Purple Martin Update: Issue 9(1)

Published: January, 1999

Articles: How to Use the Baby Photos and Prognosticator to Determine if Your Martin Nestlings Have Fledged Author(s): James R. Hill, III Page: 2 Converting the M12-K Musselman to Have Double-size Compartments and Owl Guards Author(s): Alec P. Taylor Page: 5 Improving a Trio Castle Author(s): Ken Kostka Page: 6 Converting the Castle Author(s): Tony Frederickson Page: 7 Kent Justus: 1998 PMCA Landlord of the Year Author(s): Louise Chambers Page: 8 My Purple Martin Mentor: John Holbrook Author(s): Kent Justus Page: 11 On Becoming a Martin Mentor Author(s): James R. Hill, III Page: 12 Project Demolition: Purple Martin Birdhouse Advisory Author(s): Ken Kostka Page: 13 Converting Martin Houses and Gourds to Starling-resistant Entrances Author(s): Lance D. Wood Page: 24 How to Add PVC Ventilation Elbows to Plastic and Natural Gourds Author(s): James R. Hill, III Page: 26 Emergency Foul-weather Feeding of Martins Author(s): Ken Kostka Page: 27 A New Starling-trapping Strategy for "Weekend" Colony Sites Author(s): Ken Kostka Page: 29 Recurring Features: News from the PMCA Landlord Letters The Doctor's House Calls