Purple martins are indigenous to Cahokia Mounds. This illustration shows how Native Americans might have housed them in gourds. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Visitors are invited to flock to ...

Purple martins are flying back to Pennsylvania from Brazil. The Purple Martin Conservation Association in Erie reports the first birds were seen March 2 in Port Royal, Juniata County. The birds were ...

Although it's a much-anticipated event for many Mississippians, how much do they know about these birds? Erik Johnson, director of conservation science for Audubon Delta said there are some ...

"I'm part bird," John Gerwin chuckled, as he guided a group of volunteers and children through the process of tracking the Purple Martin bird at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh. "I'm part bird ...

Erie, PA — In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in South Carolina. The birds were seen on February 7 in the town of Hanahan by a Purple ...

COMMERCIAL TWP. - Every year in the high summer vast flocks of purple martins - the largest members of the swallow family - gather in the lower reaches of Maurice River. Hundreds of thousands of the ...

Purple martins had not yet arrived during the freezing weeks of early January. And that's a good thing. Not because the birds would have frozen to death but because they would have nearly starved from ...

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 ...

My wife, Kathy Adams Clark, and I scurried out to the backyard the first week in January to clean our purple martin house. Because scouts for the largest and arguably the most handsome swallows in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — If you have been in downtown Nashville at sunrise or sunset over the last month, you may have noticed tens of thousands of birds flying around. It’s something that happens ...

Mother Earth News Almanac: A Guide Through the Seasons (Voyageur Press, 2016), by the MOTHER EARTH NEWS staff is a collection of helpful information and advice to living a self-sufficient lifestyle.