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, bird enthusiasts hang groups of plastic gourds for purple martins to nest in Erica Royer Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple ...

GRAND HAVEN — The last pair of purple martins nesting in the gourds at Grand Haven State Park may have a tough time getting their young ready in time for the flight south to the Amazon rainforest.

In the commune of purple martins he has lovingly tended for the last 45 years, Kenny Miller sees a feathered microcosm of human life. From his perch on a wooden swing, Miller watches as suitors fight ...

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 ...

I have been shivering a lot this morning. I am tired of cold weather. For some reason (Brrrr) I thought of purple martins. They are a sure harbinger of spring. In front of my office/retail outlet we ...

LEXINGTON — Columbia residents Danielle Ream and Bob Donchess are not avid birders, but like a lot of people who escape the Midlands heat by going to Lake Murray, they have a summer ritual that ...

Editor's note: This is an occasional series from the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge. Landlords, it's time to get the houses ready for the purple martins making their way here.

GIBSONBURG — Lisa Rock, a project manager for the Green Creek Wildlife Society, banded purple martin chicks recently at a martin house owned by Doug Markel, near Gibsonburg. Markel said his house and ...

It's time to clean up your purple-martin houses or put up new ones. Martin scouts have already been showing up to stake out living quarters, and their families will be here by March. Martin houses are ...

Wonder why your neighbor is hanging gourds up? Or why there appears to be an undulating donut on the weather radar? The answer to both is the purple martin. The largest swallow in North America, male ...