Purple Martins

[Delbert]

Must have 30 to 40 martins.  Many came a few days ago.  Hard to count them as they are on the move.

[Wilma]

Why, Delbert, you just catch them all, then count them as you turn them loose.

[Catwoman]

LOL   Man, I'd pay money to watch that! lol

[Delbert]

The martins turned out to be buzzards.  I had to make the entrance of the house larger.  Must be the gobal warming.

[sixdogsmom]

Delbert, you must remeber to move when you are out of doors! Them buzzards begin to circle if you don't! 

[Diane Amberg]

I had 3 buzzards land in my back yard recently. I didn't think my cooking was that bad! I'd love to attract some martins but we don't seem to have enough open swooping space for them.

[Wilma]

I am ready for the hummingbirds.  My orange honeysuckle is blooming.

[dnalexander]

I had 3 buzzards land in my back yard recently. I didn't think my cooking was that bad! I'd love to attract some martins but we don't seem to have enough open swooping space for them.

Diane I was not sure of what you meant by buzzards. I had an image of Vultures and California Condors. then I looked it up on Wikepedia and found that the red tailed hawk and Cooper's hawk found in California also are called a buzzard sometimes.

Here is the link that just added to my confusion.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard

Any more details that might help me figure out what you saw.

David

[sixdogsmom]

Usually when folks here speak of buzzards, they mean vultures. I have had several close calls on windy days along the highway. The buzzard will make a delayed liftoff from a roadkill site and I sure don't want to smack into one of those rascals. Yuk!

[Tobina+1]

Wilma; I think I saw a hummingbird last night in the yard!  Too windy to put up the feeders today, though!