Stokes Purple Martin Book

Learn about Purple Martins and how to start a backyard colony!

A unique guide provides readers with all the information they need to start and maintain a backyard purple martin colony and offers more than one hundred color photos, plus a historical perspective, of this popular bird.

The book includes topics such as, how to select and put up a Purple Martin house, with information on aluminum houses and gourds, when you can expect Purple Martins to arrive in your region, including a range map showing the arrival dates of Purple Martins in your area and how to monitor houses and control predators.

In addition, it includes the complete life history and behavior of Purple Martins including: courtship, nest building, egg laying, and photos of nestling development and special tips, problem solving help, and section on Purple Martin resources.

Written by Donald and Lillian Stokes. Paperback, 96 pages.