Purple Martin Houses

The largest of the North American swallows, the Purple Martin is a popular tenant of backyard birdhouses. Martins are beautiful, graceful, clean, interesting and beneficial birds. Purple Martins are medium-sized songbirds with a large head and thick chests. Male Purple Martins are entirely blueish-black, while females have a slightly dingy coloration. Their bubbling chirps and trills make them a much sought after bird, and they can even eat thousands of mosquitoes in one day!

Purple martins are best known for their communal nesting in apartment-like Purple Martin houses. The best way to attract purple martins is to put up a manmade purple martin house in your yard. Mount your martin houses 15 to 20 feet above ground, near a permanent source of water. Purple martins favor broad, open areas that offer good insect foraging opportunities. Ideally, you should place your martin house in the middle of a 40 to 50 foot square open area.

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Heath Martin House Mounting Pole
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16 Family Purple Martin Barn
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Heath Aluminum 18-Room Deluxe Purple Martin House HOT! $108.49	Heath Aluminum 12-Room Deluxe Purple Martin House HOT! $79.99	Purple Martin Decoy HOT! $14.49

Heath Aluminum 24-Room Deluxe Purple Martin House $149.49	12 Family Purple Martin House, Green & Tan $43.99	Purplr Martin Bo Gourd $13.99

Heath Plastic 12 Room Martin House $59.99	Home Bazaar Town Hall Birdhouse for Purple Martins $252.87	Heath 12 Room Deluxe Cedar Martin House $154.49

Heritage Farms Martin Housing Pod $177.49	Purple Martin Decoy $10.99	Home Bazaar Clubhouse Birdhouse for Purple Martins $283.05

Heath Purple Martin House & Pole Kit $115.99	Heath Starling Resistant 12 Room Cedar Martin House HOT! $173.49 Temporarily Out Of Stock	Heath Aluminum 6-Room Deluxe Purple Martin House $55.49 Temporarily Out Of Stock

Heath Deluxe Convertible 6/12 Room Purple Martin House $106.99 Temporarily Out Of Stock

More Information About Purple Martin Houses

Attracting Martins to Your Purple Martin House - Over one million North Americans put up purple martin houses. Unfortunately, many of these folks are unable to attract breeding martins.
Video - Bird Man Mel's Attracting Purple Martins - great video with instructions on how to attract Purple Martins