[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

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