Purple Martin dispute takes flight as Harahan neighbors head to court

A longtime bird enthusiast’s backyard colony has sparked a feud over droppings, ordinances and neighborhood tensions, with supporters planning to wear purple as the case is heard Wednesday.

It’s a nuisance case that has neighbors not talking, the internet complaining and people making sure they have something purple to wear. Now, those for and against letting a senior citizen keep his Purple Martin bird houses in his back yard are headed to court. Here’s what so many are squawking about.

Ever since he was a little boy, Andrew Stamm has been making bird houses for the Purple Martins…

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