The island

Purple martin volunteers install three nest boxes

Volunteers installed three new purple martin nest boxes on May 2 after reporting that all existing boxes were occupied last year.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2021-05-06 · compiled 2026-10-01

Back issue. The Denman Firestarter did not exist on 2021-05-06. This edition was compiled on 2026-10-01 from the public record as it stood on 2021-05-06, and contains nothing dated after that day — no outcomes, no hindsight. It is a reconstruction of what was on the record at the time, not a document from the time. This edition.

Report. Facts and citations only. Where we argue a position we do it in Analysis, labelled. Our standards.

Volunteers installed three purple martin nest boxes on May 2, according to a report on the island’s nest-box project.^[1]

The report said all boxes were occupied last year, but a set of three fell from its pulley system; five chicks drowned and one was rescued and nursed for release to the colony.^[1]

The new boxes were made from cedar boards, and the report said purple martins had already inspected them when it was written.^[1]

Spotted an error? corrections@denmanisland.co. We publish every correction.