r/HumansBeingBros • u/licecrispies • 16d ago

BE KIND TO ANIMALS Bird loving man in Wisconsin plays landlord, housekeeper and nanny for hundreds of purple martins

https://youtu.be/e3CazlTh3Wc?si=yeCbVynMod_TrnNo
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u/Icy-Addendum4930 16d ago

Ike is a good man.

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u/flipzyshitzy 14d ago

What's he got against 1 squirrel nest?

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u/Overthinks_Questions 14d ago

He's my celebrity crush

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u/qwertyuiiop145 16d ago

98% fledge rate is outstanding.

As a comparison, as recently as 1970 kids in the US had a less than 98% chance of making it to age 5.

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u/MechaSkippy 16d ago

Full confession, I'd heard of the term "martin house" before. I had no idea that it was a bird house.

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u/hotflashinthepan 16d ago

I remember a band named The Housemartins in the 80s. I didn’t know it was bird related.

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u/itsallminenow 15d ago

That band is iconic. Along with their own success, the lead singer and drummer then went on to form "The Beautiful South", with another string of hits, and the bassist, Norman Cook, had a career afterwards as Fatboy Slim.

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u/hotflashinthepan 15d ago

I didn’t know that! I had The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death on cassette. I was trying to remember some songs from it, and now that I’ve listened to a few again after all these years, I cannot believe how many lyrics I still remember. The brain is wild.

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u/MongolianCluster 16d ago

That's me. But it's the Martini House.

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u/bselko 16d ago

What a lovely guy.

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u/joesnuffy6969 15d ago

This man probably hasn’t seen a mosquito on his property in years!

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u/blank_isainmdom 16d ago

What a legend!

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u/LoudImportance 15d ago

Now that's a Wisconsin accent.

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u/PRRZ70 15d ago

May Ike continue to have health for a good while so that these lovely birds have someone to care for them.

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u/squeakim 15d ago

Okay, now I'm sad that when he dies the Purple Martins are going to fail

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u/Rhianna83 15d ago

I loved this so much. I hope Ike has been teaching his hobby to others. I can’t believe what an impact he has had on the Purple Martins.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Bless his heart and soul♥️

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u/Pomodorosan 16d ago

bird loving man or bird-loving man, i guess it's both

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u/Mattsive 15d ago

I love Ike!

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u/Dull_Switch1955 15d ago

At such videos my heart literally melts.