I am no stranger to traveling hundreds or even thousands of miles to see, study and document some of nature’s most wonderful events. For over 35 years I have traveled to see the epic migration of ...

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, ...

Since technology has made it possible to spy on nesting birds, nest cams enable anyone with an internet connection to watch behaviors that heretofore were impossible to observe. That’s why in recent ...

The purple martin is one of Tennessee's most beloved summer residents. And the feeling is mutual. In the eastern U.S., the purple martin depends almost entirely on man-made birdhouses for nesting ...

PORT ANGELES — A colorful, melodious and regular visitor to the North Olympic Peninsula has new digs on the shoreline. Members of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, Port of Port Angeles and Port ...

My old aluminum purple martin house has supported generations of purple martin families — but not in the last few years. I’m not sure why the old house lost its appeal to the birds. The house was ...

Every year, Jeff Robinson eagerly awaits the arrival of purple martins to his Rogersville backyard. He's set up a virtual purple martin condo, with martin houses and gourds providing Missouri's ...

Purple martins are the agony and the ecstasy of suburban and rural backyard birders. They are an agony for many who have erected beautiful martin houses with the hopes of attracting these beneficial ...

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Imagine the feeling of always knowing where you are going without a fear of being lost. While that’s a foreign concept for many humans, purple martins are able to travel thousands of miles and they ...