purple martin

"Everyone wants a bluebird or a purple martin in their backyard."

That is why some folks call him the Purple Martin.

Historically, a purple martin colony has nested in the open field.

The purple martin factory has been recently been sold to a Chicago businessman.

Information about becoming a purple martin landlord: (814) 734-4420 or www.purplemartin.org.

We once had a purple martin birdhouse on "our" river, which filled up with martins after three years.

Information about the Lemon Creek purple martin colony and volunteering: (718) 727-3704.

The Purple Martin migrates to the Amazon basin in winter.

Purple martin birdhouses stand as silent sentinels.

Birds, such as the purple martin, which is a mosquito predator, may nest if the homeowner builds a birdhouse.

Just as the purple martin, this species may compete with other passerines for nesting cavities.

Thus, unmonitored Purple Martin houses are often overtaken by more aggressive, non-native species.

A careening purple martin flew too close to Verhanna and smacked solidly into her neck.

Tapes of Purple Martin song are sold to attract martins to newly established birdhouses.

In Iowa, the Senate agreed to designate Council Bluffs the state's purple martin capital.

And Purple Martin is a mansionlike wood-shingled house that could be a woodpecker's delight.

"I am like my big cousin, Twitter the Purple Martin, fond of society," explained Banker.

The politics of the purple martin, a swallow mainly notable for its insatiable appetite for mosquitoes, has entangled legislators in two states.

The solution was to encourage the purple martin (a beautiful bird and exceptionally fast flyer) to live and breed in nests provided by the town.

The Purple Martin is also actively encouraged by people to nest around humans and elaborate nest boxes are erected.

Enough artificial nesting sites have been created that the Purple Martin now seldom nests in natural cavities in the eastern part of its range.

There, a small waterproof speaker blared a recording of the "dawn song" of America's most sought song bird: the purple martin.

It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the Purple Martin, Progne subis.

Lemon Creek Park is also home to the only purple martin colony in New York City, popular among local birdwatchers.

In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the "Purple Martin Capital of Oklahoma."