Purple martin scouts began showing up in Houston a few weeks ago, prompting my wife, Kathy Adams Clark, and I to get our martin house in order. We pulled it down from its pole, uncapped the apartment ...

A small blue-purple bird often seen throughout the state during the spring has started to trickle back into Kentucky, but birdwatchers may be seeing less of the species in the future. The world’s ...

Erie, PA (February 9, 2023)—In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in South Carolina. The birds were seen on February 1 in Hanahan, South ...

Purple martins, famously finicky, scorn handsome nest boxes mounted by well-intentioned folks, leaving the fancy abodes to starlings and sparrows. Designer apartments rust, languish into eyesores and ...

Every year, Jeff Robinson eagerly awaits the arrival of purple martins to his Rogersville backyard. He's set up a virtual purple martin condo, with martin houses and gourds providing Missouri's ...

James Walsh said he thought on Monday he heard the sounds of the purple martins who return to his yard each year. On Tuesday, he spotted the birds. "They'll start coming now," he said from his Fannett ...

When Zach Steinhauser was growing up, he wanted to be the Crocodile Hunter. The Lexington native didn’t want to wrangle giant reptiles per se, but he watched wildlife expert Steve Irwin’s TV show and ...

Duane Nelson, contractor with the Albuquerque District, with a lifetime award for his work with endangered/threatened species at the reservoir, May 7, 2016. The award was presented at the group's ...