The Kratt brothers fly after a purple martin to watch their eating and nesting habits. The Kratt brothers follow a purple martin to the river where they watch him feeding on hatching mayflies. Later, ...

Purple martins are one of Mississippi's favorite birds and they are already arriving in the state. Although it's a much-anticipated event for many Mississippians, how much do they know about these ...

Back in 2000, when Kostka was serving as a research assistant at the Purple Martin Conservation Association, he heard anecdotal reports of the birds eating dead crickets off the ground and other ...

The purple martin is the largest swallow in North America, and arguably the most popular. Males have dark purpleish black feathers all over their bodies. The females are paler in color, with dark ...

With only a handful of natural nesting sites left decades ago, the survival of B.C.’s largest swallow now depends on ...

A hot, humid summer day is replete with sounds of nature that remind us of the freedom of being outdoors. One of these sounds is that of the purple martin, a deep purplish-black swallow that raises ...

Let’s start with a revelation that may deflate your justification for providing purple martins with housing support. It turns out the forever belief that purple martins are among the most important ...

This video shows hundreds of thousands of purple martins swarming throughout downtown Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. Each night for several weeks, onlookers gathered in the Tennessee Titans ...

ESCANABA, MI – Joe Kaplan spun a crank handle around and around as a large, wooden birdhouse inched its way toward the ground, where he unlatched the front access and peered inside. Two purple martin ...

Purple martins, a glossy black and purple swallow species that migrates to South America for the winter, have been sighted in Michigan following their long journey, the Purple Martin Conservation ...

Although it's a much-anticipated event for many Mississippians, how much do they know about these birds? Erik Johnson, director of conservation science for Audubon Delta said there are some ...

PITTSBURGH — One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above the fields and their condos at Harrison Hills Park. Nesting in ...