Imagine going on a vacation to Brazil and then coming home to find your house missing. That’s what a colony of purple martins might face next year when the birds return to Tacoma after a long flight ...

CALHOUN COUNTY, S.C. — In Calhoun County, the sound of purple martins chirping is an indication of springtime. Fifty years ago, the the St. Matthews Rotary Club built birdhouses for their homecoming ...

Wonder why your neighbor is hanging gourds up? Or why there appears to be an undulating donut on the weather radar? The answer to both is the purple martin. The largest swallow in North America, male ...

A hot, humid summer day is replete with sounds of nature that remind us of the freedom of being outdoors. One of these sounds is that of the purple martin, a deep purplish-black swallow that raises ...