Brady, will you answer questions? I am just starting with trying to attract Purple Martin's for the first time in NC. I just unplugged the holes because of the February scouts. Is this the right time to do so? Do you take phone calls? Thanks!
Eddie, I hopes this helps, opening when you see scouts is good, however those scouts have already set where they are going (A house they've returned to year after year). I hope last year was successful for you. Keep trying to get last year's fledges to come, those are your best chances. Good luck.
Brady's house is no longer being made by Nature House Inc. Check their website for their updated version. Remember , this video was made 26 years ago !
English house sparrows. Invasive, non native, introduced species. Kills Purple Martins, babies and breaks eggs. Competes for nesting sites. Must be eradicated.
These houses are OK if you make the rooms bigger. As is, these rooms are too small for Purple Martins, they need the right size apartments to breed and raise a family. Adult martins are 7.5 -8” long, so rooms must be large enough to accommodate 4 - 6 nearly-grown nestlings and both parents. Rooms should be 6 x 11” or 6 X 12” at a minimum. This allows them to be safer from predators & the elements & to fledge more babies. It actually hurts the survivability of the species having them nest in smaller cavities like these - the fledge rate is completely compromised in this undersized space. Windblown rains have a greater impact upon smaller compartments. Young martins subjected to rain can develop hypothermia and die. Predators can quickly snatch a martin from these smaller compartments. Please think of the birds themselves, rather than the artistic, or inexpensive appeal. Serious Purple Martin landlords won’t consider any house with rooms this compact, since it is detrimental to the survival of Purple Martins. Their numbers are already diminishing from pesticides and mercury levels where they winter in the Amazon basin. Providing the right size housing for them is the very least we can do to keep them healthy, safer from predators, and breeding properly. Also, importantly, entrances holes should be designed to hinder starling and predator invasions.
That bird box is amazing. I've never seen anything like that before. I'm going to have to make one for myself. Thanks for sharing.
MR GARDEN PROJECTS Thanks for the kind words! Let us know how it turns out. Thanks for watching!
Who makes that Pagoda style house at 5:40?
Brady, will you answer questions? I am just starting with trying to attract Purple Martin's for the first time in NC. I just unplugged the holes because of the February scouts. Is this the right time to do so? Do you take phone calls? Thanks!
Eddie, I hopes this helps, opening when you see scouts is good, however those scouts have already set where they are going (A house they've returned to year after year). I hope last year was successful for you. Keep trying to get last year's fledges to come, those are your best chances. Good luck.
What brand and model is this house that is Brady's favorite? I am having trouble finding one that looks like it. Thank you.
Brady's house is no longer being made by Nature House Inc. Check their website for their
updated version. Remember , this video was made 26 years ago !
Hello, I'm looking for pully pole. Do you know what company his came from?
Thanks
I'm having a hawk assialt on my Martin's how can I deter them
Tim - air horn will help.
the entrance should be half moon.
With nest inside makes it too hard for the birds to enter and exit. Is my experience with the half moons.
I prefer the sparrows.
You're trapping sparrows. And then what are you doing to them?
Molesting them
Beheading them
English house sparrows. Invasive, non native, introduced species. Kills Purple Martins, babies and breaks eggs. Competes for nesting sites. Must be eradicated.
What do you mean by destroying the sparrows? Are you kidding me?
Most sparrows are not native to the US. They are very aggressive birds and will kill Martin and Bluebird eggs and young.
Not all sparrows. The invasive English house sparrow. Disgusting creature that almost wiped out native bluebird and other native bird populations.
@Max Vondoom lol ok good thing you have no authority to do so
These houses are OK if you make the rooms bigger. As is, these rooms are too small for Purple Martins, they need the right size apartments to breed and raise a family. Adult martins are 7.5 -8” long, so rooms must be large enough to accommodate 4 - 6 nearly-grown nestlings and both parents. Rooms should be 6 x 11” or 6 X 12” at a minimum. This allows them to be safer from predators & the elements & to fledge more babies.
It actually hurts the survivability of the species having them nest in smaller cavities like these - the fledge rate is completely compromised in this undersized space. Windblown rains have a greater impact upon smaller compartments. Young martins subjected to rain can develop hypothermia and die. Predators can quickly snatch a martin from these smaller compartments. Please think of the birds themselves, rather than the artistic, or inexpensive appeal.
Serious Purple Martin landlords won’t consider any house with rooms this compact, since it is detrimental to the survival of Purple Martins. Their numbers are already diminishing from pesticides and mercury levels where they winter in the Amazon basin. Providing the right size housing for them is the very least we can do to keep them healthy, safer from predators, and breeding properly.
Also, importantly, entrances holes should be designed to hinder starling and predator invasions.
Round holes no good.
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