[va-richmond-general] Re: Purple Martins downtown
- From: "Al & Linda Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rlechols@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:13:53 -0400
Purple Martins downtownHere are a few more Purple Martin shots from a couple of
weeks ago. Run the slide show for best results.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/564196861WFGhqR
Al Warfield
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From: Jim Blowers
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Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Purple Martins downtown
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
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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/
Rachel Echols
Chester, VA
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