The Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins
by Donald and Lillian Stokes and Justin L. Brown
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This is the best and most complete guide to attracting and housing Purple Martins. Contains all the information you need to successfully attract and maintain a colony of Purple Martins in your yard. Filled with more than 100 stunning full-color photos.
This book includes:
How to select and put up a Purple Martin house, with information on aluminum houses and gourds
When you can expect Purple Martins to arrive in your region, including a range map showing the arrival dates of Purple Martins in your area
How to monitor houses and control predators
The complete life history and behavior of Purple Martins including: courtship, nest building, egg laying, and photos of nestling development
Special tips, problem solving help, and section on Purple Martin resources
