Wisconsin Life | Purple Martin People

Ike and Jan Kumrow have lived in their rural home near Random Lake for close to 60 years. And for almost that long, Ike and Jan have built purple martin homes, turning their five acres into the perfect bird habitat. The couple has succeeded in attracting more than 100 purple martins to their land year after year
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[@ProfessionalDad]

These are the stories we need

[@kevinsnyder8448]

I need to find a way to get purple martins air dropped into my backyard account. Lol😂😂😂❤❤ gotta love them martins

[@cherylblake556]

Beautiful😀

[@MsOSheDidIt]

That's so awesome. I'd love to be his helper 😊

[@uhf72]

Admire the dedication

[@stevestevenson8886]

I would like to have purple martins at my house but I have a question. I’m a beekeeper, would the martins eat my bees?

[@montymartin3978]

Might take a few, but, like the millions-strong Mexican free-tailed bat colony of Bracken Cave, TX, predators get a "few" of them, but their losses are insignificant. Any bees lost to purple martins won't be significant. And, too, purple martins feed a lot higher in the sky than do tree and barn swallows, which generally fly just above the ground, or, at most, a couple of hundred feet high. As the largest swallows, martins need big meals for themselves and their young. So, there again, unless they happen to encounter a honey bee and take it as an easy meal, they won't pay them much mind.