I seen few of purple Martin’s (PM) houses in villages. Three had couple pairs nesting. IMO few PMs in this area. I came from Oklahoma where I had 65 nesting pairs purple martins for 18 years. Average number fledged per nest was 4. 260 plus per year. 4680 or so PM fledged at my colony. Amazing little social birds, I regularly done nest checks and had few females that was so use to me they would not leave nest. I really miss them. Tried to add photo of my colony, but I can no longer add or delete photos.
One more thing: this area ( or My area) have very few starlings and English sparrows, I rarely see any in my neighborhood. Which is good cause they compete, runout, kill, and take over Martin colony’s. I use tell my friends and neighbors that PM are hard to get and twice as hard to keep due to English sparrows and starlings in Oklahoma.
Last edited by Topspinmo; 03-01-2020 at 12:32 PM.
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