By Maxwell Ryan
Ultimate Purple Martin Bird House
• $960
Right now in early spring it’s the best time to put up or refresh your bird houses so that you can make sure YOUR yard or rooftop or field or woods is full of birds this next year. While most North American birds choose to nest in tree branches and shrubs, there are more than three dozen species that prefer a natural cavity or hole, such as a bird house provides. One of them is the Purple Martin and the monster of a bird house above is one that I put up with Ursula and my neighbors six years ago (read all about it here). It’s from Lazy Hill Farm. I put it up at my mother’s house in Springs, New York, and it is a veritable beacon for everyone, including birds. Purple Martins love to nest in company, so you will find their houses always have multiple rooms.
