Editorial Review:

A unique guide provides readers with all the information they need to start and maintain a backyard purple martin colony and offers more than one hundred color photos, plus a historical perspective, of this popular bird. 25,000 first printing.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Stokes Purple Martin Book:

This is an excellent book. It's very informative. This is my first year to put up a Martin House. I learned a lot from reading this book.

Purple Martins:

An excellent book with suggestions on how to attract and keep martins in your backyard.

Landord-ism 101:

Twenty years ago the air above the narrow street outside our little row house in Costa Rica used to teem with swallows dashing about in the later afternoon coolness. I loved to watch their antics, finding in their effortless twists and turns a vicarious agility.
When we moved house and the swallows were no longer part of our end-of-day joys, I knew that I must someday remedy this situation by having a Purple Martin house that would persuade the similar martins to take us into their company.
It's... more info

Everything I wanted to know about attracting Purple Martins!:

My husband and I invested in a Purple Martin House, but didn't have a clue how to entice them to our back yard! I have several of the Stokes bird books and have always found them informative, easy to use, and excellent photography. I found all of this to be true in their Purple Martin Book.The book starts with Purple Martin basics, how to attract, and something I hadn't even thought of, when to expect their arrival. Each section of their breeding range has a different date, the Gulf Coast being... more info

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