Purple Martins add joy to Springtime 

By: Glynn Harris

When I was a kid growing up in the country, this was the time of year when our family kept our eyes on the skies listening and watching for the arrival of our annual visitors, that being purple martins. 

We always had a bird box set up on a pole in the yard and without fail, there was an air of excitement when we heard the first lilting twitter high in the air, excitement that escalated when a martin landed on our box. It was a pleasure to keep tabs on the pair of martins that found our little box a good place to raise their young and to watch them feed the little ones amid all the flutter and twitter.