My Best Nest: A Purple Martin Story
Useful links
Purple Martin Nestlings
Enemy #1: Starling
Enemy #2: House Sparrow
Martin Hooligans
Feeding time!
Bird features
"My Best Nest," the book
A tale of beginnings
Bibliography
Useful links
Activities for kids
Student Exercises
For librarians
Author and contributors
Buy the book
A range map of where purple martins can be found
Purple Martin Conservation Association Mentoring page
(find someone near you who can help you start a purple martin colony)
John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas
has hosted a martin colony for over 10 years. Their web site includes information about how to use a martin colony as a teaching resource.
Their site also includes a martin nest cam!
Flying Wild
's excellent list of
education resources
Purple Martin Preservation Alliance
(contains an excellent list of fascinating articles on purple martin topics)
Learn about Birds' Beaks
Texas Parks and Wildlife publication: Learn about Texas Birds
Have an injured or baby wild bird and don't know what to do? Find a bird rehabber near you.
Track martin scout arrivals
How to provide supplemental feeding to early-arriving martins caught in a cold snap
Activities for kids!
Regional Purple Martin links
SouthEast Texas (Houston Audubon Society)
North Texas (Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas)
Missouri (Missouri conservationist)
Indiana (Central Indiana Purple Martin Association)
California (Sacramento Audubon Society)
Minnesota Purple Martins
Eastern Wisconsin Purple Martin Association
Michigan Purple Martins
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada (Western Purple Martin Foundation)
Camrose, Alberta, Canada (Northern Skys)
Ontario Purple Martin Association
National Organizations
Nature Society - a national purple martin organization based in Illinois
PMCA (Purple Martin Conservation Association)
Purple Martin Preservation Alliance
Purple Martin Society, North America
Birdzilla
claims to be "the number one internet birding site"