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Migration is in full swing
Art:copyright www.PurpleMartinArt.com-”PurpleMartin Lake” My martins have been gone for over a month. Reading the posts from the Purple Martin Forums, as far north as Canada, the final martins are...
View ArticleBIRDING COMES TO THE SMALL SCREEN
Finally Adventure Birding comes to the small screen…After a successful season premiere on 2 well-known local networks, Birding Adventures TV will now be available in most TV households across the US!...
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Off Topic: My Baby Gouldian Finches
COMPLETELY off the subject but I had to share. In the last year I decided to get back into an old hobby of mine. I used to be a hobby breeder of finches. Silverbills, bronze wing mannikins, java rice...
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Stand Up Against TNR (Trap Neuter Release) of Cats
I found this awesome article by Rob Fergus, co-author of The Purple Martin that states the new aggressive stance against TNR programs by 10 conservation biologists in the latest issue of the journal...
View ArticleTree Swallows Galore
With my backyard being a veritable desert of bird life lately, I was surprised to see hundreds if not thousand of tree swallows streaking westward at about 2:30 this afternoon. With their stark white...
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Cats In The News
I know it is a sore subject with many. And believe it or not. I AM a cat lover. I had a cat many years ago named Elvis. He was an adopted Siamese mix and he was awesome. An indoor cat, he was friendly...
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In “Honor” of National Feral Cat Day…really?
As a cat lover and even former cat owner (indoors, thank you) I feel perfectly at peace talking about National Feral Cat Day and re-posting one of our former posts on Feral cats and their impact to...
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Starlings and Fledgelings and Jumpers, OH MY!
So much news and I have really been negligent on the blog. My apologies but between helping customers of PurpleMartins-R-Us.com, 2 kids, a busy colony and a landscape project…I have been swamped! Bad...
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Singing With Abandon
About 2 dozen martins are frequenting our 2 racks that are up. The one center pole that holds our 2 aluminum houses is not raised due to a rope that came out of the pulley. Tomorrow we hope to rectify...
View ArticleAnother Reason for Cats Indoors
I know I get a little “Soap Box-ish” when it comes to the American Bird Conservancy’s Cats Indoors campaign. This video is one of the reasons why. As a bird AND cat lover, I feel that I am 100%...
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