After a loss of martin numbers due to Owl disruptions I set out to totally re think, re invent and modernize housing for my purple Martins. I incorporated features and innovations presented in the Purple Martin Update over the past 20 + years as well as my own ideas, to come up with what I call the ChirpyNest hygienic nest system.

•Starling resistant entry holes (SREH)

•Removable nest trays

•Easy to access compartments

•Single unit housing

•Flow through ventilation

•A screened, dry, raised nesting surface with Superior drainage

•Deep large compartments

•Durable housing that can be used with existing gourd racks.

     2017 was my second year using the ChirpyNest system and the first with the single units. The martins love them and I find them to save a lot of time with colony management at mine and two other colonies I manage. Best of all, my colony has rebounded over the last two years.

First ChirpyNest house was a 4 compartments unit that mounted on the hub of the gourd rack. 

The single followed in 2016.

The 2018 updated version for vertical gourd rack arms

This adaptation for horizontal arms for future development.