The Birds & The Bees
Monday, January 2, 2017
When Love and Despair Collide
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...or maybe a better title is, "when two passions collide". I dunno. The 2016 purple martin season was my most challenging se...
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Fall Dresses Up Like Summer
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This has been such an unusual Fall - not at all like the typical windy, cool Falls I've been accustomed to in the past. I'm beginni...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Purple Martins and The Sounds of Change
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“The earth has music for those who listen.” ― George Santayana This past weekend as I conducted nest checks (now 79 pair), I listened to...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Nest Check Season Begins and Sub-Adults Swarm Missouri
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For the last three weeks, I have been swarmed by sub-adult purple martins as they flooded into my site, harassing the already-established ...
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Monday, May 2, 2016
Purple Martin Sub-Adult Arrivals and an Old Friend Visits
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When purple martin landlord, John Miller from St. Louis (who also manages a few public sites in Forest Park), reported a sighting of a sub-a...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Predators are on the Prowl
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As we replenished the mulch in our landscape bed by the house last Saturday, Bob told me to turn and look at who was being nosey. She was l...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
New Season, More Changes
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On Saturday, 3/26 it reached 69 degrees on Gobbler's Knob. But with the ever-present Spring wind, it felt a bit cooler - maybe 68 degree...
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