Purple martins, famously finicky, scorn handsome nest boxes mounted by well-intentioned folks, leaving the fancy abodes to starlings and sparrows. Designer apartments rust, languish into eyesores and ...

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 ...

We’re in the full flush of spring. Here on the east coast of Vancouver Island, signs of renewal abound, including winged arrivals from Espírito Santo, Brazil — the ravenous and ravishing purple ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Purple Martins are in Houston gathering by the thousands for the return trip home. Every year the songbirds migrate from South America to North America in the spring. As summer comes to an end, ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is offering nesting structures to help declining purple martin and chimney swift populations ...

Over 100,000 Purple Martins swarm to Nashville for a pre-migration roost from late June to early September. Three years ago, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Whether you are familiar with the purple martin or not, the birds are definitely familiar with Texas. After spending the bulk of the winter in South America, these migratory birds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Point Defiance Zoo has installed new habitat for Purple Martin birds after human impact decreased their natural habitats. Donovan ...