[va-richmond-general] Re: Purple Martins downtown
- From: "Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rlechols@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:56:19 -0400
After a meeting at the Richmond library yesterday, I went down Cary Street
to 17 th street to see the purple martins. They were there. There were
thousands of them, circling overhead like one of the old Windows
screensavers. They headed to the trees between 17 th street and
Grace/Franklin Streets. I got a picture with flash from them at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88695049@N00/2719885900/
This picture has a lot of white specks on it, if you look closely. These are
not dust or imperfections in the picture. Each one is a purple martin eye.
Jim Blowers
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[mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rachel Echols
Sent: Wednesday, 2008 July 30 17:00
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Purple Martins downtown
I know several people have already said this, but if you live anywhere near
Richmond and have not yet been downtown to see the the masses of purple
martins descending into the trees to roost for the night, you really should
go. I finally made it last night and it was an incredible spectacle. No
peregrine falcon showed up, but the red-tailed hawk was there and we saw him
consume two birds.
Here is a link to pictures for anyone interested:
<http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2717955504/>
http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2717955504/
Rachel Echols
Chester, VA
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