I have had three pair for about a week here in Lexington
Love their noises
Scott
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Lyneart
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 3:00 PM
To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Martins
During this morning's light drizzle, I spent a considerable amount of time
running cherry planks seasoned for decades through a plane. The procedure was
noisy enough for me to wear ear phones. At 9:36 A.M., moments after the plane
came coasting to a halt, I heard a "Chemp, Chornk!"
Stepped out the back door of the shop to see 2 Purple Martins perched atop the
plastic gourds. After becoming momentarily teary eyed at their return, I
reached for my camera and snapped a picture. They took off and disappeared soon
afterward. I began to think after a while that they may have decided that our
yard had become too noisy and had moved on. Then I heard them again in about an
hour. This time one began peering into a compartment. Got its picture too. It
would probably be a more correct protocol to file 2 separate ebird incidental
reports, but I'm far from being alone in slightly bending ebird protocol. Two
images with this link -
https://ebird.org/checklist/S106955467<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS106955467&data=05%7C01%7C%7C34632b05b819434b2f7c08da1d7fcbb4%7C1ac39955dfb64402aee0f8fe0cae7d92%7C0%7C0%7C637854732105354287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EiW35Ad1I3wqL%2FgIaFe6GHHm4fl3DvYgii5iVPmG7jE%3D&reserved=0>
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> - near Dot in Logan County, KY
