Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America's largest swallows, they are integral to the ecosystem, consuming thousands of ...

Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple martin swooping and gliding around your neighborhood. Purple martins, North America’s largest swallows, ...

Every five days during the spring and summer, Ivan Miller, from Jamesport, Mo., walks to a uniquely designed housing facility he created for Purple Martins to check for newly hatched birds. He ...

Wonder why your neighbor is hanging gourds up? Or why there appears to be an undulating donut on the weather radar? The answer to both is the purple martin. The largest swallow in North America, male ...

We’re in the full flush of spring. Here on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, signs of renewal abound, including winged arrivals from Espírito Santo, Brazil: the ravenous and ...

Let’s start with a revelation that may deflate your justification for providing purple martins with housing support. It turns out the forever belief that purple martins are among the most important ...

It is hard for many of us to fathom given the past week’s severe winter weather, but purple martins are back in San Antonio. It seems like they just left for the winter. If you have available martin ...

Every year, bird enthusiasts hang groups of plastic gourds for purple martins to nest in Erica Royer Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple ...

The large swallows have nested alongside human settlements for centuries. Now, the birds’ breeding success depends on caretakers who are beginning to age out of the role Purple martins are ...