Welcome to the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas Website.

The Only Purple Martin Organization

in North Texas!

The Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas Organization is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the Purple Martin species. Founded in 1999, the PMLNT promotes conservation by sponsoring educational programs, supporting research efforts, developing awareness with the public and protecting their pre migratory roosts. Our organization brings together people from across the Metroplex and the state with a similar Purple Martin passion. We believe the Purple Martin is a priceless and irreplaceable treasure and they contribute immeasurably to the richness of our state. These magnificent birds rely entirely on housing that is supplied by humans and are therefore especially dependent on the knowledgeable and dedicated volunteer landlords for their survival.

Our efforts include working with governmental authorities to help halt the destruction and harassment of a number of the bird’s pre migratory roosts. We are leading a campaign with the United States Post office to help develop a Purple Martin postage stamp and we successfully lobbied the city of Grand Prairie to formally recognize Purple Martin Day each year. We have donated money, time and housing to area schools and libraries to ensure the enjoyment of present and future generations of Texans. We maintain a virtual scrap book on line to share ideas and show our beloved colonies. We also have a very active exchange at the Purple Martin Society’s Round Table Conferences (purplemartin.com/rtc/) where landlords can ask questions or report activity and discuss Purple Martins. It won’t be long before someone responds to your message. We encourage our members to participate in ongoing research by submitting their colony data and we maintain our own PMLNT organization data each year to help recognize our local accomplishments and learn from our successes.

The Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas Organization represents over 100 dedicated Purple Martin conservationists and we are always looking for more people devoted to the cause of the Purple Martin. Please join us in our efforts to grow and preserve the Purple Martin species.

Please contact:   Gisela Fregoe, President- Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas

 Giselaf@PurpleMartinLandlordsOfNorthTexas.com

                                           Tel.  972-641-2981

A letter from Gisela, PMLNT President 

Dear Purple Martin Landlords,

I like to remind everybody of this wonderful children book that took 10 years for the Author Rebecca Dellinger, a member of the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas,  to work on.  The Purple Martin illustrations are just beautiful and the text easy to read for children.  A very first class Purple Martin book indeed.  So please if you have children, grandchildren  know families with children help us "Spreading the word about this wonderful bird."  The Author's parents Dr. Tom and Maria Dellinger are both Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas organization's  founding members and friends of all Purple Martins that touched their lives.
 
The children's book "My Best Nest:  A Purple Martin Story" is now available at a few hundred libraries in North America including over 60+  in Texas due to the donation of the book to libraries in memory of Tom Dellinger.  Encourage your relatives and friends to check out "My Best Nest'  from the libraries that have the book.  Visit the book's  web site at www.PurpleMartinstory.org.
 
A goal for this year with the book is to find Purple Martin Landlords  who will visit a library that has the book and volunteer to do a children's story time reading of the book and then spend some time after story time telling the kids and parents about the Purple Martins. The Highland Park Library had its Purple Martin story time in January and put up a map in the children's room so the children can track the return of the martins to North America during January through May.  Please consider volunteering to read "My Best Nest" to children at your local library.

I like to thank you for your help

Gisela Fregoe

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