The first purple martins of the year have been spotted in New Hampshire. The birds were seen earlier this month in the town of Rindge by a Purple Martin enthusiast – one of many people throughout the ...

The birds have been slow to return to Western Massachusetts, in part because the purple martin's natural habitat is being decimated.

Purple Martins are one of the most magical aerial creatures — they can catch raindrops and flying insects like dragonflies while in flight themselves. But these aerial insectivores are also a sure ...

SHERWOOD (WLUK) -- An effort is underway in the Fox Valley to educate people about a bird -- the purple martin. The little flyer is listed in Wisconsin as a species of special concern. Inside a bird ...

Huge numbers of purple martins are arriving in town after a busy season raising a new generation of martins on breeding grounds throughout eastern North America. They’re coming here to take a break ...

A couple years ago, I installed a tiny color camera, complete with audio, inside one of my purple martin houses. This allows me to observe and study the nesting behavior of our largest swallow species ...

Biologists and volunteers in Milford spent Thursday tagging endangered purple martin birds with tracking bands in an effort to monitor air quality. The Connecticut Audubon Society at Milford Point ...

One of a handful of Connecticut colonies for a bird called the Purple Martin can be found at a sanctuary in Milford. Once a threatened species in the state, the birds’ population is now totally ...

Purple martins are returning to Pennsylvania from their winter migration in Brazil. The Purple Martin Conservation Association in Erie reported Thursday a birding enthusiast saw purple martins on ...

Adult purple martins in the Mid-Atlantic starved to death because of cold, wet conditions this spring. The birds depend on live insects, which they capture in flight. The birds each spring make a ...

Come early April, the first of the Purple Martin scouts should be returning from their long winter down south. The rest of their group will soon follow. The scout's job is stake out space for a colony ...