

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: PROJECT PURPLE MARTIN Annual Gourd Raising!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: JAN 17, 10AM
Marine Discovery Center
Learning Lab

Happy New Year! The 5th annual Raising of the Gourds is coming soon! The earliest Purple Martin (PUMA) migrants usually arrive in South Florida around mid-January but the last few years they have started showing up in December! 

Our adults are becoming better parents each year, and this season we hope we get some more mated pairs.

Enjoy an overview on SEVAS Project Purple Martin and then learn more by prepping the 12 gourds with nesting material. Everything will be provided.

Then we will walk over to the site, complete the Purple Martin pole and raise the gourds!

Volunteer observers are needed to help keep a lookout for arrivals. Then again once the hatchlings start fledging we need volunteer observers to make sure we find any early jumpers before a predator does. 

New volunteers can sign up, too-please join us!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-smyrna-beach/project-purple-martin-annual-gourd-raising/200029463212333
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.meetup.com/sevaudubon/events/312624120?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=new+smyrna+beach-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: New Smyrna Beach
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Marine Discovery Center
- **lat**: 29.036259139942
- **long**: -80.918081156552
- **full address**: Marine Discovery Center, 520 Barracuda Blvd, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-5329, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Southeast Volusia Audubon (https://allevents.in/org/southeast-volusia-audubon/26858541)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Marine Discovery Center, 520 Barracuda Blvd, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-5329, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Southeast Volusia Audubon
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about PROJECT PURPLE MARTIN Annual Gourd Raising! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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