Toby L.":36no3pue said:When I first read the subject I thought it said purple martians, I thought that they finnally came down to get us.
hayray":2xjp3f7n said:Around here it seems the martins are at peoples places on lakes, that is were you see people with a lot of martin houses, is that were you all are seeing them mostly or is this at your farms and ranches? Away from lakes we get the barn swallows. I built a house once years ago and got tree swallows but no martins at my farm. I heard once that one purple martin will eat 2000 mosquitoes a day.
I think the main thing they like is having a clear path to fly to their nests without trees or buildings to block their path.hayray":ftjy4op3 said:Around here it seems the martins are at peoples places on lakes, that is were you see people with a lot of martin houses, is that were you all are seeing them mostly or is this at your farms and ranches? Away from lakes we get the barn swallows. I built a house once years ago and got tree swallows but no martins at my farm. I heard once that one purple martin will eat 2000 mosquitoes a day.
hillsdown":3mepe5l8 said:I think the Martins are part of the Swallow family..
john250":q4cqhw3u said:They are really good with the mosquitos. The love to find a farmer cutting hay. They'll follow all day long, right above the cutter.