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Vern1 · 02-11-2008, 04:30 PM

Greetings,
The reason you haven't seen a single martin is because of the other birds taking over your housing.
If you are serious about martins, get on some Purple Martin websites and learn how to manage them.
Starlings and English House Sparrows are two of the most common enemies of Purple Martins and folks who manage their houses aggressively try to control them.
Since both of those are non-native species (think fire ants) you can control them anyway you can and do it legally.

02-11-2008, 04:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vern1 Bronze Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pettytown, TX US of A Posts: 54	Re: New Martin house.. Greetings, The reason you haven't seen a single martin is because of the other birds taking over your housing. If you are serious about martins, get on some Purple Martin websites and learn how to manage them. Starlings and English House Sparrows are two of the most common enemies of Purple Martins and folks who manage their houses aggressively try to control them. Since both of those are non-native species (think fire ants) you can control them anyway you can and do it legally. __________________ Cheers, Joe Petty 1966 IH 424 - Keeps going and going.... Kubota L35TLB - 528 hours and counting..... Attachments - A 40 year collection of various functional and dysfunctional stuff... "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."