In 1996, the nonprofit Purple Martin Conservation Association first detected purple martins in Nashville on weather radar. Over the following years, the martins, thought to number in the tens of ...

Wildlife officials have determined that starvation likely caused the deaths of nearly a dozen Purple Martin birds found at ...

The purple martin is the largest swallow in North America. Males are all dark, glossy blue-black; females and immatures duller above and grayish below. The purple martin is an extremely popular ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. As a result of anthropogenically induced habitat destruction and climate change, the Eastern Purple Martin in North America has been ...

And what’s even better, it’s a natural event I had never seen before – the gathering of thousands of purple martins for an evening roost before migrating south. Purple martins are the ...

In a sure sign that spring is near, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in South Carolina. The birds were seen on Feb. 1 in Hanahan ...

An early sign of spring has fluttered its way into Clarke County. Purple Martin scouts, those harbingers of warmer days, have been spotted in wooded areas such as Springfield, Allen and Thomasville, ...

Q. In past years, I had a strong population of purple Martins raising young in my aluminum houses. In the last three years, ...

Bird deaths at Lake Pflugerville over the weekend were caused by cold temperatures, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

The Cordry Sweetwater Conservancy District is planning it annual seminar, “Nature’s Pest Control: How To Attract Bluebirds ...