Feb 27, 2010   
It has been a cold and snowy winter. Luckily the martins have not shown up yet - they usually come before we are ready anyway. I saw on the Purple Martine Organization's web page that the purple martins have made it to Dallas so it is time to get busy. Today was the first decent day that we have had this year, so we put up our first house - the T11. We hadn't taken down the metal house, so we now have 19 rooms available, with the three rooms on the north side sealed shut for the time being. We also took the time to apply a new coat of paint - the house was starting to look bad.

March 4, 2010   
We saw our first martin this morning. The 2010 season has begun. When I got home from work we had three martins - 1 pair and a bachelor. The weather for the next few days is scheduled to be in the 50's and 60's. They should be okay.