ARTICLES on Purple Martins

Photos by Kathy Laine

The featured speaker of the Annual Purple Martin Field Day, Mr. Lance Wood, is an expert on birds and has published several Purple Martin articles in national publications. Some of the following links are to PDF files which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them: Lessons from the Purple Martin Field Days   Experiences and Innovations: One Landlord's Ideas   Protecting Martin Housing From Windstorms   Converting Martin Houses and Gourds to Starling-resistant Entrances Article shared by permission of the Purple Martin Conservation Association; © PMCA 1999, article revised 2015   Suggestions to benefit Purple Martins Article shared by permission of the Purple Martin Conservation Association; © PMCA 2013   Protecting Nest Boxes and Purple Martin Housing from Snakes (and Other Climbing Predators) Article shared by permission of the North American Bluebird Society; © NABS 1996, article revised 2015

Other articles about birds:

• Ten Reasons Why People Fail to Attract Purple Martins
   
• Twelve Reasons Why People Lose Their Purple Martins
   
• Best Martin Management Tips
   
• Attracting and Managing Purple Martins
   
• Standards for Purple Martin Housing
   
• It Finally Happened to Me
  An informative article describing the destruction House Sparrows cause to our native birds—and the importance of controlling this non-native invasive species to protect our native bird species.
  Article shared by permission from The Bird Box, Newsletter of the Virginia Bluebird Society, Summer 2020