[va-bird] PURPLE MARTIN DAY

  11th Annual Purple Martin Day 
    The only Purple Martin Event in VA
   Sat June 25, 9:30 to 1 PM,  Free
   Near US 15 and County Rt  640,  
  Info: Contact the Kingston's 
  434.293.5173  kingston@xxxxxxxxxx
  http://www.purplemartin.org/meetings/

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  For further information and directions call Ron and Priscilla Kingston at 
(434) 293-5173 or email kingston@xxxxxxxxxx General directions: From the Zion 
Crossroads Exit (136) off Interstate 64, go north on Rt. 15 for about four 
miles; turn right (east) on East Jack Jouette Road (640 )and follow the signs 
to the Field Day site. From points north: Follow Rt. 15 several miles south 
from Gordonsville, past Boswell?s Tavern; turn left (east) on East Jack Jouette 
Road (640) and follow the signs to the Field Day site. 

  Topics to be covered include: 
    a.. how to establish and increase a colony of Purple Martins; 
    b.. advantages and disadvantages of different types of martin housing; 
    c.. how to protect Martins from starlings, House Sparrows, snakes, owls, 
raccoons, etc.; 
    d.. adding the newly-developed starling-resistant entrance holes to martin 
gourds and houses; 
    e.. how to protect martin housing from windstorms and other hazards; 
    f.. how to grow and process purple martin nesting gourds; 
    g.. life history of Purple Martins;

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