How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida
Purple Martins are highly social, cavity-nesting birds. In the Eastern United States, a shortage of natural housing options has left these fascinating and attractive birds completely dependent on man-made housing. Author Holly K. Ober tested seven commercially available martin houses to determine w...
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Purple Martins are highly social, cavity-nesting birds. In the Eastern United States, a shortage of natural housing options has left these fascinating and attractive birds completely dependent on man-made housing. Author Holly K. Ober tested seven commercially available martin houses to determine what is best for martins in north Florida and provides recommendations in this 4-page fact sheet published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw450
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spelling | doaj.art-d176a201b9134d71af8a5afc2e1fa1fb2024-04-23T04:37:21ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092019-04-0120192How to Promote Purple Martins in North FloridaHolly K. Ober0University of Florida Purple Martins are highly social, cavity-nesting birds. In the Eastern United States, a shortage of natural housing options has left these fascinating and attractive birds completely dependent on man-made housing. Author Holly K. Ober tested seven commercially available martin houses to determine what is best for martins in north Florida and provides recommendations in this 4-page fact sheet published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw450 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/106884birdscavity-nesters |
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title | How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida |
title_full | How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida |
title_fullStr | How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida |
title_full_unstemmed | How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida |
title_short | How to Promote Purple Martins in North Florida |
title_sort | how to promote purple martins in north florida |
topic | birds cavity-nesters |
url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/106884 |
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