[TN-Bird] PUMA Roost
- From: Cynthia Routledge <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:00:00 -0500
Nashville, TN
Davidson County
As you may recall, last year many of us enjoyed viewing the grand Purple Martin
roost discovered within throwing distance of Titan Stadium in downtown
Nashville. The roost formed again this year and was estimated to have over
100,000 birds!
Steve and I ventured out to see it last Thursday night, 8/25. Scores and
scores of Purple Martins filled the sunset sky and then dropped into roost for
the night. The sight and sound was truly amazing.
Sadly sometime between us leaving at dark on Thursday and the arrival of
another group of birders on Saturday evening, 8/27, the roosting area was mowed
and most of the vegetation was removed. The Martins did arrive that night but
their behavior was far from normal and their numbers had decreased.
A few local birders will be venturing out there tonight, 8/29, to see just how
many Martins remain in the area or if they can detect the birds roosting
elsewhere.
We are glad we got out there Thursday night. I am sad for those who did not
make it out this year to see the roost. My hope is that the flock has moved
further South to yet another roosting location on their long journey. And that
when it's roosting time again they return to Nashville in perhaps even greater
numbers so we can once again enjoy this incredible natural show.
<")
( \
/ |` Cyndi Routledge
"When one tugs at a single thing in Nature,
he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
~John Muir
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