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Information and Interesting Websites:

Groups and Societies:

The Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA - home)
PMCA Forum (great place for martin info)
National Audubon Society - North Carolina
Wake Audubon Society
NY State Purple Martin Project (PMCA Affiliate)
Virginia Purple Martin Field day (annual event)

Nestcams and Useful Information:

Gazebo Phil Nestcam (seasonally active)
Elimination of Starlings and House Sparrows Through Trapping/Shooting (article by Kathy F)
House Sparrow Control Myths (Kathy F)
10 Reasons People Fail to Attract Martins (PMCA)
Tree Swallow and Bluebird Interference Problems
Where did my martins come from? All About Natal Dispersal (PMCA)
Which predator attacked my colony site? (PMCA)

12 Reasons People Lose Their Martins (PMCA)
Purple martin banding (PMCA)
Larry Melcher's NBT (Nest Box Trap)
All About Project MartinWatch (PMCA)
Project MartinWatch Forms (PDF version, PMCA)

Purple martin resources for parents and educators (PMCA)

Dealing with mites in martin housing (Chuck Abare)

DIYs and How-Tos:

How to make a Stand-alone Nestbox trap for Starling and HOSP control (NB-Compact trap)
DIY plans from PMCA (Housing, traps, predator guards, platform feeder, etc.)
How to prepare natural gourds (Chuck's PM Page)
How to add ventilation elbows to Supergourds
Make a Snake Guard with Netting (Chuck's PM Page)
How to Make a Stovepipe Predator Baffle/Guard (PMCA)
Chuck's Purple Martin Page (DIY projects, info)
How to identify house sparrows (PMCA/Larry Melcher youtube video)

How to put up a Deluxe 12 Gourd Rack (NCPMS youtube video)

Tattletails: How to Tell the Sex and Age of Purple Martins by Their Undertail Coverts (PMCA)

The Lewis Modification: Keeping Starlings from Breaching the Conley II Entrance (PMCA)

Martin Products:

PMCA shop (various houses, gourds, gourd racks, and accessories)
Uncle Blaine's Sparrow Trap (repeating ground trap)
The Supergourd (Bird Abodes)
S&K Manufacturing- Gourds (BO11P, BO-9 gourds)

Troyer's Birds Paradise - no website - call for catalog - 1-800-872-0103 (inventor of T-14 and Troyer Horizontal gourd, etc.)

Purple Martins R' Us (various martin products)