We’ll need more help this year with installation labor, monitoring, maintenance, winter storage, and, of course, all the banding and data collection done each nesting season.
There were NO Purple Martins nesting at Minsi Lake before 2020. Thanks to Lehigh Valley Audubon Society (LVAS) volunteers, a large and growing Purple Martin colony can now be seen at Minsi Lake.
In 2024, the Northampton County Parks and Recreation and LVAS partnership managed 108 condos in six nesting towers—five at Minsi Lake Park and one at Louise Moore Park. Occupancy during nesting season in the Minsi Lake condos was over 90% with nesting pairs in 80 of the 90 condo units, including 36 new units.
Interested in volunteering? Email James Wilson, Recreation & Conservation Specialist for Northampton County Parks, at jwilson@norcop.gov to help with this Purple Martin project.
Complete the LVAS Volunteering Form to let us know what other volunteer opportunities might interest you.
Read more about Purple Martins at Minsi Lake.