Chet Wells 12 Finch Lane Pittsburg, KS 66762 620-231-7032 |
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PURPLE MARTIN HOUSES built by CHET WELLS Chet passed away January 22, 2009, at the age of ninety years. He will be missed by family and friends and the purple martins who lived in his houses. This Web Page will be maintained in his honor. |
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The Purple Martin House |
Chet Wells 12 Finch Lane Pittsburg, KS 66762 620-231-7032 |
Since retiring from the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service in 1974, I've done many different things for hobbies. But in the past 10 years I've focused on a love for purple martins I've had since I was a boy growing up in Northeastern Missouri. The purple martin is a member of the swallow family and has deep purplish plumage. They also have unusually long pointed wings which make them swift and graceful flyers. They are also very useful to humans because they eat huge amounts of insects. My grandfather had a purple martin house, and so I build purple martin houses. |
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I build my martin houses from sheet metal, 6" PVC pipe, plastic funnels, and red cedar. Nothing will rot or decay. The funnels are insulated with fiber glass and the sheet metal roof is insulated with factor one insulation. I recommend mounting a single house on 1 1/2" ID black iron pipe. Endorsement from John Massa of Mulberry, Kansas "Last year about the middle of May I bought one of Chet's houses. Chet told me that it was too late to get martins that year. The very next morning purple martins left a metal house of my brother's about three blocks away and nested in my new house. They like Chet's house and so do I." |
The perfect complement to your martin house. A single wren house made from the same PVC pipe and materials as the martin house. |
Wren House |
