Without creating a public awareness ?vis-à-vis? media, the festival, etc. the Bradford Pear trees would have been long gone, the birds rent asunder and everyone worse for the loss. The Purple Martins are a (temporary?) gift of nature and a wonderful opportunity for Audubon to create additional awareness of its local presence and mission. I would hope that whomever our ?bird-brains? are working the festival will be equipped with not only knowledge but propaganda/membership forms/auction information, etc. for Richmond Audubon. This is a rare and unique opportunity for a little gorilla marketing. D.B.(Doug) Sinclair, CAI, AARE Sinclair & Associates, Inc. <mailto:d.b.sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxx> d.b.sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxx (804) 423.5162 Office (804) 402.2637 Mobile (804) 794.4975 Fax -----Original Message----- From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Blowers Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 6:10 PM To: warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx; audubon listserve Cc: jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Purple Martin Festival There is going to be a festival this Saturday. Huge hordes of people and cars will be descending on the 17th street area. Will that scare off the purple martins so that they fly away and never return? Jim Blowers -----Original Message----- From: Al & Linda Warfield Sent: Jul 21, 2008 7:54 PM To: audubon listserve Subject: [va-richmond-general] Purple Martin Festival needs a few more volunteers. There is an informational meeting for volunteers Tues. July 22 at 7:30 at the Farmers Market. The Purple Martin Festival is this Sat. July 26 from 6-9 pm. Sue Ridd is coordinating the event and would like to hear from anyone interested to contact her at s.ridd@xxxxxxxx Linda Warfield You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.