The Birds & The Bees

As I completed my last two nest checks of the year and reflect on the lessons I've learned this past season, I can think of a couple of ...

As of today, I only have 5 nests with young that have not fledged.  It has been getting pretty quiet around here during the day.  About 90% ...

Make no mistake over this writing - I am extremely distressed over this issue, but this is how I deal with my distress - I write to make my...

I've been monitoring my colony pretty closely and even ran the owl off the perches on Friday, 7/4.  I had to leave for a business trip l...

When I asked this question last week on the Purple Martin Conservation Assoc. (PMCA) page, One of the most-often-repeated discussions tha...

I’ve been reading a lot about the plight of the honey bees for years now and wondering what I could do to help them.  Some people, like our ...

Old Paul and his wife Sharon live here in Missouri and they are hopelessly in love with purple martins.  They are part of my group of proteg...