshoppers (see Diet)
• Great Blue Heron (see Predators)
• Great-crested Flycatcher (see Nest site Competitors) 
• Great Horned Owl (see Owls)
• Great-tailed Grackles  12(4) p. 20 (attacking fledglings);
• Green leaves (see Nest)
• Grey-breasted Martins (Progne chalybea) 6(3) p. 17; 10 (3) p. 15; 12(1) p. 11; 13(1) p. 9; 13(2) p. 2; 13(3) p. 8;
• Grit (see Diet)
• Ground feeding (see Behavior)
• Grounded young 7(2) p.14 (parents abandoning);

H

• Habitat-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Hacking 9(3) p. 26 (definition)
• Hatch 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Helping martins 4(1) p. 12; 4(2) p. 6;
• Hill, James R. 14(2) p. 1 (retires) 16(1) p. 2 (20th anniversary message);
• Histoplasmosis (from droppings at roosts) 11(3) p. 10;
• Home range size 2(4) p. 27;
• Homing of martins 5(2) p. 12;
• Honeybees (see Diet/Houses)
• Hooded oriole (see Housing)
• Host 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Host-specific parasite 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Hosting a Martin Event 13(3) p. 20-23;
• House Finch 1(3) p. 2-4; 4(1) p. 20; 4(2) p. 24; 6(3) p. 16; 10(3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 14(2) p. 10; 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap), p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 
• Houses
  • aluminum 5(1) p. 8 (enlarging compartments);
  • aluminum vs. wooden 1(4) p. 10 (and reproductive success); 3(1) p. 24; 4(1) p. 24; 6(2) p. 23; 11(4) p. 9;
  • awnings 14(2) p. 19 (on aluminum housing);
  • bare floors in 3(4) p. 14-15 (and effects); 6(1) p. 20 (lethal effects on nestlings);
  • buying (mail order) 1(1) p. 29;
  • building material 1(1) p. 30; 5(1) p. 20 (pressure treated wood); 6(3) p. 14 (pressure treated wood); 11(4) p. 9 (thickness);
  • cavity depth 2(4) p. 3 (preference);
  • cavity design 4(2) p. 8 (for owl protection);
  • Coates martin house 3(1) p. 25;
  • Coated Watersedge housing 13(2) p. 8;
  • color preferences 1(2) p. 23 (on door panels);
  • compartment size 1(4) p. 24; 2(4) p. 3 (size preference); 3(2) p. 24 (deeper); 6(4) p. 15 (enlarging); 6(2) p. 16; 8(4) p. 15, 16 (modifying metal house), 12 (doubling in Trio houses); 9(1) p. 5 (M12-K Musselman- double size compartments); 9(4) p. 20 (larger); 10 (1) p. 17 (depth); 13(1) p. 11 (doubling up); 13(2) p. 8 (double compartments);
  • dimensions 4(2) p. 16; 6(1) p. 17; 8(4) p. 15;
  • entanglement in 10 (1) p. 5;
  • Finney, George 1(1) p. 24 (one of the largest martin houses in America); 6(3) p. 6 (Guiness record);
  • flaws in 3(1) p. 26; 4(4) p. 24 (inadequacies in design);
  • floor 6(2) p. 13(height from entrance hole);
  • Harmonica Houses (painting) 12(2) p. 23;
  • house companies 3(3) p. 8(of J. Warren Jacobs);
  • hundred year old martin house 2(3) p. 7;
  • insulating 7(2) p. 19; 8(3) p. 25 (Trio-Grandpa); 9(3) p. 22;
  • Jacobs, Warren housing 4(2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 28 (replicas);
  • lining walls with aluminum foil 3(4) p. 25;
  • lumber 3(1) p. 22 (types to use); 5(1) p. 20 (treated); 6(3) p. 14 (treated);
  • modifying compartments 8(4) p. 16 (metal house); 14(2) p. 8; 16(2) p. 10;
  • mounting 3(2) p. 24 (on roofs of houses);
  • painting 1(1) p. 31; 2(2) p. 24; 3(1) p. 18 (trim color); 3(2) p. 25; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 14; 7(1) p. 24; 11(4) p. 8 (inside compartments to deter starlings); 14(1) p. 10; 16(1) p. 10;
  • parallelogram pivot system 7(4) p. 10;
  • plastic 9(3) p. 16 (vs. wood, metal);
  • porches on 2(4) p. 3 (height preference test); 13(1) p. 11 (use of non-skid tape with crescent entrances);
  • porch dividers 2(1) p. 6 (and martin productivity); 2(4) p. 5, 16; 3(2) p. 22; 3(4) p. 28; 4(2) p. 27; 4(4) p. 15; 6(1) p. 15; 6(3) p. 7 (and infanticide); 6(4) p. 10, 11(template for Trio Castle); 7(1) p. 17; 7(4) p. 14; 8(4) p. 23; 9(3) p. 4 (template for Trio 6-sided Houses); 10 (2) p. 16; 13(3) p. 9(importance/benefits);
  • pvc housing 2(3) p. 20; 2(4) p. 18;
  • Quad Pod 13(4) p. 26-27;
  • railings 1(3) p. 22; 8(4) p. 14 (on T-14); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin trapped in);
  • styrofoam housing  15(4) p. 24-27;
  • subfloor 14(2) p. 8;
  • T-14 8(4) p. 14 (railings on); 9(3) p. 10-11 (how to avoid warping pole); 10 (3) p. 5 (snake proofing);
  • tilting housing 4(2) p. 17;
  • trays 10 (1) p. 5 (problems with); 15(1) p. 13;
  • Trio Castle 6(4) p. 11 (pattern for porch divider); 9(1) p. 6 (enlarging compartments/adding owl guards); 9(3) p. 1-4 (modifying-owl guards, SREH's, compartments, porch dividers); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin wedged in keyhole entrance); 10 (2) p. 1 (and owl guards); 12(4) p. 24 (sparrow control);
  • Trio Mussleman 12(4) p. 24-25 (use of portable traps in);
  • wood preservatives and 8(4) p. 16;
• Housing
  • adding additional 7(1) p. 16; 7(2) p. 17; 7(4) p. 14;9(2) p. 15; 10 (3) p. 15;
  • amount needed 13(2) p 9;
  • as art 14(4) p. 24-26;
  • Australian Budgerigars in 12(4) p. 21;
  • bats in 16(2) p. 16;
  • beehives and 6(1) p. 14;
  • bird feeder near 13(4) p. 11 (effects); 14(2) p. 10;
  • changing types of 2(4) p. 29; 10 (4) p. 12 (effects); 13(3) p. 9;
  • cleaning 3(4) p. 23; 5(1) p. 22; 6(1) p. 16; 6(2) p. 16; 7(4) p. 14; 9(1) p. 16; 15(1) p. 10;
  • cleaning out 3(4) p. 22; 5(1) p. 22; 6(1) p. 16; 7(4) p. 14; 9(1) p. 15 (use of dilute bleach solution), 16; 12(1) p. 10 (bleach formula); 12(3) p. 10; 16(4) p. 10-11;
  • color of 3(1) p. 18 (trim); 14(2) p. 8 (disinfecting);
  • compartment 2(4) p. 5 (color preference); 6(4) p. 16 (preference by martins);
  • cooling 14(2) p. 12-13; 15(3) p. 11;
  • distance between 2(1) p. 27; 3(4) p. 25; 6(2) p. 15; 13(3) p. 9;
  • doves 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
  • entrance hole 1(1) p. 31(diameter); 1(2) p. 4 (entrance placement design); 2(3) p. 23 diameter); 2(4) p. 3 (diameter preference); 3(2) p. 24 (cutting); 4(1) p. 23(diameter); 4(2) p. 19 (fake holes); 4(3) p. 16 (diameter); 5(4) p. 16 (diameter);  6(2) p. 13, 21 (height from porch); 7(1) p. 19 (diameter); 7(4) p. 19 (diameter); 10 (1) p. 4 (martin trapped in McEwen type crescent ); 10 (4) p. 12 (changing type in mid season); 12(1) p. 20 ( CREOB entrance hole for "wing hang"); 13(2) p. 9 (orientation); 15(2) p. 13 (changing); 15(2) p. 23-25 (Cartwright 3-hole entry); 15(4) p. 13 (size); 16(1) p. 11 (changing); 17(2) p. 12 (tunnel);
  • erecting on public lands 9(3) p. 5, 29;
  • fake holes 4(2) p. 19;
  • floor slope preference 2(4) p. 3;
  • flying squirrels in (see Squirrels)
  • gourds (see Gourds)
  • geckos laying eggs in 13(3) p. 10;
  • grackles in 3(2) p. 19; 4(3) p. 21; 10 (1) p. 15; 14(3) p. 8, 10 (boat-tailed);
  • guy wires and 10 (1) p. 20;
  • hawk nesting near 14(3) p. 11 (red-tail -benefits);
  • height 3(1) p. 22; 4(2) p. 19; 4(3) p. 14; 4(4) p. 20; 6(4) p. 14; 8(2) p. 15 (pole); 9(2) p. 16 (reducing); 12(2) p. 8;
  • hooded orioles in 7(2) p. 26;
  • Holbrook, John 9(1) p. 11;
  • houses (see Houses)
  • house finches in 1(3) p. 2-4; 4(1) p. 20; 4(2) p. 24; 6(3) p. 16; 10(3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 14(2) p. 10;
  • house wrens in 4(1) p. 24; 5(3) p. 17; 9(3) p. 22; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 26; 12(4) p. 10;
  • insulation 9(3) p. 22; 14(1) p. 8 (use of styrofoam, mud, foil);
  • laundry soap jugs  16(1) p. 12 (use as housing);
  • lights near 5(2) p.16; 2(1) p. 26; 11(4) p. 10;
  • lightning striking 6(1) p. 22;
  • lowering 3(1) p. 22 (effect of); 4(3) p. 17 (and abandonment); 9(1) p. 15 (during storms); 10 (1) p. 12 (during storm); 12(4)  p. 11 (during storm);
  • material types 9(3) p. 16;
  • mist system near 9(1) p. 22;
  • mockingbird in 7(1) p. 26 (Dellinger); 7(4) p. 22; 10 (3) p. 14; 12(4) p. 9;
  • mourning dove in 8(3) p. 23;
  • near bathouses 15 (4) p. 10;
  • near beehives 6(1) p. 14;
  • near bird feeders 12(2) p. 9;
  • near bluebird housing  16(1) p. 12;
  • near boat pier 6(2) p. 18;
  • near helicopter pad 14(2) p. 9;
  • near kestrel housing 12(1) p. 9;
  • near osprey platform 12(4) p. 9;
  • near Red-winged Blackbirds 13(2) p. 11;
  • near water 6(1) p. 16 (ponds); 6(2) p. 15; 9(4) p. 14 (fledglings falling in water); 14(1) p.11; 15(2) p. 10;
  • near wooded area  16(1) p. 12;
  • nuthatches in 15(3) p. 11;
  • occupancy 1(2) p. 26;
  • on golf course 3(1) p. 25; 9(4) p. 17;
  • orientation 1(1) p. 31; 2(4) p. 29; 4(2) p. 19 (entrance holes); 4(4) p. 16 (and nestling survival); 7(1) p. 12 (alignment marks on telescopic poles); 10 (1) p. 12; 13(3) p. 10 (importance of); 14(3) p. 9 (alignment marks/preventing changes in orientation);
  • owl housing near 14(2) p. 9;
  • owl roosting in 1(4) p. 21 (Screech); 8(3) p. 11 (Screech); 14(2) p. 25 (Screech); 14(3) p. 20 (Screech);
  • new 2(3) p. 18; 3(2) p. 22; 10 (4) p. 11;
  • paper wasps 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 23; 6(2) p. 16; 9(3) p. 12 (European);
  • parakeet in 1(1) p. 33-34; 9(2) p. 21;
  • perches 1(4) p. 26; 2(4) p. 5 (rod diameter preference); 13(4) p. 8 (adding/dimensions); 15 (4) p. 10 (materials used for);
  • placement 1(1) p. 30; 1(3) p. 21; 2(2) p. 25, 26; 3(1) p. 22; 3(4) p. 19; 4(1) p. 23; 5(2) p. 18; 5(3) p. 18; 6(4) p. 16 (and trees); 7(1) p. 14; 7(4) p. 16; 8(3) p. 14, 16; 10(2) p. 13; p. 14, 16; 11(3) p. 8; 12(2) p. 8; 13(4) p. 9 (and trees/shrubs); 14(1) p. 9; 14(4) p. 8, 9;
  • planting plants near  9(1) p. 14; 13(3) p. 10; 16(1) p. 12;
  • plugging holes 2(1) p. 25;
  • poles 1(2) p. 7 (alignment marks); 2(4) p. 4 (predator proofing- reasons for); 7(2) p. 19 (splitting in cold weather); 7(4) p. 10 (parallelogram pivot system); 8(3) p. 25 (beefing up TG-12 pole); 12(4) p. 11 (strengthening); 13(2) p. 20 (Multipurpose Pole System); 14(1) p. 11 (and wind); 14(1) p. 16-17 (for T-14);
  • pole safety 13(4) p. 2-4;
  • poles types for 4(2) p. 17;
  • porches 2(4) p. 3 (porch/railing test); 10 (4) p. 14 (adding to speed acceptance of new entrance hole); 11(1) p. 17 (causing nestling fallouts); 13(1) p. 11 (use of non-skid tape on metal houses with crescent entrances);
  • portable ground socket 12(4) p. 24 (instructions to make);
  • predator guards (see Predator Guards)
  • predator baffles (see Predator Guards)
  • proper mounting 1(1) p. 29;
  • pvc 2(4) p. 18;
  • Quad Pod 11(4) p. 1;
  • raising 9(1) p. 17 (when to); 12(4) p. 10 (when to raise and open); 14(1) p. 9;
  • removal of 9(2) p. 18 (competitor infested); 10(4) p. 16 (retiring old housing);
  • relocating 1(4) p. 25; 3(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 22; 6(3) p. 23; 8(4) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 16; 11(4) p. 10; 13(2) p. 10; 14(1) p. 9 (how to), 11; 15(3) p. 13;
  • removal of 9(2) p. 18 (competitor infested);
  • replacing old housing  3(1) p. 19; 4(1) p. 21; 5(1) p. 16; 16(1) p. 10;
  • reproductive success 1(4) p. 10 (in different house types);
  • robins nesting on porch 15(3) p. 10;
  • rope failure 13(4) p. 3-4
  • specifications 6(1) p. 17; 11(1) p. 15;
  • squirrels in 1(2) p. 24;
  • SREH (starling-resistant entrance holes)  3(4) p. 8, 9; 4(2) p. 18 (pattern); 5(1) p. 10 (crescent); 5(3) p.10 (adjustable); 5(4) p. 21; 6(1) p. 16; 6(2) p. 16, 9 (Trio houses); 6(4) p. 20; 7(1) p. 15; 8(4) p. 10 (adjustable),12 (Trio houses-pattern for); 9(1) p. 21, 24 (gourds); 9(3) p. 15, 16; 10(1) p. 8 (Duke Snyder's Starling Excluder), 15, 17 (and exclusion of screech owls and kestrels); 9(4) p. 8 (cutting in gourds), p. 10 (gourds), p. 17; 10(2) p. 2 (feedback from landlords), p. 4 (negative feedback), p. 5 (pm preference-round vs. SREH), (excluder), p. 15, p. 23 (and starlings); 10(3) p. 15 (Snyder Excluder); 10(4) p. 12 (new excluder/increasing traction below SREH's), 15 (effects on fledglings), 16 (and feather loss); 11(1) p. 17 (Snyder excluder on gourds); 11(2) p. 17 (excluder and premature fledglings/excluder on T-14); 11(4) p. 8 (excluder), 20 (excluder); 12(1) p. 11 (plugs for Snyder Excluder), 20 (CREOB entrance for "wing hang"); 12(3) p. 9 (difficulty entering Excluder entrance); 13(1) p. 8 (placement of crescent adapter), 10-11 (introducing to active site), 19 (Excluder door); 13(2) p. 8 (CREOB- combination crescent/obround), 20 (Excluder); 13(3) p. 15; 14(2) p. 10, 18 (crescent);  14(3) p. 9 (and starlings); 14(4) p. 7 (crescent entrance and porch placement), 17 (Conley or WDC entrance); 15(2) p. 9 (McEwen crescent), 13; 15(2) p. 23-25 (Cartwright 3-hole entry); 15(4) p. 11 (McEwen crescent), 12-13, 16-17; 16(1) p. 11, 12, 18 (placement of crescent); 17(1) p. 10, 11; 17(2) p. 12 (and wing entrapment and use of bumper guard); 17(2) p. 18 (WDC- Conley hole);
  • storing of during winter 4(2) p. 17;
  • storms and 9(1) p. 15 (lowering during); 14(4) p. 7 (damage due to);
  • T-14 12(1) p. 11 (types of poles for); 12(2) p. 21 (door stops for excluder entrance); 14(1) p. 16-17 (pole system);
  • taking down at season's end 1(2) p. 26; 2(3) p. 21; 7(4) p. 21; 4(3) p. 14; 5(3) p. 15; 6(2) p. 14;
  • temperature differences in housing 1(3) p. 24;
  • tree swallows in 13(4) p. 9;
  •   trees and 2(4) p. 28; 6(4) p. 16; 9(3) p. 16; 11(2) p. 14 (encroachment); 13(2) p. 9 (encroachment); 14(1) p. 10;
  • unmanaged 8(4) p. 16;
  • unplugging holes 2(3) p. 15; 6(1) p. 21; 10 (2) p. 14, 18; 12(2) p. 9 (when attracting first pair of martins); 14(1) p. 10;
  • ventilation 9(3) p. 22; 14(1) p. 8;
  • video camera inside 3(4) p. 10;
  • vs. Home Owner's Associations 17(1) p. 12;
  • wall thickness preference 2(4) p. 5;
  • wasps in 6(2) p. 16; 9(3) p. 12 (European);
  • winch 13(4) p. 4 (offset design) p. 4;
  • winch failure 13(4) p. 3;
  • wind and 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 8 (protecting from windstorms); 10(1) p. 12, 13 (damage from), 14 (protecting from); 11(2) p. 20; 14(1) p. 11(pole);
• House sparrows (see Nest Site Competitors)
• House wrens 4(1) p. 24; 5(3) p. 17; 9(3) p. 22; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 26; 12(4) p. 10;
• Houston Area Purple Martin Association 14(2) p. 24;
• Hovering 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Hummingbirds  15 (4) p. 10 (aggressive towards martins);
• Hurricane Andrew 4(2) p. 2, 5; 6(3) p. 24;
• Hurricane Hugo 2(2) p. 6
• Hurricane Isadore 11(4) p. 8;
• Hurricane Ivan 14(4) p. 9;
• Hurricane Katrina 14(4) p. 2-3;
• Hurricane Rita  14(4) p. 2-3; 15(2) p. 19;
• Hydrocyanic acid (see Nest/green leaves);

I

• Icterids 6(3) p. 5 (definition)
• Incubation 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Incubation of eggs (see Eggs)
• Indigenous 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
• Infanticide (see Behavior)
• Injured martins 4(1) p. 25 (also see Rehabbing Purple Martins);
• Injuries 2(4) p. 16 (intraspecific); 10 (1) p. 2 (subcutaneous emphysema), 5 (from rubber band in nest);
• Insect 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Insectivorous 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Interspecific 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Intraspecific 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Intraspecific injury 2(4) p. 16 (definition), 20;
• Introduced birds 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Iridescence 1(1) p. 14 (definition);

J

• Jacobs, Warren J.
  • American Birdhouse Journal 3(3) p. 26;
  • Housing replicas 11(3) p. 28;
  • life of 3(3) p. 2;
  • liquidation of his company 3(3) p. 36
  • martin colony 3(3) p. 31;
  • visit with his descendants 3(3) p. 39p;
• Juvenile 8(1) p. 15(description);
• Juvenile harassment (see Behavior)

K

• Kingbird 1(3) p. 11 (kills purple martin); 15(3) p. 19 (Western and Couch's  taking food from martins); 16(3) p. 12 (aggressive behavior towards amrtins); 
• Kleptoparasitism 1(3) p. 23 (definition); (also see Behavior);

L

• Lake Murray, SC (see Roosts)
• Lake Pontchartrain 2(2) p. 5; 4(3) p. 5 (Pontchartrain Fencing Project); 5(4) p. 2 (fencing project); 8(1) p. 5;
• Lake Shasta, Calif  13(1) 4-5 (snag nesting site);
• Landlording 1(3) p. 16 (landlord experiences); 1(4) p. 8 (checklist);  2(4) p. 29 (death of); 3(1) p. 23; 4(2) p. 10 (landlord ethics); 4(4) p. 8 (first year experiences); 5(3) p. 24 (new east and west); 6(3) p. (in Winona, Minn.);7(2) p. 13 (experiences); 9(2) p. 1 (confessions of first time landlord); 11(1) p. 12 (first year experiences); 12(3) p. 9 (pros and cons); 13(4) p. 13 (pellet guns for-types, safety); 13(4) p. 18-19 (landlords of the year share ideas); 14(1) p. 6-7 (landlord experience); 14(2) p. 3-7; 14(3) p. 12-13, 24-25 (experiences); 14(4) p. 27 (experiences); 15(1) p. 6-8 (experiences), 14-15 (experiences), 26-27 (projects); 15(3) p. 14-15, 20-22, 26-29 (experiences); 15(4) p. 14-15 (experiences); 16(1) p. 25-29 (experiences); 16(2) p. 6-7 (experiences); 16 (2) p. 26-27 (experiences); 16(3) p. 13-15 (Prince William County); 16(3) p. 22-23, 24-28 (experiences); 17(1) p. 12 (vs. Home Owner Associations);
• Landlord of the Year (see PMCA)
• Landlord Profile 13(2) p. 24-28 (Tony Frederickson);
• Lawn chemicals (and effects on purple martins) 11(3) p. 10;
• Laughing gulls 15(2) p. 29 (taking moths form martns);
• Layton, R. B. 1(1) p. 21-22 (book "The Purple Martin");
• Lebanon, Oregon (snag nesting site);
• Leg splaying (see Nestlings)
• LeRoy, Richard 1(4) p. 12;
• Leucism 16(2) p. 17;
• Li, Kevin (memorium) 15(2) p. 6-8;
• Lice (see Ectoparasites)
• Life span of Purple Martins 1(3) p. 20-21; 2(1) p. 26; 4(2) p. 23; 7(4) p. 18; 11(3) p. 6; 13(1)  p. 8; 15(3) p. 4-7; 15(4) p. 17;
• Loss of mate 7(2) p. 17; 8(4) p. 16;
• Louse flies (see Ectoparasites)
• Lynchburg, VA (2003 year in review);

M

• Magnolia Mound Plantation 9(3) p. 24-25 (mentor project);
• Magpie 2(2) p. 15 (see Predators)
• Maladaptive 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Mannington Mills (colony) 16(1) p. 22-24;
• Manns Harbor Bridge Purple Martin Roost Festival 14(4) p. 22;
• Martin Box Regiment 8(4) p. 7 (Civil War story);
• Martin Hog Theory 7(4) p. 8; 8(2) p. 3; 12(2) p. 28;
• Male porch domination (see Behavior)
• Martin landlord 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Martin Mentor 9(1) p. 12 (becoming one); 9(4) p. 12 (mentor a teacher); 10 (3) p. 4 (becoming one); 11(3) p. 9 (finding one); 11(4) p. 11; 12(4) p. 7;
• Martin mouth size 4(3) p. 15;
• Martin night 4(1) p. 1 (Gene Morton);
• Martin release program 4(4) p. 15;
• Martin scout 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Martin watcher's checklist 2(4) p. 12-13;
• Martinfest 9(2) p. 12 (1999); 11(2) p. 8 (2002); 13(4) p. 22-23 (2004); 14(3) p. 6 (history of);
• Mate fidelity (see behavior)
• Mate guarding (see Behavior)
• Mating (see Behavior)
• McEwen, Charlie  15(2) p. 9;
• McEwen entrance hole  (see Housing/SREH);
• Mealworms (see Diet)
• Media (and martins) 14(4) p. 14-15;
• Melanism 12(3) p. 23;
• Migrant 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
• Migration 1(1) p. 34 (Trans-gulf); 2(3) p. 17 (migrating martins roosting in housing/landing on oil rig), 24;2(4) p. 24 (flocking behavior during);  3(1) p. 14 (prolonged); 4(4) p. 16; 5(2) p. 11, 16;5(3) p. 17 (reverse); 6(1) p. 18 (reverse); 7(2) p. 16 (and nest abandonment); 7(4) p. 17; 8(1) p. 7 (migration timing); 8(3) p. 15 (death during); 8(4) p. 16; 9(2) p. 16 (tracking); 9(3) p. 16 (staging areas defined); 10 (1) p. 7 (winter range/migration pathways); 10 (4) p. 24 (tracking); 11 (3) p. 6 (age-specific migration timing), 8 (return schedule-by age); 11(4) p. 8; 12(3) p. 8; 12(4) p. 11 (particle marking in Brazil); 14(3) p. 10; 15(4) p. 12, 13, 28; 16(2) p. 8-9; 16(3) p. 10; 16(4) p. 6-7 (updating of map); 17(1) p. 10-11;
• Migratory Bird Treaty 17(1) p. 12;
• Minnesota Martinfest  13(3) p. 4-5; 14(4) p. 23;
• Mirrors 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
• Mites (see Ectoparasites)
• Mockingbird 16(3) p. 12 (aggressive behavior towards martins);
• Molt 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition); 10 (4) p. 16; 11(1) p. 15; 16(4) p. 13;
• Monofilament fishing line 12(4)  p. 14 (martin entangled in);
• Monogamous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Morton, Dr. Eugene 3(1) p. 2; 4(1) p. 1; 11(1) p. 15; 12(2) p. 12 (biological significance of return schedules);
• Mosmon, Darwin 2(4) p. 6-9 (martin researcher);
• Mosquitoes (see Diet; see Ectoparasites);
• Mud dams (see Nests)
• Musselman (M 12-K) 9(1) p. 5 (enlarging compartments/adding owl guards);

N

• Natal site fidelity (see behavior)
• Nest
  • abandonment (see Behavior)
  • aboard Canadian destroyer 6(1) p. 28;
  • addled eggs (see Eggs)
  • and elevation 10 (1) p. 16; 13(3) p. 11 (altitude); 15 (4) p. 10;
  • artificial 9(3) p. 28 (use of to attract martins);
  • aspen shaving in 12(2) p. 8;
  • building 5(2) p. 21; 10 (3) p. 9; 13(3) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8;
  • cedar shavings in 1(4) p. 24; 4(3) p. 16; 5(2) p. 23; 5(3) p. 15 (safety); 8(3) p. 14; 12(2) p. 8;
  • checks 1(2) p. 25, 26; 3(4) p. 28; 4(1) p. 26, 29; 4(2) p. 18 (proper times to perform); 6(4) p. 15; 7(1) p. 14; 7(4) p. 6 (prognosticator), 20; 8(3) p. 17; 8(4) p. 17; 9(1) p. 16 (importance); 9(2) p. 15 (tips); 10 (1) p. 20; 10 (2) p. 17 (how often); 10 (3) p. 15 (best time to do); 10 (4) p. 15; 11(1) p. 15; 13(4) p. 9; 14(1) p. 8; 14(3) p. 20; 15(3) p. 12 (and use of hole plugs to prevent prem fledging); 16(3) p. 18 (and premature fledging); 17(2) p. 26-27 (how-to guide);
  • clutch initiation 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 6(1) p. 4 (in Pennsylvania), 12 (calculating); 9(1) p. 4 (calculating), 17;
  • clutch size 1(4) p. 21; 4(3) p. 10 (and reproductive success); 8(4) p. 3, 14; 9(1) p. 22; 11(1) p. 19 (artificially reducing); 15(3) p. 10;
  • coconut fiber in 12(2) p. 8;
  • composition analysis 2(4) p. 5;
  • construction 7(1) p. 20;
  • corn fodder in 12(2) p. 8, 23; 13(2) p. 11; 4(3) p. 20 (husk);
  • description 2(3) p. 24; 3(2) p. 23; 12(2) p. 8;
  • disappearing 9(2) p. 16;
  • failure 8(4) p. 5 (rate); 11(2) p. 14 (causes); 11(3) p. 8 (causes); 14(4) p. 7;
  • green leaves in 1(4) p. 27; 2(1) p. 1, 3; 3(2) p. 25; 6(3) p. 22; 10 (2) p. 11; 10 (3) p. 9 (use of /hydrocyanic acid); 12(4) p. 21 (and pytochemicals); 14(1) p. 8;
  • habits 8(2) p. 16;
  • hemlock in 13(2) p. 11(toxic);
  • identification 14(3) p. 26-29;
  • in aspen tree 13(4) p. 29; 16(2) p. 21;
  • in aviation ball 6(3) p. 13;
  • in bridge weep holes 11(1) p. 2 (California and Oregon); 12(1) p. 2 (Sacramento, Calif.); 12(4) p. 4-6 (capturing using pole nets in Sacramento, CA);
  • in Bufflehead nest box 6(3) p. 13;
  • in crane boom 1(1) p. 34;
  • in dead sabal palm tree 10 (1) p. 14; 
  • in fire-killed Redwood snags  13(1)  p. 7(in Calif., Oregon, & Washington);
  • in gas station sign 10(1) p. 18; 11(4) p. 23; 13(1) p. 19;
  • in helicopter hanger 12(1) p. 28 (relocated to gourds);
  • in hole in side of building 17(2) p. 15;
  • in oil pump 1(4) p. 9; 2(3) p. 18 (Florida);
  • in old piling 7(1) p. 10;
  • in other than man-made housing 4(2) p. 17; 15(2) p. 12;
  • in saguaro cactus 4(2) p. 22;
  • in street light 4(2) p. 23; 12(2) p. 4 (Orlando, FL);
  • in tree 17(2) p. 8-9 (New Mexico);
  • in underground lava tubes 11(4) p. 2;
  • in utility pole 14(1) p. 26-29 (western martins);
  • in woodpecker-created cavities  4(3) p. 6-7 (Sabal Palm trees in Florida); 9(2) p. 8-11; (Northeastern New Mexico); 10 (1) p. 21; 10 (2) p. 26-29 (Tehachapi Range of Calif.); 10 (3) p. 2-4; 11(2) p. 4-7 (Colorado Rockies); 13(1)  p. 1-7 (in Calif., Oregon, & Washington);
  • inside bridge 10 (1) p. 18;
  • large clutches 7(1) p. 12;
  • large nesting site 10 (1) p. 18;
  • man-made 10 (2) p. 12;
  • maple seed pods in 14(3) p. 20;
  • material 3(2) p. 21; 4(2) p. 24 (goose droppings), 26 (supplemental); 6(1) p. 16, 18 (pine needles); 7(1) p. 14 (use of sawdust); 7(4) p. 15; 8(4) p. 16 (use of mud); 10 (1) p. 5 (injury from rubber band), 11 (use of nest material tray); 11(2) p. 17 (use of sticks); 12(2) p. 8, 23; 12(3) p. 27 (metal found in nest); 12(4)  p. 21 (pytochemicals in leaves); 13(2) p. 11 (pine straw); 13(4) p. 9 (adding); 14(3) p. 8 (securing pine straw on platform); 14(4) p. 7 (offering to attract); 15(2) p. 17 (coir- coconut fiber); 16(2) p. 12; 16(4) p. 12 (periwinkle and zebra mussels, glass and metal in), 12 (paper clip, cigarette butts, mylar tinsel, plastic coffee stirrer, green canvas, plastic and silk artificial leaves);
  • mud dams 7(1) p. 20 (function); 9(3) p. 18; 11(2) p. 17 (in gourds); 12(3) p. 10; 13(1) p. 11 (spilling out of entrance hole/function);
  • multiple 11(2) p. 14 (disoriented purple martin);
  • nest checks 12(4) p. 9 (martin remaining in housing during);
  • newspaper in  14(3) p. 20;
  • o-ring in 14(3) p. 20;
  • pine shavings in 12(2) p. 8, 23;
  • pine straw in 12(2) p. 8, 23;
  • potato root in  14(3) p. 20;
  • predation 14(4) p. 7-8;
  • preference for old nests (see Behavior)
  • premade (4) p. 28; 12(3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 9;
  • removing old 4(4) p. 28; 7(2) p. 15; 8(4) p. 14; 12(3) p. 10; 12(4) p. 9 (reasons why); 15(1) p. 10;
  • renest attempts (see Behavior)
  • replacements 4(2) p. 27; 4(3) p. 16, 26; 5(3) p. 16; 5(4) p. 15; 6(2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 14; 7(2) p. 15; 8(3) p. 16; 9(2) p. 4, 5 (how and why); 9(3) p. 23 (before eggs hatch); 10 (1) p. 22; 11(1) p. 15; 11(2) p. 23; 13(2) p. 9 (following wind-driven rains); 14(3) p. 18; 15(1) p. 10;
  • reuse test 2(4) p. 3;
  • season 13(4) p. 11 (length of);
  • season videotaped  3(4) p. 10-13;
  • size 4(4) p. 24;
  • spanish moss in 12(1) p. 8; 12(2) p. 23 (nestling entangled in moss);
  • spruce tree needles in 12(2) p. 8;
  • success 5(1) p. 28; 8(2) p. 15 (improving); 13(3) p. 11; 15(4) p. 16 (success rates);
  • temperature of nesting chamber 4(4) p. 26;
  • under ferry docks 5(4) p. 18;
  • under piling caps at marina 11(3) p. 21;
  • under Spanish roof tiles 11(3) p. 12;
  • wet 12(3) p. 10 (implications of); 13(1) p. 25;
  • wheat straw in 12(2) p. 8;
• Nest cameras 12(3) p. 16; 17(2) p. 20-21 (installing);
• Nest fauna 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Nestling(s)
  • albino 14(1) p. 22-25;
  • and hypothermia 5(3) p. 15;
  • and kestrel attacks 12(1) p. 9;
  • and parent signature 13(4) p. 10 (recognition of parents);
  • aging 9(1) p. 2, 4;
  • average hatch size 8(4) p. 4;
  • baby photos 9(1) p. 2 (how to use);
  • banding 2(4) p. 4; 8(3) p. 20;
  • bill deformity 13(4) p. 27;
  • choking on insects 5(2) p. 21; 5(2) p. 21 (dragonfly); 10 (1) p. 12, 13 (large cicadas/dragonfly); 14(4) p. 18;
  • choking on nesting material 7(4) p. 20;
  • choking on white pebble 14(4) p. 18;
  • deaths 7(4) p. 16; 8(3) p. 15; 11(2) p. 16 (causes); 11(3) p. 9 (causes); 13(1) p. 9 (causes); 13(4) p. 10 (swallowed twig/reasons for); 16(3) p. 10 (commonality);
  • definition 1(1) p. 14;
  • development photos 3(1) p. 6;
  • eating plant material 13(4) p. 10 (corn fodder);
  • egg tooth 9(2) p. 17;
  • ejected 8(3) p. 15; 10 (2) p. 21;
  • entangled in moss in nest 12(2) p. 23;
  • failing to fledge 6(4) p. 8 (reasons); 8(1) p. 14 (reasons);
  • fallouts (see grounded nestlings);
  • flapathon 10 (3) p. 13;
  • food begging 10 (3) p. 12;
  • fostering 10 (1) p. 22; 16(3) p. 11;
  • gizzard/grit study 2(4) p. 4;
  • grounded nestlings  1(2) p. 26, 37; 1(4) p. 17; 3(2) p. 25; 4(1) p. 23 (reasons); 4(2) p. 27; 4(3) p. 16 (reasons); 4(4) p. 17; 6(4) p. 15: 8(3) p. 15; 8(4) p. 15; 9(1) p. 16; 10 (1) p. 5 (from nest built to high), 11; 11(1) p. 17 (due to porches); 13(1) p. 9 (reasons); 14(4) p. 6 (parents feeding/what to do with/causes); 15(3) p. 11 (causes);
  • growth of 5(3) p. 1; 8(1) p. 18 (development photos);
  • honeybee stinging 9(1) p. 19;
  • hatching late (in season) 11(1) p. 15;
  • leg splaying 3(4) p. 14; 6(1) p. 20 (use of Gutter Guard on flooring to prevent); 6(4) p. 8 (reasons/deaths); 10 (1) p.11; 13(4) p. 11 (causes/prevention); 15(2) p. 12 (causes/prevention);
  • leaving nest during nest checks 6(2) p. 16;
  • loss of 4(3) p.11;
  • moving to another nest 4(4) p. 15; 8(4) p. 14;
  • natal dispersal (see Behavior)
  • porch wandering 13(3) p.9;
  • parents feeding 10 (4) p. 14; 14(4) p. 6 (grounded);
  • premature fledging (see Behavior);
  • rehabbed nestling 16(4) p. 11;
  • rescue device  15(1) p. 24-25;
  • returning to birth site 1(2) p. 26; 5(1) p. 16; 10 (3) p. 15;
  • roll-outs 10 (1) p. 5;
  • runts 11(1) p. 19;
  • sexing 13(4) p. 8;
  • single nestling 5(3) p. 15 (overfeeding);
  • size 4(1) p. 23;
  • subcutaneous emphysema 10 (1) p. 2; 11(3) p. 23 (extreme case); 13(4) p. 27;
  • starving 13(3) p. 11 (reasons);
  • survival rates 8(4) p. 4;
  • swallowing cedar shavings 13(3) p. 10;
  • swallowing corn fodder 14(3) p. 10;
  • under developed eye 13(4) p. 27 (microphthalmia);
  • weight 5(1) p. 12;
• Nest site competitors
  • bluebirds 2(4) p. 23; 3(2) p. 25 (in martin housing); 3(4) p. 23(natural history); 7(2) p. 16; 8(2) p. 12, 15 (in martin housing); 8(4) p. 26; 10 (2) p. 14 (eastern); 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 10 (3) p. 15; 10 (4) p. 16 (in martin housing); 11(1) p. 13; 11(3) p. 9 (negotiating SREH); 12(2) p. 9; 13(4) p. 9; 14(1) p. 9; 14(2) p. 9 (housing near); 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 8; 16(1) p. 12 (housing near); 16(3) p. 18;
  • chickadees 14(1) p. 9; 14(3) p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 
  • great-crested flycatcher  6(2) p. 14; 10 (2) p. 14; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 13; 11(4) p. 11; 12(4) p. 10; 13(3) p.12-13;  14(3) p. 29 (nest/egg identification); 
  • house sparrows 1(1) p. 31; 1(2) p. 24, 25-26; 1(3) p. 21, 22; 1(4) p. 24, 27; 2(1) p. 24, 25; 2(2) p. 25; 2(4) p. 21, 25 (breaking martin eggs); 3(1) p. 20, 23; 3(2) p. 16, 22; 3(4) p. 16, 29; 4(1) p. 24, 17 (killing martin nestling); 4(2) p. 18, 26; 4(3) p. 16, 17 (sparrow revenge), 22 (nest built upon martin nest); 5(2) p. 18, 23; 5(3) p. 15, 16, 19;5(4) p. 16, 17, 26 (martin feeds); 6(1) p. 17 (sparrow "revenge"); 6(2) p. 14, 20; 6(4) p. 16 (repelling with garlic), 17; 7(1) p. 13; 7(4) p. 14, 17; 8(2) p. 8 (program for controlling), 16; 8(4) p. 21; 9(1) p. 13; 9(3) p. 17, 22, 28; 9(4) p. 16 (trapping/killing); 9(4) p. 19 (and gourds); 10 (2) p. 12, 16, 17; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 11(1) p. 16 (nest description); 11(2) p. 15 (breaking eggs/killing nestlings), 16 (nest removal); 11(3) p. 8; 11(4) p. 12 (house sparrow revenge syndrome); 11(4) p. 13 (control methods); 11(4) p. 15 (euthanasia of); 12(2) p. 8 (controlling/egg-nest description), 10 (impact on colony); 12(3) p. 10 (trapping/use of mousetrap); 12(4) p. 18 (and West Nile Virus), 24-25 (control of using traps); 13(1) p. 10, 19, 23; 13(3) p. 8, 16 (control of); 13(4) p. 9 (trapping/controlling), 11 (attracted by birdfeeders near housing), 28 (controlling humanely); 14(1) p. 9 (controlling), 10, 27-28; 14(2) p. 9 (controlling); 14(3) p. 10(trapping/baiting), 20, 28 (nest/egg identification), 29; 14(4) p. 17 (trapping); 15(3) p. 13 (trapping); 15(4) p. 5 (trapping), 11, 13; 16(1) p. 13;  housing native competitive cavity nesters; 15(2) p. 13; 17(1) p. 10, 11; 17(2) p. 10;
  • northern rough-winged swallows 9(4) p. 15 (in martin housing);
  • nuthatches 15(3) p. 11;
  • squirrels 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 3(1) p. 15 (13-lined Ground squirrel); 4(2) p. 12 (Eastern fox squirrel in martin house); 10 (2) p. 14; 13(1) p. 10, 22 (gave birth in house);
  • starlings 1(1) p. 10 (impact on martin populations in unmanaged colonies); 1(2) p. 24; 1(3) p. 21; 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 25; 2(3) p. 21, 23, 24; 2(4) p. 17, 19, 23; 3(1) p. 20; 3(2) p. 25;3(4) p. 29; 4(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 26; 4(3) p. 14; 5(2) p. 26; 5(3) p. 15, 23; 5(4) p. 16, 17; 6(4) p. 16; 7(1) p. 16; 7(4) p. 14; 8(4) p. 21; 9(1) p. 13, 14 (light to deter); 9(3) p. 22, 28; 9(4) p. 19 (and gourds); 10 (2) p. 12, 16, 17 (removing eggs from nest); 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo); 10 (3) p. 15; 10 (4) p. 16; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 17 (nest removal); 11(4) p. 8 (painting inside compartments to deter); 12(1) p. 11 (use of crescent entrances to control), 22 (Repeating Bait Trap); 12(2) p. 8 (egg-nest description), 10 (impact on colony); 12(4) p. 23 (use of Troyer V-top trap); 13(1) p. 18 (destroying martin eggs), 19, 23 (use of S&S Controller trap); 13(3) p. 8, 15 (and crescent entrances); 14(1) p. 9 (controlling), 10, 27-28; 14(2) p. 10 (controlling), 18; 14(3) p. 8-9 (trapping), 10, 20, 28 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 6 (attacking martins); 15(4) p. 11; 16(1) p. 13; 16(3) p. 18; 17(1) p. 10; 17(2) p. 11 (attacking tree swallows);
  • tree swallows 1(4) p. 25; 2(3) p. 21, 23; 3(1) p. 25; 4(2) p. 22; 4(4) p. 15; 5(4) p. 23; 6(3) p. 15;7(2) p. 16; 8(2) p. 17; 8(3) p. 16, 22; 8(4) p. 16, 17; 9(2) p. 14; 9(4) p. 23; 10 (2) p. 14, 16; 10 (3) p. 6 (egg description/photo), 11; 11(1) p. 13; 12(4)  p. 10; 14(1) p. 8, 9; 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 8; 17(2) p. 11;
  • wrens 7(2) p. 26 (cactus); 14(3) p. 27 (nest/egg identification); 17(2) p. 19;
• New Jersey Teaches Community about PUMAs  14(4) p. 20-21;
• Nite Guard (see Predator Guards)
• North Carolina school aid martins  12(4) p. 26-29;
• Northwest Alabama Purple Martin Club  16(1) p. 14-15;

O

• Opossum  13(2) p. 4-5 (White-eared);
• Osprey 1(3) p. 20; 3(4) p. 24; 16(2) p. 12 (near martin colony);
• Oyster shell (see Diet)
• Owls (see Predators)

P

• Pairing (see Behavior)
• Paper wasps (see Housing)
• Parasite 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 28-29 (infestations); 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Parasiticide 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Parasitologist 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Parasitiology 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Parent abandoning grounded nestlings (see Behavior)
• Particle marking 12(4)  p. 11 (migration study):
• patagial tags on martins 11(1) p. 14;
• Permanent resident 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
• Pesticides (see Ectoparasites)
• Peterson, Roger Tory 7(1) p. 1
• Photographing purple martins  14(2) p. 22-23;
• pigeonnier  9(3) p. 25 (use by martins);
• Pipping (see Eggs)
• Plumage 1(2) p. 27 (definition); 5(2) p. 6;
• PMCA
  • 2003 season summary  13(1) p. 28-29;
  • 2004 season report 13(4) p. 26-27;
  • 2004 Staff activities 13(4) p. 12;
  • 2006 Season Summary  15(3) p. 2-4;
  • 2007 Colony Site Report 16(4) p. 24-25;
  • 2007 Conference and Festival 16(4) p. 20-23;
  • archival repository 2(4) p. 4;
  • at industry trade show 12(3) p. 11;
  • BBC 3(2) p. 28;
  • continent wide publicity 1(4) p. 7;
  • develops new tool for PM attracting 3(1) p. 28;
  • Daylily Grants 17(2) p. 22-23;
  • environmental education grant 16(4) p. 1;
  • farmer's almanac pokes fun 2(2) p. 13;
  • fencing fund complete (Lake Pontchartrain Project) 5(4) p. 2;
  • history 5(3) p. 14;
  • how to join 1(1) p. 37;
  • Hill, James R. 14(2) p. 1 (retires)
  • landlord of the year
    • Charles McEwen (1992) 3(4) p. 8-9;
    • Andy Troyer (1993) 4(3) p. 24;
    • Terry Suchma (1994) 5(3) p. 26;
    • Dr. Thomas Baynes Dellinger (1995) 6(4) p. 1;
    • Edwin W. Donath (1996) 7(4) p. 2;
    • Chris J. Slabaugh, Sr. (1997) 8(3) p. 2;
    • Ken Justus (1998) 9(1) p. 8;
    • Ron Seekamp (1999) 9(4) p. 2;
    • David R. Fouts (2000) 10 (4) p. 5
    • William Dietrich (2001) 11(2) p. 24;
    • Allen Jackson (2002) 11(4) p. 26;
    • Tim Shaheen (2007) 16(4) p. 26-28;
  • listed in 1989 NWF Conservation Directory 1(4) p. 7;
  • leadership changes at  13(1) p. 13;
  • new offices & mailing address  14(4) p. 1; 15(1) p. 2;
  • news from 2(3) p. 6; 2(4) p. 1; 3(1) p. 1; 3(2) p. 1; 4(1) p. 11; 4(2) p. 1; 4(3) p. 1; 5(1) p. 13; 5(2) p. 1; 5(4) p. 1; 6(1) p. 1; 6(2) p. 1; 6(3) p. 1; 7(2) p. 1; 8(2) p. 1; 8(4) p. 1; 9(1) p. 1;
  • planned giving 6(3) p. 29;
  • PMCA Conservation Award
    • Alisa Esposito (2003) 12(4) p. 16-17;
  • PMCA's innovative martin products 1(3) p. 29;
  • PMCA sponsored team takes 1st place in birdathon 6(2) p. 29;
  • Presque Isle sites 16(4) p. 24-25;
  • registration program 1(2) p. 5;
  • research grounds 1(3) p. 30;
  • research trip (1991) to Arizona 3(2) p. 5;
  • review of PMCA's first decade 8(1) p. 4;
  • reviews research grant 1(4) p. 7;
  • scout arrival study 9(3) p. 6;
  • summer intern 15(4) p. 23 (experiences);
  • t-shirt featured on TODAY SHOW 1(2) p. 35;
  • visiting PMCA (2) p. 24;
  • volunteering 10 (4) p. 27;
  • vs. Nature Society 9(4) p. 16;
  • what PMCA does 2(4) p. 2-5, 27;;
  • why PMCA was formed 1(1) p. 36; 8(1) p. 1;
• Pole nets 12(4) p. 4-6 (used to capture martins in bridge weep holes);
• Polygamy (see Behavior)
• Polygamous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Population 1(1) p. 4 (trends 1966-1986 in North America); 1(1) p. 7 (trends in U. S.); 1(1) p. 8 (abundance and breeding distribution in North America); 1(1) p. 10 (impact of starlings on martin populations); 1(2) p. 20 (long term trends); 2(1) p. 4 (in New York state); 2(1) p. 26 (increasing colony population); 2(2) p. 10 (population study in Wisconsin 1942); 2(3) p. 24 (increasing colony population); 4(1) p. 14 (changes over 15 years); 4(2) p. 14 (in Pennsylvania); 4(4) p. 12 (in Michigan); 5(2) p. 17 (population stats); 5(2) p. 19 (decline);6(2) p. 2 (North American Breeding Bird Survey 1966-1994); 6(2) p. 17 (reasons for decrease at colony); 7(1) p. 7 (in Pacific Northwest); 7(1) p. 13 (population stats in U. S.);8(1) p. 26 (patterns 1966-1994); 9(1) p. 15 (high mortality rates at end of season); 16(4) p. 2-5 (status of);
• Porch dividers (see Houses);
• Porch tunnels (see Gourds);
• Portable ground socket 12(4) p. 24 (how to make);
• Portage Lake 16(2) p. 13-15 (martin association);
• Post-breeding behavior (see behavior)
• Post-fledging wandering (see behavior)
• Post fledgling behavior in parents (see Behavior)
• Predation of colony 2(4) p. 28; 5(1) p. 18;
• Predators
  • bald eagle 9(3) p.18;
  • bass 1(2) p. 23 (bass eats martin);
  • black-billed magpie 2(2) p. 15 (eating nestlings);
  • blue jay 9(4) p. 19 (predation on martin nestlings); 11(1) p. 14 (pulling nestlings from housing);
  • crows 2(3) p. 8-9, 15 (taking nestling);  2(4) p. 21 (Fish crows attacking nestlings); 5(1) p. 14 (eating nestlings); 5(4) p. 18 (attacking nestlings); 7(1) p. 23; 7(2) p. 14; 8(2) p. 14; 9(2) p. 16, 19; 12(2) p. 10; 13(3) p. 8; 15(2) p. 10; 16(1) p. 11;
  • Cuban tree frog 16(3) p. 16;
  • definition 1(1) p. 14; 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
  • falcon  9(4) p. 15 (deep compartments/hardware cloth "cage" to prevent kestrel/merlin attacks);
  • feral cats 5(2) p. 17; 9(1) p. 16; 10 (1) p. 11; 10 (2) p. 16;
  • fire ants 2(4) p. 16; 5(3) p. 21; 6(3)p. 21 (controlling); 8(3) p. 16; 9(1) p. 16; 11(4) p. 19; 12(3)p. 10 (ways to deter);
  • great blue heron 2(4) p. 26; 12(4) p. 10;
  • guards (see Predator Guards)
  • hawks 2(4) p. 24; 3(4) p. 22; 4(4) p. 21; 5(1) p. 18; 6(1) p. 15; 7(1) p. 23 (red-tailed); 7(2) p. 28 (sharp-shinned); 9(4) p. 15 (Cooper's); 9(4) p. 15 (sharp-shinned); 10 (1) p. 11; 10 (2) p. 17 (sharp-shinned), (attacking martins); p. 20 (sharp-shinned); 11(1) p. 29 (attacking purple martin decoys); 11(2) p. 16 (Cooper's/Sharp-shinned); 11(3) p. 19 (red-tailed); 12(3) p. 23 (Crested Caracara); 12(4) p. 23 (Cooper's); 13(2) p. 11 (sharp-shinned attracted to martin decoy); 13(3) p. 8; 14(1) p. 11 (red-tail raiding gourds); 14(2) p. 16-17 (Cooper's & Sharp-shinned), 21 (attacking martin decoys), 25 (Screech);  14(3) p. 11 (red-tailed/cooper's/sharp-shinned), 21 (Cooper's attacking martin decoy); 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 11; 15(2) p. 10 (red-tailed/cooper's/sharp-shinned);
  • kestrel 2(3) p. 15; 2(4) p. 25; 4(2) p. 25 (taking over martin house); 5(2) p. 21; 7(1) p. 23; 7(2) p. 15; 9(4) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 17 (use of SREH); 12(1) p. 9; 15(1) p. 12; 15(2) p. 25; 15(4) p. 16 (sharp-shinned); 16(1) p. 17; 
  • laughing gulls 11(2) p. 15 (taking nestlings);
  • Magpie 2(2)  p. 15 (eating nestlings);
  • merlin 2(2) p. 28 (feeding on road killed martin); 9(4) p. 15;
  • mississippi kites 7(2) p. 28;
  • mockingbird 16(3) p. 12;
  • owls 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 27; 2(3) p. 8-9; 5(2) p. 16(attacking gourds), 23; 5(3) p. 15; 5(4) p. 19 (screech); 6(1) p. 14 (great-horned); 6(3) p. 15 (evidence of owl predation); 6(4) p. 22 (screech); 7(1) p. 17; 7(2) p. 29 (screech); 9(2) p. 17; 10 (1) p. 14, 16, 17 (use of SREH for screech owls); 10 (2) p. 17; 10 (3) p. 12 (Great-horned); 11(1) p. 29 (attacking purple martin decoys); 11(2) p. 17 (attacking gourds/prevention), 20; 11(3) p. 8; 12(4)  p.19, 22 (laser light as Great-horned Owl deterrent); 13(1)  p. 9 (nighttime raids), 10, 26; 13(3) p. 8; 13(4) p. 14 (use of Nite Guard as deterrent); 14(1) p. 10(screech, great-horned, barred); 14(2) p. 9 (screech), 11(egg comparisons); 14(3) p. 11, 29 (nest/egg identification); 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 10; 15(2) p. 13(screech owls and SREH use); 16(1) p. 13, 16; 16(2) p. 10; 16(3) p. 23 (Barred owl); 17(1) p. 10 (screech); 17(2) p. 28 (radio transmitters found in owl pellets):
  • ospreys 1(3) p. 20; 15(4) p. 12;
  • peregrine falcon 4(2) p. 13; 6(3) p. 21;
  • raccoons 2(3) p. 21 (signs of); 2(4) p. 19; 4(2) p. 22; 9(2) p. 15; 10 (1) p. 16; 10 (2) p. 17 (climbing poles); 11(3) p. 8; 11(4) p. 19; 12(2) p. 10; 13(1)  p. 9; 14(1) p. 10; 14(4) p. 7-8; 14(4) p. 18;
  • roadrunner 5(4) p. 12; 14(3) p. 9;
  • robin 16(3) p. 12;
  • shrikes 4(2) p. 24 (taking nestling from porch);
  • snakes 1(2) p. 18, 24, 26; 2(2) p. 21, 26; 2(3) p. 21 (rat snake); 2(4) p. 18; 3(1) p. 22; 3(4) p. 18; 4(1) p. 23; 4(2) p. 12, 21; 4(3) p. 15, 19; 4(4) p. 15, 21; 5(1) p. 15; 6(1) p. 23; 6(2) p. 20; 6(3) p. 17; 7(1) p. 19, 20;7(2) p. 15, 2; 8(4) p. 14; 9(2) p. 17; 9(3) p. 17, 23; 10 (1) p. 12, 16; 10 (2) p. 24 (predation), (Texas rat snake); 10 (3) p. 5; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 16 (Black Rat), 19 (rat snake climbing pole guard); 11(3) p. 8; 12(1) p. 10, 19; 12(2) p. 10, 21; 12(3) p. 17 (black rat snake); 12(4)  p. 2-3 (rat snakes-using Net Trap to deter), 19 (netting caught rat snake), 22(rat snake); 13(1) p. 15-17 (guards for), 18 (black snake), 23, 26; 13(3) p. 14 (rat snake); 14(1) p. 10; 14(2) p. 19 (predation); 14(3) p. 20 (yellow rat); 14(4) p. 18; 16(1) p. 11 (rat snake), 17; 16(2) p. 4-5; 17(1) p. 11 (Texas rat snake);
  • squirrels 1(2) p. 24; 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 3(1) p. 15 (13-lined Ground squirrel); 4(2) p. 12 (Eastern fox squirrel in martin house); 13(1) p. 10;

• Predator Guards
  • angled baffle block 5(4) p. 17; ants 5(3) p. 21 (petroleum jelly, Tanglefoot, axle grease); 9(1) p. 16 (petroleum jelly, Teflon spray, tape);
  • awning 14(2) p. 19 (as an owl guard);
  • baffles 5(4) p. 17; 8(2) p. 13 (baffle plans); 11(2) p. 16;
  • cone guard 13(1) p. 17;
  • crows 4(1) p. 21; 4(2) p. 21; 5(1) p. 14 (cavity design/dowel rods); 7(1) p. 23; 9(3) p. 20;
  • hawks 3(4) p. 22; 7(2) p. 24 (reconfiguring aluminum house compartments on TW-12), 28 (external cage for gourds, horizontally suspended gourds); inner-chamber partition 5(4) p. 17; 9(3) p. 21 (sharp-shinned after trapped sparrows); 13(1)  p. 9; 14(1) p. 11 (on gourd racks); 14(2) p. 16-17; 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 11;
  • laughing gulls 11(2) p. 15 (external cage);
  • Nite Guard 13(4) p. 14 (solar powered flashing strobe light);
  • net trap 12(4) p. 2-3; 13(1) p. 17;
  • owls 4(1) p. 23, 24; 4(1) p. 24 (deeper compartments); 4(2) p. 8 (protection by cavity design), 21, 24; 5(4) p. 17 (baffles); 7(2) p. 24 (reconfiguring aluminum house compartments on TW-12), 28 (external cage for gourds), 29 (SREH for screech owl); 8(3) p. 15 (use of rods); 9(1) p. 6, 21(owl guards); 9(3) p. 14, 15; 9(4) p. 1; 10 (2) p. 1 (using to deter hawks), 14; 11(1) p. 20, 21; 11(2) p. 16 (hardware cloth/wooden dowels), 17 (use of rods on gourds); 11(4) p. 10 (Trio owl guards/when to install); 12(2) p. 20; 12(3) p. 20 (preventing owls from lifting guards); 12(4)  p. 22 (laser light as owl deterrent); 13(1)  p. 9 (instructions on building), 26; 13(2) p. 12-13 (making and modifying); 13(4) p. 14 (Nite Guards-strobe light); 14(1) p. 11; 14(2) p. 16-17, 19 (awning as guard); 14(3) p. 11; 14(4) p. 7-8; 15(1) p. 10; 15(2) p. 13 (SREH for screech owls); 15(4) p. 12; 16(1) p. 13; 16(2) p. 10;
  • pole guard 2(4) p. 4; 7(1) p. 12; 10(4) p. 8 (for telescopic pole), 15; 11(1) p. 16; 11(2) p. 16; 11(4) p. 19 (improving effectiveness); 1(1)  p. 9; 13(1) p. 10 (positioning for squirrels), 15-17 (installation of/types); 13(3) p. 26 (pvc); 14(4) p. 8;
  • pvc pipe guard 6(2) p. 15; 7(2) p. 22; 13(1) p. 16;
  • raccoon 8(2) p. 13; 13(1)  p. 9;
  • snake 6(2) p. 15 (carnuba wax/silicone spray to make slicker); 8(4) p. 14; 12(1) p. 10 (Adjustable Pole Guard); 12(2) p. 21; 12(4)  p. 2-3 (using Net Trap to deter); 16(1) p. 11; 16(2) p. 4-5; 17(1) p. 11;
  • stove pipe guard 7(2) p. 24; 13(1) p. 16;
  • telescopic inverted bucket guard  13(1) p. 17;
  • use of lard 4(1) p. 23;
• Preening 1(2) p. 27 (definition);
• Premature fledgling (see Behavior);
• Presque Isle Bay  11(4) p. 24;
• Presque Isle State Park  martin colony 15(2) p. 2-5; 15(3) p. 1;
• Prince William County 16(3) p. 13-15;
• Progne subis arboricola(see Western Martins);
• Prognosticator 7(4) p.6-7; 9(1) p.2;
• Project Demolition 9(1) p. 13;
• Project Martinwatch 6(1) p. 14; 6(2) p. 10; 6(4) p. 21; 8(3) p. 26; 10 (4) p. 20 (importance of data sheets); 14(1) p. 3-5 (2004 season results); 15(1) p. 3-5 (2005 season results); 16(1) p. 4-5 (2006 season results), 6-7 (data sheet tips); 17(1) p. 13-15 (2007 results);
• Project Martin Roost  14(3) p. 1, 2-5; 14(4) p. 4-5;  17(1) p. 4-5;
• Project Swallow 4(2) p. 4;
• Promiscuous 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Purple Finch 14(3) p. 10 (caught in sparrow trap);
• Purple Martin Conference and Festival  16(2) p. 2-3 (2007);
• Purple Martin Festivals 13(4) p. 22-23 (in TN & NJ);
• Purple martins (Progne subis)
  • a human love affair 6(3) p. 26 (martins and the control of insect pests);
  • adult mortality 11(3) p. 6;
  • and birdbaths 3(4) p. 24;
  • and ponds 16(4) p. 10;
  • and children 12(2) p. 17;
  • and fireworks 16(2) p. 10-11;
  • and golf courses 16(4) p. 14-15;
  • and hummingbirds 10 (4) p. 15 (feeder close to martin housing);
  • and it's management in Texas (book on) 13(2) p. 16;
  • and Native Americans 3(4) p. 26-27; 8(1) p. 8;
  • and public martin projects  17(1) p. 24-28;
  • being mistaken for blackbirds 7(1) p. 17;
  • bibliography 2(4) p. 4;
  • Brazilian name for  14(2) p. 11;
  • Brown-chested Martins (see Brown-chested Martins);
  • declines of 17(2) p. 2-4;
  • educating public about 13(3) p. 20-23;
  • entangled in monofilament fishing line 12(4) p. 14;
  • feeding house sparrow 5(4) p. 26;
  • Grey-breasted Martins (see Grey-breasted Martins);
  • hearing in 15(2) p. 10;
  • home range size 2(4) p. 27;
  • hosting a workshop 6(4) p. 26;
  • in Alaska 7(2) p. 15;
  • in Azores Islands 13(4) p. 5-7 (due to U.S. hurricanes);
  • in bluebird house 11(2) p. 18;
  • in Colorado 9(4) p. 14; 16(2) p. 20-21 (Rocky Mountains);
  • in cyberspace 8(2) p. 5;
  • in Eastern Oregon 16(3) p. 10;
  • in Florida 12(2) p. 10 (decreasing martin numbers-reasons);
  • in Florida Keys  15(1) p. 10;
  • in Inland Northwest 6(1) p. 24;
  • in Louisiana 16(3) p. 27-28;
  • in Mexico 10 (3) p. 15;
  • in Minnesota 13(3) p. 24;
  • in New Jersey 16(4) p. 14-15;
  • in New Mexico 17(2) p. 8-9;
  • in Northern California (in nest boxes) 17(2) p. 13-15;
  • in Northwest Texas 6(3) p. 10;
  • in Nova Scotia 12(4) p. 9;
  • in Pacific Northwest 1(3) p. 8-10;  7(1) p. 7;
  • in Rhode Island 17(1) p. 6-9;
  • in Scotland 13(4) p. 5-7 (due to U.S. hurricanes);
  • in Wyoming 13(4) p. 29;
  • killed by hail 11(2) p. 2;
  • life history 5(2) p. 2;
  • managing tips 8(1) p. 10;
  • migration (see Migration);
  • on stamps 7(2) p. 6;
  • population of (see Population);
  • postage stamp campaign  16(2) p. 1;
  • promoting 11(2) p. 28; 13(2) p. 14-17 (in NW Texas and Western Oklahoma);
  • struck by cars 11(2) p. 15;
  • thirteen ways they are unique 4(2) p. 28;
  • timeline 17(2) p. 6-7;
  • tradition shift  3(4) p. 26-27;
  • vagrants 3(4) p. 4-5;
  • Western Martins (see Western Martins);
• Purple Martin Forum 9(2) p. 6;
• Purple Martin Mentor Program 6(3) p. 9; 9(2) p. 7; 9(3) p. 14; 11(2) p. 10;
• Purple Martin Prognosticator 7(4) p. 6; 9(1) p. 2 (how to use);
• Purple Martin Society of Collier County 11(2) p. 27;
• Purple Martin Update 1(2) p. 1 (receives rave reviews); 6(3) p. 1 (decoding mailing address);
• Pymatuning Visitor Center 9(3) p. 5, 29;
• Pymatuning State Park  9(3) p. 29;
• Pyrethrin (see Ectoparasites)
  
• Pytochemicals 12(4) p. 21 (in green leaves);

Q

• Quad Pod (see Houses);     

R

• Raiders 3(4) p. 5 (definition), 7;
• Reasons why people lose martins 2(4) p. 28-29;
• Rehabbing martins 3(1) p. 2(Gene and Jane Morton); 6(4) p. 16 (martin rehab manual); 7(1) p. 16; 7(2) p. 2; 8(2) p. 11; 8(3) p. 18 (martin rehab manual);
• Rogillio, Carlyle 6(4) p. 16 (author of martin rehab manual/how to obtain);
• Rehabbers 9(1) p. 23 (Houston, TX area);
• Renest 1(1) p. 14 (definition);
• Renesting attempts (see Behavior)
• Reproductive failure 2(3) p. 17; 4(2) p. 16;
• Reproductive success 1(4) p. 10 (in different house types); 2(4) p. 3 (effects of parasites on); 4(3) p. 10 (of adults and subadults); 15(1) p. 28-29 (and acid rain); 15(2) p. 20-22 (and calcium supplementation);
• Robins 15(3) p. 10 (nesting on porch of martin housing);
• Roosts 2(1) p. 27; 4(2) p. 2(Lake Pontchartrain); 2(2) p. 5(world's largest); 4(4) p. 5(on Amazon River); 5(4) p. 4(Southern); 6(2) p. 26 (Lake Murray, SC); 7(1) p. 2 (monitoring with weather radar), 4 (Lake Murray roost); 7(4) p. 13(Tulsa roost ), 21(general info); 8(2) p. 26(mapping using weather radar); 9(1) p. 19 (Shreveport, LA); 10 (2) p. 17; 10 (4) p. 24 (Lewisville, TX pre-migratory roost); 11(1) p. 15, 22 (Lewisville, TX); 11(3) p. 7 (winter roost composition), 9, 10 (and histoplasmosis from droppings ), 11(droppings from), at Louisville, Kentucky International Airport, 22 (in parking lot of Bank of Oklahoma); 11(4) p. 24 (Presque Isle Bay Martin Roost); 12(2) p. 2 (Tyler, TX- loss of/use of air cannons); 12(4) p. 12-15 (on Umstead Bridge in N. Carolina), 20 (Tulsa, OK), 22 (Austin, TX); 13(1) p. 9 (premigratory), 18 (Lake Livingston, TX), 22 (Decatur, AL); 13(2) p. 29 (winter roosts in Brazil); 13(3) p. 6-7 (Brazil-use of Doppler radar to detect); 13(3) p. 28-29 (Outback Steakhouse-McAllen, TX); 13(4) p. 15 (Fort Meyers, FL), 16 ( Bibb County Sports Complex- football stadium lights-Macon, Georgia), 20-21 (Decatur, AL), 21 (Cape May, NJ/Shreveport, LA/Presque Isle Erie, PA); 14(3) p. 2-3 (problems and opportunities); 14(4) p. 2-3 (damage due to hurricane), 4 (Austin, TX- Churchtown, PA- Chicago, Ill- Decatur, AL- Elgin, AL (Wheeler Dam)- Mountain City, TX- Quebec, Canada (1st)- San Antonio, TX- Tulsa, OK), 5 (Alvin, TX- Blenheim, ON, Canada- Corpus Christi, TX- Grand Prairie, TX- Harlingen, TX- Heber Springs, AR- Helotes, TX- Houston, TX- Loganport, LA- Longview, TX- Muskogee, OK- Presque Isle, (Erie) PA; 8-9 (dispersal distance during day/life of); 16(1) p. 20-21 (Sioux Falls, SD); 16(3) p. 10, 29; 16(4) p. 1 (Richmond, VA); 16(4) p. 8-9 (Manns Harbor); 17(1) p. 5 (Richmond, VA), 10-11;
• Rotary Pavilion (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25;

S

• Salmonella (see Diseases)
• Sanctuary (purple martin) 2(2) p. 2;
• Sand Martins 13(3) p. 8;
• Sandburg, Carl 4(3) p. 17 (martin poem);
• Scouts 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 4(1) p. 23; 8(2) p. 14; 10 (2) p. 7; 17(2) p. 10;
• Scout-arrival date 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Scout-arrival study 2(4) p. 4; 9(3) p. 6-8;
• Secondary-cavity nester 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Seekamp, Ron 7(4) p. 10 (parallelogram pivot system)
• Sevin (see Ectoparasites)
• Sexing martins 3(4) p. 1; 6(1) p. 15; 6(4) p. 23; 8(1) p. 15 (color guide); 11(4) p. 16-17 (undertail coverts); 13(4) p. 8 (nestlings);
• Sexual dimorphism 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Sexual maturity 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Shelter Cove, California 13(1)  p. 2-4 (snag nesting site);
• Sialoa martins (Progne dominicensis sinaloe) 10 (3) p. 15;
• Single brooded 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 2(4) p. 10 (definition);
• Single parent purple martin 5(3) p. 19; 9(2) p. 24 (Ursula); 11(1) p. 14; 13(3) p. 9(feeding);
• Site abandonment (see Behavior)
• Site fidelity (see Behavior)
• Site population 13(4) p. 9;
• Slabaugh, Chris J. 8(3) p. 2;
• Sleeping (see Behavior)
• Smell (sense of in martins) 1(4) p. 26; 2(1) p. 24; 8(2) p. 16; 9(2) p. 17; 12(3) p. 11; 17(1) p. 11;
• Smoke (see Behavior)
• Snakes (see Predators)
• Snyder, Duke (starling excluder inventor) 10 (1) p. 8;
• Snyder Excluder (see Houses/SREH)
• Soaring 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Social attraction 9(3) p. 26-28;
• Sommerheim (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25;
• Sparrows (see Nest Site Competitors)
• Splash bathing (see Behavior)
• Squirrels (see Nest Competitors/Predators)
• Staging area (definition) 9(3) p.16; 10 (2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 11 (definition);
• Stamps and purple martins 7(2) p. 6;
• Star martin feeder 6(1) p. 6; 9(2) p. 21;
• Starlings (see Nest Competitors)
• Starling resistant entrance holes (see Housing/SREH)
• Starvation 11(3) p. 1 (of martins during cold weather);
• Stine, Rob (artist)
• Students aid Purple Martins 12 (4) p. 26;
• Subadult 8(1) p. 15(description); 9(1) p. 15 (and poor parenting); 9(3) p. 8 (arrival vs. adults), 17 (and dawnsinging); 11(2) p. 17 (breeding population percentage); 11(3) p. 9; 11(4) p. 8 (breeding late in the season); 12(4) p. 10 (arrival dates in Houston, TX), 11 (differences between male and female); 14(2) p. 11 (late arrival), 21 (arriving alongside ASY adults); 14(3) p. 10 (identifying males); 14(4) p. 9 (declines in/attacking and removing nestlings);
• Suchma, Terry (see Landlord of the year)
• Sulfur (see Ectoparasites)
• Summer resident 1(3) p. 23 (definition);
• Sun bathing (see Behavior)
• SuperGourds (see Gourds)
• Survival behavior (see Behavior)
• Swallows 
  • Bank 13(3) p. 8;
  • Barn 1(3) p. 21; 1(4) p. 26; 4(4) p. 15; 9(2) p. 26 (life history); 10 (3) p. 11; 14(3) p. 28 (nest/egg identification); 15(2) p. 19, 25;
  • Cliff 10 (3) p. 11; 12(1) p. 6;Tree (see nest site competitors) Violet Green 11(4) p. 3; 14(4) p. 7;
  • Tree 13(4) p. 9 (in martin housing); 15(2) p. 19;

T

• T-14 (see Houses)
• Tanglefoot 5(3) p. 21 (for ants); 12(3) p. 10 (for ants);
• Tehachapi Range California (purple martins in) 10 (2) p. 26;
• Tent caterpillars (see Diet)
• Territory 1(1) p. 14 (definition); 1(3) p. 23 (definition); 2(4) p. 11 (definition);
• Thirteen ways martins are unique 4(2) p. 28;
• Ticks (see Ectoparasites)
• Tom Ridge Environmental Center 15(3) p. 1, 2-3;
• Toxicity 5(1) p. 7 (definition);
• Traditional shift 3(4) p. 26;
• Translocate 6(3) p. 5 (definition);
• Transient 1(1) p. 15 (definition);
• Trap and transfer 9(3) p. 26 (definition);
• Trapping (starling and house sparrows) 2(2) p. 25-26; 3(4) p. 17; 4(2) p. 25; 6(4) p. 18, 20 (baits), 22; 7(2) p. 17; 11(3) p. 10; 12(1) p. 8 (bait trapping sparrows); 
• Traps 3(4) p. 24 (use of mouse trap); 4(3) p. 27 (Troyer S&S/V-top trap); 5(4) p. 10 (SD-1 Spare-O- Door), 11 (traps can kill martins); 7(2) p. 17 (Troyer S&S); 8(4) p. 25 (S&S controller); 9(1) p. 29 (starling trapping strategy); 11(2) p. 16 (spare-o-doors); 11(3) p. 10 (Spare-O-Door); 11(4) p. 14-15 (Spare-O-Door/Universal Sparrow Trap/T-14 Insert Trap/SuperGourd Insert Trap/Trio Wire Sparrow Trap/Repeating Bait Trap/Starling-House Sparrow Nest-box trap); 12(1) p. 8 (V-top Trap, Universal Sparrow Trap); 12(3) p. 10 (Universal Sparrow Trap); 12(4) p. 23(Troyer V-top trap), 24 (portable sparrow trap), 25 (Spare-O-Doors-use in T-14/metal housing); 13(3) p. 16 (experience with Spare-O-Door); 13(4) p.27 (Universal Sparrow Trap); 15(3) p. 13 (Repeating Bait Trap); 15(4) p. 5 (Spare-O-Door);
• Tree encroachment 2(4) p. 28; 9(1) p. 20 (and colony decline); 9(2) p. 20;
• Tree Swallows (see Swallows)
• Trio Castle (see Houses)
• Turkey Vultures 13(2) p. 9;

U

• Undertail coverts 11(4) p. 16-17;
• Ursula 9(2) p. 24 (single parent);

V

• Vanderbuilt Purple Martin Colony 17(1) p. 22-23;
• Vocalizations (of martins) 5(2) p. 9; 10 (3) p. 13 (parents warning nestlings);

W

• Wade, J.L. 16(3) p. 2;
• Wasps 6(2) p. 16; 9(3) p. 12-13 (European); 9(4) p. 15 (in pm housing); p. 15 (European); 13(1) p. 8 (European- controlling);
• Water (and martins) 2(1) p. 27; 2(3) p. 24-25; 16(3) p. 10;
• Weather 1(3) p. 14 (drought/heat wave and deaths); 2(4) p. 5, 28 (extremes); 3(1) p. 17 (induced die-off); 23 (induced mortality); 4(1) p. 6 (deaths during Summer of '92), 8 (what to do when weather gets bad); 5(2) p. 10; 6(1) p. 2 (martins killed by hail); 6(2) p. 24 (die-offs during Summer of 95); 7(2) p. 16 (hot weather and martins); 7(4) p. 24 (weather -stressed martins in Texas); 11(3) p. 1 (martin-killing weather of 2002), 8 (cool spring weather delaying return); 12(1) p. 10 (effects of inclement weather on martins); 12(2) p. 10 (effects on martin's feeding); 12(3) p. 24 (tornado destroyed colony), 28 (Hurricane Claudette- martin observations during storm); 12(4) p. 22 (deaths due to cold spell); 13(1) p. 19 (house knocked over during storm), 20 (deaths); 13(4) p. 5-7 (hurricanes), 15 (hurricane damage to housing); 14(1) p. 8 (hot weather and martin housing), 18 (Florida hurricane season); 14(2) p. 10 (effects of hailstorm); 15(2) p.12 (and martin deaths), 19 (Hurricane Rita); 16(3) p. 11 (effects on eggs);
• Western martins (Progne subis arboricola) 7(1) p. 28 (nesting in tree cavities); 8(2) p. 25 (nestbox plans); 10 (2) p. 16; 7(1) p. 7; 12(1) p. 2; 12(4) p. 4; 13(1) p. 18 (snags destroyed by fire); 13 (2) p. 10 (housing for), 8 (hurricanes and early departure); 13(4) p. 29; 14(1) p. 26-29 (nesting in utility poles); 17(2) p. 8-9 (New Mexico); 17(2) p. 13-15 (in nest boxes in N. California);
• West Nile Virus 12(1) p. 7, 15 (landlord precautions); 12(4) p. 5-6, 18 (and house sparrows);
• West Pier (Presque Isle) 16(4) p. 24-25;
• White-throated swifts 12(4) p. 4;
• White wing patch (on male martins) 3(1) p. 16; 3(4) p. 17; 7(4) p. 18;
• William B. Umstead Bridge 12(4) p. 12-15 (martin deaths on); 15(3) p. 23-25 (mortality monitoring);
• Wing-hang 12(1) p. 20;
• Wing-tags on martins 11(1) p. 14;
• Wintering grounds 1(1) p. 15 (definition); 2(4) p. 27; 3(1) p. 20;
• Wood duck 10 (2) p. 24;
• Woodpecker 10 (2) p. 24 (red-cockaded); 13(1)  p. 5 (Acorn Woodpecker); 14 (3) p. 19 (red-bellied/golden-fronted removing nesting material from martin housing);
• Workshop 13(1) p. 11 (giving one), 20;

Y

• Yellow #572 9(3) p. 9 (history);

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