I'll miss my purple martins. The birds chirped sweetly in the mornings before sailing off to grab flying insects, returning periodically to feed their young and settling in for the evening with ...

A Purple Martin roost is one of nature’s most amazing sights! Purple Martin pre-migratory roosts are forming now. North America’s largest species of swallow, Purple Martins nest and raise their ...

Purple martins are flying back to Pennsylvania from Brazil. The Purple Martin Conservation Association in Erie reports the first birds were seen March 2 in Port Royal, Juniata County. The birds were ...

NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio — When the gourds go up around Long Lake, North Reservoir, and the rest of the Portage Lakes, it means the birds are back. The purple martins are returning from their wintering ...

LOCKRIDGE — In a sure sign that spring is here — Sunday is the first official day — the first purple martins of the year have been spotted in Iowa. Tim Millard, a purple martin enthusiast about 10 ...

Despite having a 2-ounce body that measures only 8-inches long, as well as a slender 15-inch wingspan, purple martins make an arduous flight from Brazil to Houston. They’re flying perhaps 300 miles a ...

Harrison resident Ken Kostka has worked for years to revitalize the region’s colony of purple martins — the species of bird that vanished from Western Pennsylvania after Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972.

People have long sought to attract purple martins, which are known for their aerial acrobatics, tolerance of humans and pleasant songs. Native Americans hung hollow gourds in trees or on poles to ...

Wonder why your neighbor is hanging gourds up? Or why there appears to be an undulating donut on the weather radar? The answer to both is the purple martin. The largest swallow in North America, male ...

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 ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s largest swallows, they are integral to the ecosystem, consuming thousands of ...

Purple Martin pre-migratory roosts are forming now. North America’s largest species of swallow, Purple Martins nest and raise their families in North America and winter in the rainforests of Brazil.