TM12 Mini Castle Purple Martin House

Product Description

The TM12 Mini Castle is the premier Purple Martin House! Since Purple Martins like community living, bump them up from apartment-style living to Castle Living. Lord of the Castle, landlord that is, is what you'll be - providing cozy living conditions, protections, and maintenance-made-easy. This 12-compartment mini-castle martin house system raises and lowers with rope and pulley system. Lanyard Lock stops house instantly on pole if rope is dropped. Let your castle community thrive, raising their broods, worry free. When winter comes around, and your boarders return south, just pop in the winter door stops until Spring Time.

System comes with the following:

• 12-Compartment Hex-Shaped Martin House
• Lanyard Lock
• Rope Lanyard
• Winter Door Stops
• Dri-Nest Subfloors
• Mounting Post
• Ground Post Socket

Technical Specifications

• Ships in 2 cartons

Additional Information

Purple Martin Facts:

• Purple Martins are one of North America’s best known and most desired birds.
• Purple Martins are the largest North American swallow and the only species of martins on this continent.
• People treasure Purple Martins for their graceful flight, social antics, gurgling song, and insect-eating habits.
• Purple Martins are a unique part of North America’s natural history, managed by humans longer than any other species of songbird.
• In most of North America, Purple Martins depend on human-supplied housing for nesting.
• Purple Martins faithfully return to the backyards of their landlords (the people who put up martin housing) in North America traditionally as warm spring weather returns for their breeding season.
• Purple Martin breeding season is approximately a 70-day cycle while the birds are with us in our backyards. During this time, Purple Martins are busy building their nests, laying their eggs, raising their young and bringing happiness to their devoted landlords.

Housing Standards for Purple Martins

TM12 Mini-Castle Instructions