[birdky] Re: RPT: Williamsburg Purple Martin roost
- From: "Bender, Joyce (EEC)" <Joyce.Bender@xxxxxx>
- To: "'brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:44:17 +0000
It is good of you to call Burger King, Brainard. Their slogan is or was “Have
it your way”, so tell them you want a hamburger with an intact purple martin
roost. Sorry to hear about the destruction of their temporary roost trees, but
the inadvertent removal of invasive callery pears is a plus for the environment
(timing, however is everything). Perhaps birders in the areas with these
roosts can shop local businesses and let them know that they came to watch the
birds. Getting more burgers sold might have made the company a little more
tolerant of the “nuisance”.
Joyce Bender
Nature Preserves and Natural Areas Branch Manager
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission
801 Schenkel Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
502 573-2886
502 573-2355 (fax)
http://naturepreserves.ky.gov<http://naturepreserves.ky.gov/>
[banner]<http://www.friendsofkynaturepreserves.org/>
Follow KSNPC on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/ksnpc
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:51 AM
To: BIRDKY
Subject: [birdky] RPT: Williamsburg Purple Martin roost
Bret Kuss with Cumberland College (a.k.a. University of the Cumberlands) at
Williamsburg in southeastern KY checked on the Purple Martin roost there last
evening and provided the following report. I will call Burger King today and at
least make sure they know the martins are *not* blackbirds and that they will
leave within a month. How ironic that people cutting down trees can refer to
saving the area from "all the damage" being done by the birds .... I'm sure
it's messy under the trees for a couple of months, but come on .....
bpb, Louisville
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Bret Kuss
Sent: Jul 30, 2014 10:05 PM
Subject: RE: Williamsburg Purple Martin roost
Just got back from Williamsburg. When I arrived there around 7:30 there were
plenty of birds (martins) circling high over town near the old mall on Hwy 25
and briar creek park. later the birds moved toward the opposite side of the
interstate and settled near the tractor supply store parking lot in a couple of
large trees in the open, and on powerlines. There were still plenty of birds in
the air. Later they all took to the air and moved toward the Walmart across hwy
92. I think an estimate of 10,000 martins would be a very crude approximation.
When I drove over to the Walmart parking lot I could see they were trying to
settle into an area of dense small trees adjacent to the Buger King
drive-through. There was also a small starling flock roosting in the Walmart
sign there, about 200 ft from where the martins were settling in the trees.
There were guys from the Burger King trying to cut the trees down with chain
saws while thousands of martins were trying to settle in them. Their
persistence in trying to land in the small clump of trees while the chainsaw
was working was impressive. When I drove over there and talked to the workers
they mentioned that they had already cut down the trees on the opposite side of
the Burger King parking lot because of all the damage the birds had caused. The
ground where they were cutting the trees was well covered with bird droppings.
The trees they were cutting were bradford pears. I'm not sure if all of the
trees they had been roosting in were bradford pears also. It was getting darker
and I left a little after 9:00.
Bret
======TES TO SUBSCRIBERS===== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with
your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to:
birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently
sighted in Kentucky:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to:
birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with
'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail:
gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx<mailto:gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx>
Other related posts:
