A hot, humid summer day is replete with sounds of nature that remind us of the freedom of being outdoors. One of these sounds is that of the purple martin, a deep purplish-black swallow that raises ...

Purple martins are moving in. They are arriving to occupy multiunit nest boxes that Houston-area residents have installed to welcome them. Before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans ...

Purple martins are listed as “a Species of Greatest Conservation Need” by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Imagine going on a vacation to Brazil and then coming home to find your house missing. That’s what a colony of purple martins might face next year when the birds return to Tacoma after a long flight ...

BRAINERD — “It all began in the early 1970s” said Larry Leonard, of Brainerd. “I built a purple martin house and put it up. Before I had the last nut tightened on the pole, martins were checking out ...

If you’ve cleaned and installed your purple martin house, congratulations. The birds will be arriving this month from winter homes in Brazil and other South American locations east of the Andes. They ...