[TN-Bird] 12th Purple Martin Event
- From: "kingston" <kingston@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:57:17 -0400
from Ron Kingston Charlottesville, Virginia I-64
12th Annual Purple Martin Day
The only Purple Martin Event in Virginia
Sat June 24, 9:30 to 1 PM, Free
Near US 15 and County Rt 640, in Louisa County
Info: Contact the Kingston's 434.293.5173
http://www.purplemartin.org/meetings/
Twelfth ANNUAL PURPLE MARTIN FIELD DAY
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Time: 9:30 A.M. to Noon
Topics to be covered include:
* how to establish and increase a colony of Purple Martins;
* advantages and disadvantages of different types of martin housing;
* how to protect Martins from starlings, House Sparrows, snakes, owls,
raccoons, etc.;
* adding the newly-developed starling-resistant entrance holes to martin
gourds and houses;
* how to protect martin housing from windstorms and other hazards;
* how to grow and process purple martin nesting gourds;
* life history of Purple Martins; etc.
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