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	Name:	John C -
	Subject:	Purple martins
	Date:	2/24/2010 12:06:36 AM

ha! I would be able to evaluate the neighborhood better for real estate than martins. I tried pretty hard last year, to no avail, to attract with 2 different homes. The best resource I found was:

http://purplemartin.org/

They have lots of good articles like "top 12 reasons you fail to attract martins" and "10 rules to attract martins" etc.

They pretty much debunk the scout theory. They say those are just loners passing through that moved on. For me, I had 2 loners nest for a few days, then move on. Then I had about 20 buzzing about for a day, then left. Bummer. I am going to change my homes' locations slightly to see if that helps this year.

As to timing, please see the attached picture I posted via twitter last year. Not saying this was THE first nesting on the lake last year, but it was the first that I saw, admittedly an unscientific poll.

URL: Purple Martins Spotted on 3-21-2009