The birdhouse that looks like a little bird condo. The big bird house on the large pole with several little holes in it. (the house is going to be in an inclosed courtyard.) I would also like to know if any other birds would be likely to enter the courtyard and what I can do to attract them.
Most like house sparrows, house finched, chickadees, or tree swallows.
We darling to watch the Purple Martins. Created on April 14, 2011 using FlipShare.
The new Purple Martin house has starling impenetrable to entry holes, a concealed pulley system, and two inch register eighty steel.
Sunday April 13 2008
When you decide that an Aluminum Purple Martin Bird House is what you want and your wallet is the deciding factor, the Sunset Inn is hard to beat. Clean lines, large compartments and insulated roof make this house a great place for purple martins to raise a family.
Though the quality craftsmanship is apparent, you would not think this house is made by the Amish. I suppose, due to my own ignorance, I always thought of the Amish as wood workers not so much Aluminum manufacturers. Made by the Amish it is and the attention to detail is outstanding.
Am I partial to the Sunset Inn? Of course! I own one. But aside from my partiality, the Sunset Inn is a great little house for the money.
Similar in design to the WatersEdge Suites houses ( by Coates) and the Safe Haven by Creative Universe Enterprises the Sunset Inn also features the larger sized compartments that most other aluminum houses lack. Most aluminum houses have tiny 6×6 inch compartments that are way to small for a 7 1/2 to 8 inch bird. Even the Purple Martin Conservation Association recommends the larger sizes even though most manufacturers have yet to adopt it as a standard. Most aluminum houses out there require making changes to and cutting aluminum to modify those tiny compartments. If you want a house designed for safety and increased survival rates “out of the box”, I suggest looking seriously at the Sunset Inn, Safe Haven or Watersedge Suites houses.
The Sunset Inn can be purchased as a stand alone house to be mounted on a mounting plate on a pole or bought as a complete system which includes a pulley system to raise and lower the house. Though the 2 options look similar they are actually 2 different houses. Let me explain.
The Sunset Inn System is wider from front to back to allow a central pole to come through the center portion of the house to the pulley assembly at the top of the pole. The stand alone Sunset Inn house is built without this space and the center wall is shared by the compartments on the front and back of the house. Depending on your budget and how you want to raise and lower the house you choose one option over the other.
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Around the Bend MARTIN Trespass: Purple martin expert Louise Chambers and John Barrow will pass out "Getting Ready for the Martin Invasion" from 10 am to noontide Saturday at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Simplicity Center, 8545 S. Staples St. Cost: $7; unasked for/members.and more » |
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Things to do this weekend: 02.03.12-02.05.12 MARTIN Offensive: Purple martin expert Louise Chambers and carpenter friend John Barrow will announce the seminar "Getting Ready for the Martin Invasion" from 10 am to noontime Saturday at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Sort Center, 8545 S. Staples and more » |
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Wishing for a hard freeze I penury a martin house, I suppose, but as I recall my father's martin house always turned into a sparrow tenement before the martins ever arrived. Here we are in February, and my bulbs are coming up already. For that proceeding, my antique rose bush still |
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Mandeville police seek to identify burglary suspects in Sanctuary break-in
FOX 8 Word WVUE-TVWatch video A resident of Purple Martin Lane returned family shortly after noon and found the rear glass door shattered and the contents of the house strewn about, monitor said in a news release Tuesday. The burglars escaped with two Apple ipods, Mandeville guard ID Sanctuary burglary suspectsall 5 news articles »
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