​Purple Martin Nest Clean Out

Claudia Lipski, Shaye Hill and Lucas Wessner recently tackled the unpleasant job of cleaning out the Purple Martin houses. Purple Martin nests are infested with mites, fleas and blowflies, so precautions (gloves and dust masks) are taken. There are still two active martin nests, which is very late for the season. Once those nests have fledged, we will do the final nestling count. 2019 was not a great year for Purple Martins.