Purple Martin Propagators reason for being in business is to inform you about the Purple Martins and their needs so you can become a better Purple Martin Landlord and ambassador for this special species of bird that we have here in North America. Purple Martin Propagators is here to help you establish new colonies of purple martins or get you the Information to manage an existing Purple Martin Colony. After looking at all of the pages in this site, please feel free to use the "Contact Us" to give your input as to what we can do better to improve this web site. |
WE WORK FROM BASES IN AUSTIN & WICHITA FALLS. WE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS TO INSTALL OUR PURPLE MARTIN HOUSING SYSTEMS. Abilene, Addison, Alpine, Amarillo, Archer City, Arlington, Bandera, Bangs, Bastrop, Bay City, Baytown, Beaumont, Beeville, Bellaire, Belton, Big Bend, Big Spring, Blanco, Bloomington, Boerne, Brackettville, Brady, Breckenridge, Brenham, Brigdeport, Brownfield, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buda, Bulverde, Burkburnett, Burnet, Canton, Carrizo Springs, Carrollton, Castroville, Cedar Park, Childress, Cleburne, College Station, Columbus, Comfort, Corpus Christi, Corsicana, Cotulla, Crystal City, Cuero, Daingerfield, Dallas, Decatur, Del Rio, Denison, Devine, Denton, Dripping Springs, Eagle Lake, Edinburg, El Campo, Electra, Elgin, Ennis, Euless, Farmers Branch, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Fredericksburg, Freeport, Gainseville, Galveston, Garland, Georgetown, Giddings, Gonzales, Grand Prarie, Hallettsville, Haltom, Harlingen, Harper, Helotes, Henderson, Henrietta, Hereford, Hondo, Houston, Huntington, Huntsville, Hutto, Ingleside, Iowa Park, Irving, Jacksboro, Jacksonville, Jonestown, Juarez, Junction, Katy, Kemah, Kenedy, Kerrville, Kilgore, Kingsville, Killeen, Kyle, Lake Jackson, Lakeway, La Grange, Lampasas, Lancaster, Laredo, Leander, Lewisville, Liberty Hill, Livingston, Llano, Lockhart, Lometa, Longview, Lubbock, Lufkin, Luling, Manor, Mansfield, Marble Falls, Marfa, Marshall, Mason, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, Mineral Wells, Missouri City, Mount Pleasant, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, Nocona, Odessa, Ozona, Palestine, Paris, Pasadena, Pearsall, Pflugerville, Plainview, Pleasanton, Point Comfort, Port Aransas, Port Arthur, Port Isabel, Port Lavaca, Portland, Richardson, Richland Hills, Rio Grande City, Robstown, Rockport, Rocksprings, Rosenberg, Round Rock, Round Top, Sabinal, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Benito, San Marcus, Schulenburg, Seadrift, Seguin, Seymour, Sherman, Sinton, Spicewood, Stephenville Sulphur Springs, Smithville, Sonora, Staples, Stockdale, Temple, Terrell, The Woodlands, Three Rivers, Tyler, Uvalde, Van Horn, Vernon, Victoria, Waco, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Wharton, Zapata |
Purple Martin Propagators TM (512) 825-4712 Supplying you with what the Purple Martins Need |
This female purple martin is bringing back insects she caught while flying to feed to her young. All of our Purple Martin Housing Systems use the PolyGourd for several reasons. Most martin houses on the market are made of aluminum, which is one of the best conductors of heat. In the northern states where is much cooler, this is an inexpensive material that works fine for raising baby birds in. However, here in the hotter southern states, about 40%-50% of the eggs laid in aluminum houses are being COOKED by the extreme heat and never hatch. Also, most store-bought condo-style purple martin housing systems have small compartments (36 square inches of floor space) which only allows the female to lay 3 eggs a year instead of the usual 7 eggs laid in the larger gourds (81 square inches of floor space). Here at Purple Martin Propagators we are doing our best to replace aluminum houses with our much larger and cooler PolyGourds that allow for more baby purple martins to fledge every year. |
Photo taken through the clean-out opening of a PolyGourd showing the small twigs and branches the birds bring in for nesting material. Eggs are then laid on top of green leaves. |
PURPLE MARTIN MANAGEMENT GUIDE This takes several minutes to download, so be patient and save to your desktop |
Our Texas Purple Martin Population is Increasing!!! We have finally installed enough of our gourd purple martin housing systems to where Texas is now the state with an increasing purple martin population instead of decreasing like in other states!!! |
IMPORTANT ADVISORY Landlords that are using the metal condo-style purple martin houses tell us that over the last 3 VERY HOT summers, only a small number of eggs laid in their bird houses fledged out!!! Many of them found dead, hollow unhatched eggs in the nests. |
Take a look at our New Troyer Tunnel Gourds with built-in Sparrow Trap!!! |
Upon delivery, ALL SALES ARE FINAL - except for defective items that have not been abused by the buyer. |
This Purple Martin Guide Booklet is produced by the Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife. It is a great resource for information about how to be a better Purple Martin Landlord. |
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All of our Purple Martin Housing Systems are Made in America !!! |
Purple Martin Bird Houses are the best for Controlling West Nile Virus and Zika Virus |