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The Stokes Purple Martin Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Donald Stokes, Lillian, Justin L. Brown
Brand: Stokes
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0316817023
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.826
EAN: 9780316817028
Publication Date: April 1, 1997
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Product Description
Attract Purple Martins! This is the best and most complete guide to attracting and housing Purple Martins. Contains all the information you need to successfully attract and maintain a colony of Purple Martins in your yard. Filled with more than 100 stunning full-color photos: This book includes: triangle picture How to select and put up a Purple Martin house, with information on aluminum houses and gourds. triangle picture When you can expect Purple Martins to arrive in your region, including a range map showing the arrival dates of Purple Martins in your area. triangle picture How to monitor houses and control predators. triangle picture The complete life history and behavior of Purple Martins including: courtship, nest building, egg laying, and photos of nestling development. triangle picture Special tips, problem solving help, and section on Purple Martin resources. 96 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
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Stokes Purple Martin Book July 25, 2007
Aphrodite (Mesquite, TX)
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 May 29, 2007
A. Behrens (North Dakota)
An excellent book with suggestions on how to attract and keep martins in your backyard.
Landord-ism 101 February 25, 2007
David A. Baer (Indianapolis, IN USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 March, 2007 in Indianapolis and a late snow lies on the ground. The Martins will be here within weeks if prognostications are accurate. From the comfort of my easy chair and a laptop bookmarked to several vendors of Purple Martin houses, I've read through the excellent Stokes Guide.
These people have a rare gift for understanding the bird in question but also for speaking to the level of the interested, reasonably intelligent novice, a reader who knows very little of the topic but is capable of getting up to speed with just a little help.
That assistance comes in the form of inviting prose and beautiful photos, all presented in an affordable format.
I know a whole lot more about Purple Martins than I did just an hour ago and am just about to order that house and telescoping pole. Heck, this frozen ground can't last forever and those newbie Martins will be looking for a place to call home.
We'll leave the light on.
Everything I wanted to know about attracting Purple Martins! January 15, 2002
Mary Lou Pope (Gulf Shores, AL United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
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 approximately Feb. 1st, so I need to get ready in a hurry! Also covered, is their behavior, selecting housing, egg laying to leaving the nest. Dealing with predators and parasites. I don't think there was a "stone uncovered"!If you just enjoy learning about birds, this book is a joy. For me, I am hoping in a few short weeks, I'll be a Purple Martin landlord!
An essential book for Purple Martin landlords August 12, 2000
L. McDonald (Bellaire, TX USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Educate yourself before you buy a Purple Martin house. Reading this book is a great beginning. Many houses sold are not suitable and you will end up with a sparrow house. The Stokes have thorough information and nice photographs in their book. I also recommend you join the PMCA (Purple Martin Conservation Association), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 16444 if you are serious about being a martin landlord.
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