Dear Janet,

The only real populations I have seen of Purple Martins in Vermont  
have been near the large bodies of water.  So, I have seen them in the  
Champlain Valley near Lake Champlain, and also near Lake  
Memphramagog.  I have occasionally seen them in other places,  
including our property in Jericho.  Back thirty years ago, we also put  
up a martin box, and even had some look at it once.  Now it is a  
monstrous, heavy bulky thing (I think my husband built it out of iron)  
that took us forever to get up, and will only come down now if chopped  
or blown.  It has only attracted starlings I am afraid after the first  
few years of having some Tree Sparrows in it. So, I wish you better  
luck.  Evergreen in Jericho