The Purple Martin likes a Purple Martin Bird House that lets Purple Martins live as a colony, yet remain independent. Our attractive purple martin housing is designed to meet their needs.

After ensuring that your area is frequented by Purple Martins take the following into account.

Here are some suggestions for maintaining your Purple Martin Housing:

• Weekly checks should be made to ensure that you are not losing any birds/eggs to predators and that parasites have not taken up residence. During extreme hot conditions the presence of parasites can increase. If that happens, it may be necessary to re-locate nestlings to a temporary container. Throw out the parasite infested nest, then replace with clean, dry wood shavings, or draw straw and form in to the shape of a nest and carefully place the nestlings back.
• At the end of the year, after your Purple Martins have left, take the Martin Housing down until it is needed for the next year.

Keeping the Martin housing free from predators is important, otherwise the presence of predators will deter the Martins from using your housing. You will want to periodically check in on the housing you have established to see who's there. In the case of non-native Starlings or Sparrows, you may want to trap and/or shoot them. In the case of native birds you may want to close up your Martin housing and establish other nearby housing for the non-Martin birds.

Pole Guards should be used to keep out squirrels, raccoons, snakes, and other undesirables.