The other day I was working with my purple martin colony. I have 16 gourd nesting boxes, which house 16 families, and at this time of year the babies are fledging (leaving the nest for the first ...

I have a whole new definition for “streaming TV.” A couple years ago, I installed a tiny color camera, complete with audio, inside one of my purple martin houses. This allows me to observe and ...

Learn how to make a purple martin gourd house. Generally, small songbirds need small houses; large birds require large houses. House wrens are happy with an 8-inch-tall house with a 4- by 6-inch ...