As you may already know, the purple martin is the largest North American swallow with a migratory path that stretches from Brazil in South America to the United States. The purple martin population in the East of the United States has become completely dependent on humans for nesting sites and need specially designed martin bird houses to inhabit.If you are a purple martin landlord, you know that you should have your martin bird houses or gourd bird houses ready for occupancy by Spring. The purple martins nest in colonies and are excellent tenants. The martins provide their landlords with beautiful song, gorgeous flight acrobatics and the ability to consume mass quantities of unwanted mosquito populations!Are you new to the purple martin real estate scene? Well you have certainly come to the right place! We have a wide variety of specially designed purple martin bird houses available. After selecting the right martin house you should always mount the housing on a pole 10 to 17 feet high and approximately 30 to 120 feet away from your homes. Also consider providing chicken eggshells on a platform feeder for females, mealworms as a supplemental food source, a pile of small gravel or sand in an open area for grit to help the martins digest food, and install appropriate predator guards!Please peruse through our collection of martin bird houses to find the products that best fit your needs.
