Family Plot's video: Attracting Purple Martins Family Plot

Purple martins are a kind of swallow that live around humans. Mary Schmidt from Lichterman Nature Center talks about how to attract these insect eating birds to your yard. Purple martins are colony nesters and will come back to the same colony every year during the summer. In the winter they live in Brazil. East of the Mississippi River in the United States they live exclusively in man-made structures. Purple martins can be attracted to your yard if the habitat is right. They need a large open area where they can catch insects. You will also need to provide housing for the birds. There are three choices: natural gourds, plastic gourds, and multi compartment houses, and Mary talks about each option. She also talks about add-ons to the housing that help protect the birds from predators and some of the basics of maintenance of the nesting containers. Here are some more videos about how to attract birds to your garden: Birdbaths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPo_FX5hCMs Setting Up a Bird Feeder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE8oOeF9yJ0 Birdhouses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G3QuUvqgJo Hanging a Hummingbird Feeder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6VkI6g6XmA Subscribe now to Family Plot for more gardening videos like these! youtube.com/c/FamilyPlot For even more information, go to https://www.familyplotgarden.com