High Rise Living

That's the way the Purple Martins like it...and we like that they keep the mosquito population down so we co-existed very nicely. Until...yesterday. The bird house came down, all the way down, as in it was laying on the ground looking forlorn and the Hummingbird feeder which was attached to the pole was drained of all its juice. A sad situation.

Anyway, since it was down, and the Martins have flown the coop, or the nest., or the house, as Sneed was cleaning the house, he  thought it was interesting how one set of Martins built their nest and wanted to share this with you. The photo above shows the entry from the outside, the main entrance and egress from the house structure. The nest filled up one entire 'apartment'.

It was constructed from grass, twigs, cellophane wrap, feathers, whatever the birds found nearby. Very clever, they are. There were a few babies born this year and I hope this nest was one of the ones comforting them before their entry into the world.