The North Star Purple Martin House
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For the last few years, my mother- in- law has been trying to start
a colony with an old fixed pole house. She would get a few investigating
Martins each year, but being unable to manage the house properly,
she always had Sparrows and Starlings
trying to nest in the house. So you know the story..... No nesting Martins. |
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In the winter of 2000, I went back to my workshop and the NORTH STAR house was born. After building the first house, I was very pleased with the way it turned out. If you notice the Star shaped pole cap and perch on the top.... Thus it's name.
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A view of the16 foot
x 2 1/2 inch universal Steel pole Click on picture for larger version |
The NORTH STAR, in my opinion, is State Of The Art.For fast and efficient nest replacements, you simply keep a few extra nest trays on hand. Prebuild the nests in them before you even lower the house, then simply exchange the nestlings to the new parasite free tray and slide it in place. If you wish to plug off some of the entrance holes, you simply slide the nest tray in backwards. In just a few years the North Star has become very popular with Landlords all over North America. Occupancy rates of 100% are common, and many seasoned landlords are rating it as the finest designed wooden Martin house on the market today.
What can I say?.... My Mother-in-law made me do it....Any thing to keep her happy, EH!
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NORTH STAR HOUSE!
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Plans available: The NORTH STAR house is no problem for anyone to build with moderate carpentry skills. The plans are in a 14 page binder style booklet, complete with cutting instructions, photos and step by step assembly instructions for the house, as well as the pole and winch assembly. If you wish to purchase a set of plans, the price is $25.00, postage included, just mail a check to the address at the bottom of this page. It usually takes about 2 weeks for delivery of the plans. I have sold hundreds of plans and have had nothing but great complements on the plans and how wonderful the
house is.
Read what a statisfied customer had to say...
| Hi Bob. Well I built my first North Star house last week, it was so much fun and turned out so great that yesterday I started another one. Last year when I built your 611 house I thought it doesn't get any better than this. But now you have come up with your new North Star that has got to be the ultimate Martin house. I especially like the large compartments with their individual doors and nest trays. But what tops it all is how beautiful it looks. It is a work of art in my opinion. You should have been an Architect. If the Martins like it half as much as I do then in a few years I should have 100% occupancy. Thank you for the great plan.........Devere Sturm (in Michigan) |
A Satisfied customer 5 years later!...
| Hi Bob, Here are some pictures that my friend Kevin Booms took of his site with your houses and I thought that you would enjoy them. Kevin lives about 25 miles from me and is a very positive force in repopulating Huron county with Martins. He has a total of 58 compartments with 56 of them being full (2 gourds are empty). That means that your houses have 100% occupancy. At my Golf course site with my two 3 story North Stars with 4 gourds hanging from one of them I also have 100% occupancy and with yesterdays nest check counted 122 eggs and they are not finished laying. There are three more large colonies that have your houses on them exclusively and totally we expect to fledge 600 to 800 birds. Be proud Bob because your houses are repopulating Huron County of Michigan with lots of martins. Your Friend.......Devere |
Remember......
"IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME."
-- Information on the Buskas Bungalow ---- Attracting Purple Martins to your Colony --
-- Managing a Purple Martin Colony in Alberta --
-- Supplemental Feeding of your Purple Martins --
-- Starling and Sparrow Control --
-- See Map to Northern Sky's and Country 9 --
-- Back to the Northern Sky's Purple Martin Colony --
