The Birds & The Bees

I was born on June 4th, 2017.  I was just a wee thing, with 2 brothers and 2 sisters.  My Mom is beautiful and she and Dad feed us often. Bi...

Hello Friends!  The PMCA has been the singular, most important source of information for me over the past 11 years of being a purple martin ...

How was I to know that placing a teeny, tiny little yellow band with the number "A407", on the tiny little leg of a purple martin ...

Ever since my first experience with getting up early to hear the purple martin dawnsong, I have been hooked on it.  I committed to getting u...

It is either 'feast' or 'famine' in Missouri when it comes to rain. This spring, we seem to be in a state of deluge.  With t...

It's funny how certain things stick in your head, yet you can so easily forget other significant events.  Is it a conscious effort on yo...

On Saturday morning, March 4th, 2017, I got a phone call around 9 AM.  "Sorry if I woke you", the voice said.  After a few seconds...