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Welcome to the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas Website, the only Purple Martin club in North Texas! The PMLNT holds meetings on the first Thursday of the month, February though July, at the the Betty Warmack Library in Grand Prairie Texas where presentations such as videos and slide shows are given, along with refreshments. Membership is $5 for 1yr and the club consists of over 130 members. Everyone is welcome so come and meet fellow Purple Martin enthusiasts!
[ More Details ] Saturday July 9th was the official "Purple Martin Day in Grand Prairie" for 2005. The 2002 Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas The Proclamation .......... The Resolution
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Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas 2007 Membership Application (MS WORD USERS: To view the Membership Form for local printing, Click Here) Please accept my application for membership in the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas. As a member, I will support the constitution and bylaws of the organization by promoting the protection and welfare of Purple Martins. DATE: This application is for: .....Annual renewal of
an existing membership Contact Information (Please provide all requested information)
Please mail this completed application together with your check or money order to: Gisela Fregoe, President Phone:
972.641.2981
PURPLE MARTIN LANDLORDS OF NORTH TEXAS MONTHLY MEETING WHEN: Thursday, 3 APRIL 2008 PURPLE MARTINS Please visit our PMLNT Website: http://northtexasmartins.org ***The meeting is open to all interested persons*** FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
MEMBERSHIP Our yearly membership is $5.00 for the whole family. Come
and join us.
Lewisville Roost over.The Purple Martins at the Lewisville Roost had left by August 14th '05, after reaching numbers of 50,000. View a full article about the Lewisville Roost.
Lewisville Roost area Map and VideoHere is a web page sent to me showing a map of the roost area, best parking areas and a video of the Martins coming into roost at the appartment complex for which he has kindly given his permission to share. Thank you Diverdan! Click the link at the bottom of the page for the video. Enjoy :-) Lewisville Purple Martin Roost
2005 Season News...Thank You...Dear Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas, I would like to thank all our members who had time to come to City Hall in Grand Prairie, Texas on Tuesday, 5 July 2005 to receive our Purple Martin Day Proclamation from the Hon. Mayor Charles England. It really was a very nice event and the City Council and the Mayor were impressed seeing so many of our PMLNT members present. Thank you so very much. More thanks go to all the members who came on Saturday, 9th of July 2005 (Purple Martin Day in the City of Grand Prairie, TX ) to celebrate the end of our 2005 purple martin season with a Pot Luck Dinner. Again we had a grand group present and after the business meeting we started our dinner with the most delicious food that the members had provided. We really should start collecting the recipes because there were so many inquiries for them. So, if you have the time to share your delicious food recipes with us, please email them to me and we will start collecting them for a future cookbook project. Many nice door prizes were donated by the City of Grand Prairie (thanks to Ron McCuller and Tammy Chan) and Gisela provided many plants from her garden to members as well. Thanks also to Karen Martin, Editor of the Nature Society organization who sent a gift certificate for a one year subscription of their wonderful monthly Nature News magazine. If you missed this year's "Marty Party" please make sure you will join us for the one next year. We all had a real enjoyable time. Again, thank you for coming. To all landlords, I would like to give thanks for their care and love and time given to the purple martins this past season. It was not the easiest one for the birds with our early hot temperatures and the drought conditions and the lack of needed insects to feed their young. The parents really put up a struggle. I really would like to find out how many baby Martins landlords had lost this year. When you go through your notes just let me know about this. Wishing you all a very safe time for the rest of this year. Many nice regards from your friend and president,
Gisela. PMLNT.
US Postal Purple Martin StampWe returned from Washington, D.C. last evening
and I had a very nice conversation with Ms. Elizabeth Altobell.
She is receiving
many good emails from purple martin landlords in behalf of
a martin stamp. She wants to let us know that she is staff
and
not a decision maker. Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee If the subject is "under consideration" - as the purple martin is - then you will get a card or form letter in response saying that. Ms. Altobell will not print out any emails. Sorry, I was not aware of this before my conversation with her yesterday. So, I like to encourage everybody who has emailed already a letter in behalf of the purple martin stamp to please send one via US Postal Service now to the address above. Thank you so very much for your support. Gisela
Message Board
Because of our new status as a Participating Member of The Purple Martin Society, NA Share Plan, our former Message Board will now be displayed on their RoundTable Conferences under a new category especially set up for our group. Not only does this expose the interests of our club to a much larger audience, it also enables viewers to obtain far more specific information relative to our unique geographical region. Please feel free to post to our new message board, now called The North Texas Landlords Conference on The Round Table Conferences. We are interested in any Martin-related subject or whatever you feel others will find of interest. When submitting posts or responses to posts, always be conscious of the many younger readers who also have access to the RT and write your comments accordingly. In those instances where you may have lengthy articles, or topics in question, please email me and I may be able to add the materials to The Scout Report On-Line instead. This news program is also a plus in that it, like the RoundTable Conferences, affords greater coverage of our martin conservation efforts.
Embroidery Printer's Location
Below are a few links to other Purple Martin sites full of info. If there are any other links you would like to have added to this section please email me your links! Organizations / Clubs / Web Sites The Purple Martin Society,
NA The Purple Martin Society of North America Sightings and Arrivals Forums The Purple Martin
Round Table The Purple Martin Society NA Forum Housing New Creation New
Creation Purple Martin Housing Systems & the "Chatterbox" PM
Forum Gourds Gourdgracious Growers of Gourds for Martin and birdhouses. Starling / Sparrow Control Sialis Managing House Sparrows Swallows & Bluebirds Books (Links go to Amazon.com) The
Purple Martin Book: A Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins By
Donald Stokes Newsletters - Miscellaneous - Others
Dallas / Fort Worth RehabersBelow are some bird rehabbers in our Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex for Purple Martins. Rogers Wildlife and Rehab Center Hutchins, TX 75141 Tel: 972-225-4000 De Anna Knauer in Duncanville, TX Tel: 972-298-2928 Ann and Pierre Bradshaw "On the Wing Again" 300 Chaparral Rd. Ferris, TX 75125. Tel: 972-842-2805. Voice mail - leave message Dallas County Audubon Society Rehab Hotline Tel: 972-480-5370 (June 2000). A & B Animal Clinic, 9027 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218, Tel: 214-328-7055
PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION Dear PMLNT Landlords, The honorable Charles England, Mayor of the City of Grand Prairie, TX will present a proclamation on Tuesday, the 20th of June 2006 at the City Hall Council Meeting to all PMLNT landlords proclaiming Saturday, 8th of July 2006 as “Purple Martin Day in Grand Prairie, TX”. The ceremony will be in the Council Chambers of our City Hall, 317 College Street, Grand Prairie, TX. 75053. I like to extend an invitation to all landlords to come and be present for the ceremony. The Council Meeting begins at 6:30pm and the proclamation will be one of the first items. I would be happy to see a good representation of our members. Receiving this proclamation is quite an honor and well deserved for all our purple martin preservation efforts. Gisela Fregoe President and Founder
2006 Survey - Information Request Dear Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas, I hope your 2006 season is as successful and rewarding as ever. I know how much time and effort we invest in our Purple Martins each year. As this breeding season begins to wind down, several members have asked about our club’s overall results. While I have encouraged everyone to report their success to our national parent organization, we have never tabulated the results specific to our North Texas population. The data will provide informative and interesting information we can apply to make our next breeding season even better. We know our landlord membership has grown to over 130 members but how have our martins faired? Is 2006 better than 2005? What effects, if any, have the drought or development in the Metroplex played in the expansion of our population? Did the destruction of habitat caused by hurricane Katrina translate into a greater influx of birds in North Texas? We can begin to answer these and other questions and try to piece together a more complete picture of what is happening in North Texas with our results. Please help with this worthwhile undertaking. Reporting your individual results has never been easier. Our members with computers can report via our Conference (forums) at The PMSNA Round Table Conferences (membership required to post data) or to me directly at giselaf@northtexasmartins.org . Otherwise you can call me at 972-641-2981. Please submit the following information:
Please take a few minutes to submit your answers for our survey. I will report back to you a summary of all our results for 2006. This will be the start of something great for our organization and will help in our conservation efforts of the Purple Martins. Thank you, Gisela Fregoe, PMLNT President # # #
A note of "THANKS" from the President
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To all PMLNT members, I wanted to share this good news with all. Being still busy with my quest to get a US Postal Purple Martin Stamp, I had approached the Grand Prairie Mayor and City Council Members to make Grand Prairie , TX the "Purple Martin Capitol of North Texas." So finally on the 19th of September 2006 at the City Council meeting the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas received a Resolution proclaiming Grand Prairie, TX as the "Purple Martin Capitol of North Texas". I was so very pleased. This is really special. A local newspaper mentioned in an article that Grand Prairie has had a strong history with the birds for many years. A number of things have already happened in Grand Prairie to recognize the martins. The new Hwy. 161 will have purple martins on its supporting structures. There are paintings of the birds on the outdoor mural at I-30 and Beltline Road. The martins can be seen on the right (east) side of the underpass as drivers are leaving the city heading in the direction of Dallas. A large purple martin (I know it is the largest in the world, Texas size) is painted on a mural in Stanton Park on Dalworth Str. I really hope that one day our members will be able to see all the purple martins popping up all over the City of Grand Prairie, Texas. And the most important fact is that the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas organization was founded right here on 3 February 1999 with 20 Charter Members. Gisela Fregoe (PMLNT President)
2007 Colony Survey Dear Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas; Now that our Marty Party is over and the Purple Martin season has concluded all we have are our memories, pictures and landlord notes of the 2007 season. If you are anything like me, you have dozens of stories. We want to know your many successes as well as any challenges and issues with your birds this year. Your colony information is valuable to our group as we can all learn from one another. Once again this year we will be conducting our Purple Martin survey and compiling the data from all our members to see what impact we're having right here in North Texas. You may recall from last year's study that we had 554 breeding pairs and 1,933 fledged young with reports from 40 of our Purple Martin landlord members. We started to establish trends on when our birds arrive and when they leave and their possible migratory routes. We are hoping even more of our members will participate in this year's survey. No colony is too small and all information is valuable. Even if you cannot complete the entire questionnaire send us what you have. John Pearson, our fellow member from Southlake, will be helping again this year on our survey. All participants will receive a copy of the survey results. Please help us make this year's survey even better than our last. A form for the 2007 Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas study is included for your use following this letter and may be sent as a fax to 972-641-2069; or email: giselaf@northtexasmartins.org or John Pearson at fax 817-804-2938 or email: jpearson@statenational.com. It is also available as a Downloadable Reporting Form in Microsoft Word Format. It is also available as a PDF file for viewing on-line or downloading. Thank you all in advance for your contribution to this exciting research and I look forward to seeing our results. Gisela Fregoe President, PMLNT
Lewisville, TX Roost Event Dear Purple Martin Landlords, The time has come to prepare for our yearly outing to the Lewisville, TX purple martin pre-migratory roost again. DATE: SATURDAY, 4th of AUGUST 2007 TIME: 8:00 pm My reporter on the Roost, Margie Clark, is thrilled to see so many martins gathering already. She suggests that the best place to view the martins is at the east end of the big parking lot. This way we can look westward into the sunset. The western sky stays lighter so we can observe the birds longer and better. For those who like to gather for a meal at the Golden Corral Restaurant on Main Street and I-35 in Lewisville, TX ( Intersection north on Main and west of I-35), we will meet there at 6:00 pm. You can also view an area map. (Requires Acrobat Reader - Get Yours) For all other landlords just meet us around 8:00 pm in the parking lot near the old Hobby Lobby Store, south of Main Street and east of Old Orchard Road. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an exciting close look at thousands of purple martins. See you next Saturday - Regards from Gisela, PMLNT
PURPLE MARTIN LANDLORDS OF NORTH TEXAS BETTY WARMACK BRANCH LIBRARY ON THURSDAYS - 7:00pm - 9:00pm 3 JANUARY 2008 - 7 FEBRUARY 2008 - 6 MARCH 2008 for more information please call: 972-641-2981 or 972-602-0678
PURPLE MARTIN LANDLORDS OF NORTH TEXAS MONTHLY MEETING WHEN: Thursday, 7 February 2008 Purple Martins ***THE MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS*** FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
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