Purple martin houses need to be about 15 to 20 feet above the ground. Wood ducks and screech-owls also need lofty homes, 12 to 40 feet high. For bluebirds, secure the house to a post 5 to 8 feet ...

Rich Siegrist, a 30-year purple martin volunteer on Vashon Island, has started working with younger people, who help him maintain the artificial box homes that he creates for the birds.

Do you know the colour purple isn’t the real colour but an illusion where your eyes don’t see purple—your brain does. Purple has dominated our cultural imagination for centuries.

Bird expert Mike Wilson believes the martins have left for good. Wilson said there’s no way of knowing why the martins moved on. Purple martin festival to proceed — without the birds ...

Birds Aren't Real started in 2017, when then-college student Peter McIndoe was visiting a friend in Nashville. In the wake of President Donald Trump's election, women's marches exploded across the ...

Calling itself Birds Aren’t Real, this group of primarily Gen Z truthers swaps ­memes and infographics on social media (the official accounts boast more than 800,000 followers on TikTok and ...

Purple Martin Plush – $12.99 Though the species is named after the color purple, you’ll notice the plush is more blue and black. In real life, the birds have iridescent feathers that appear ...

Uncover ten stunning birds with rare purple feathers that will leave you in awe of nature’s beauty. Top 10 Rare Purple Colour Birds in the World. By Sheetal Kumari | April 14, 2025.

Purple martins, known for their glossy plumage, have returned to Michigan after wintering in South America. The first sightings, known as "scout" birds, were reported in mid-March, marking the ...

Seeing the birds on the radar is very cool, but in person, it can be quite miraculous – so miraculous, in fact, that the Travis Audobon Society holds "purple martin parties" on summer evenings ...

Yet while du Maurier’s short story is certainly worth a read, Hitchcock was also inspired by a real-life tale in many ways more bizarre than its fictional counterpart. Like “The Birds,” it ...