[va-richmond-general] Purple Martins
- From: "Nelda Snyder" <snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "va-richmond-general" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:57:42 -0400
One evening last week, several of us went down to the Farmers' Market area to
see the martins roost. From 8-8:30pm, it was just amazing to see wave after
wave of martins come into a few trees along the street there. It seemed
impossible for those thousands of birds all to get into those few trees! The
sky was full of swarms of birds; some just milling around within their swarm
and some doing the swarm swooping thing around the sky. A friend who lives on
Church Hill said she sees the flocks fly in formation up and around to Main
Street Station, then all of a sudden sweep off somewhere else, but all within
the general area. Mr. Fitzgerald (who send in the original email) was there
and said the birds might be there another couple weeks.
Nelda and Buz Snyder
Nelda Snyder
snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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