[TN-Bird] Re: PUMA Roost
- From: Bill Holt <wjholtjr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:09:57 -0400
Wonder if there is any way to ask the State or City of Nashville to avoid
mowing that area until mid-September (at least for next year)? Anyone know
who should be contacted?
Bill Holt
Chattanooga, TN
Hamilton County
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Cynthia Routledge <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 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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Bill Holt
Chattanooga, TN
Hamilton County
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