There’s a nest box for them at the Juniper Hills golf course in Frankfort. They
fly around us while we work in the monarch way station there. Love having them
for company.
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On Apr 13, 2022, at 12:50 PM, Marsh, Scott <smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY
