Even before daybreak, you can hear them singing their happy sounding songs from inside their swinging gourds. The purple martin song. It will soon be their season. They return every year from their ...

Every year, bird enthusiasts hang groups of plastic gourds for purple martins to nest in Erica Royer Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple ...

Dickie Martin was raised at the end of Ghost Creek Road in Laurens. Some 70 years later, he and his wife Linda still live there with their children around them. The original homeplace stands across ...

Attracting purple martins is very desirable to bird lovers all across the United States. Many birders just love to have them as summer companions, for others it is a hobby and a way to help deter bugs ...

GREENWICH — The town of Greenwich is preparing for the return of the purple martins as the birds migrate north this spring. Jake Buckanavage, an intern with the Greenwich Inland Wetlands & ...

If you’ve cleaned and installed your purple martin house, congratulations. The birds will be arriving this month from winter homes in Brazil and other South American locations east of the Andes. They ...

Photo courtesy of Shawn Wyble The welcoming sign at the entrance to the Millers' farm. Photo courtesy of Shawn Wyble Now that's what I call a bird-friendly neighborhood! Mr. Miller's farm boasts over ...

Purple martins are moving in. They are arriving to occupy multiunit nest boxes that Houston-area residents have installed to welcome them. Before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans ...

During the summer, North Carolina has one of the most spectacular bird migrations. From mid-July into August, up to 100,000 purple martins swarm at dusk around the old U.S. 64 bridge over Croatan ...

SPRINGFIELD — Since 1912, The Allen Bird Club in Springfield has been starting its meetings with excited members telling the group about rare sightings of special birds — the veery, scarlet tanager or ...

Household utensils or objects for ritual use, gourds are present in various cultural environments in Brazil, especially in indigenous or riverside communities, but also in large cities in the Amazon ...