purple martins

re:Metal birdhouses?
In category Outdoors & Photography Gear
Written by Gorm_the_Red

My neighbor is moving. Among many other items he threw out were a half dozen small grey metal filing cabinets, the type which would hold
3"x5" cards. They are about 18" long. I was thikninmg of pianting the uotside white and drilling a hole on the side and makin it a birdhouse. Any thoughts? The intertior seems perfect for a bird that requires 4"x4" space (ie 1 to 1-1/4 inch dia hole).

Maybe

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Purple Martins sparse
In category Birds & Birding
Written by meo_big_chief

I note that the purple martins are very spartse this summer in nortrheast North
Carolina. Places where there were 20 to 85 full nest boxes the last few years are empty or only a few martins in residence. What is the reasson ?
Does the West Nile virus afect them? Was their winter quarters less hospitable last winter?

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Purple Martins southcentral TX
In category Birds & Birding
Written by keepbongroovn

My Martins have all gone, but I still see some around. Yesterday I counted 30 mostly young PMs on my TV antenna and a few on the lines I put up on the patio for Barn Swallows. I'm guessing the Martins are just passing through from up north, but it was great to see and hear them. They've been hanging around for a few days.

One Barn Swallow couple is feeding their second brood on my patio, and wh

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