Learn how to make a purple martin gourd house. Generally, small songbirds need small houses; large birds require large houses. House wrens are happy with an 8-inch-tall house with a 4- by 6-inch ...

The Grand Prairie Bird Alliance says it needs people who are willing to help address a housing shortage — not of houses for people, though. It's a dearth of purple martin dwelling space.

Graceful in flight, musical in its pre-dawn singing, this big swallow is one of our most popular birds. Almost all Purple Martins in the east now nest in birdhouses put up especially for them. Martin ...