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["scott freidhof" <scottf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe,

 

You can report purple martin roosts on the Purple Martin Conservation
Association's website, www.purplemartin.org
<http://www.purplemartin.org/>   The PMCA folks could probably answer
your questions too.

 

Scott Freidhof

Rowan County

 

-----Original Message-----
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of joe swanson
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:58 PM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] purple martins

 

For the past few weeks I've been seeing purple martins flying over my
house in the evenings.  I decided this week to try finding their roost.
Tonight I found it!  A 6-8 acre white pine plantation probably 15-20
yrs. old.  There were clouds of martins descending on the roost at dusk.

 

Question - where do these thousands of birds come from?  Can they
possibly all come from Fayette County?  Seems unlikely.

 

Unfortunately, I live in a new subdivision that is about 50% developed
and this pine plantation is soon to be destroyed for the development.

 

Joe Swanson

Lexington