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Martins are not like any other bird that frequents your backyard; they actually like to see human activity around their site. With tha* in mind, start by looking for a place to put the housing within about 60 - 100 feet of your house.
It has been proven that martins will settle in a site faster if it is within close proximity of human housing and activity. This has to do with the belief that human activity will keep predators away from the site.
The correct placement of martin housing is a real art. Besides preferring their housing to be placed within a certain distance of human housing, martins also have very specific space requirements. The air space immediately surrounding their housing should be unobstructed in at least a couple of directions so they can fly to and from their housing in nearly level flight.
There should be no trees taller than the martin house within 60 feet. In fact, the farther the martin house is placed from trees the better. If your
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