Purple Martins

Started by Dee Gee, March 29, 2009, 08:24:07 PM

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W. Gray

#20
April 24, 2009, 08:45:05 AM
When Diane mentioned buzzards, the first thing I thought of was a couple:

Buzz Buzzard, the Paramount cartoon character.

Beaky Buzzard, the super bashful buzzard in the WB Looney Tunes.
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Diane Amberg

#21
April 24, 2009, 09:48:06 AM
I did mean vultures...(we tend to call them buzzards, but I know that's not right.) They are really just good old turkey vultures. I saw a mature bald eagle last Saturday. The crows were giving it a rough time.

dnalexander

#22
April 24, 2009, 09:54:15 AM
Diane according to Wikipedia (my link above) you were correct to call them Buzzards. I was just confused by their definition. It included turkey vultures, many hawks, peregrine falcons.

David

Warph

#23
April 24, 2009, 10:17:53 AM
According to my daughter, all the Purple Martin's have moved back to Elbert County, Georgia where they are happy eating good ol' southern Mosquito's
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Wilma

#24
April 25, 2009, 03:04:22 PM
I have had a real treat this afternoon.  A ringnecked dove visited my window bird feeder and spent about 10 minutes with me.  She watched me as closely as I watched her.  Sometimes I wonder if I am the watcher or the watchee.

Diane Amberg

#25
April 25, 2009, 04:01:20 PM
Our little Jenny Wrens arrived this morning and looked over their houses. :)

Dee Gee

#26
April 25, 2009, 06:46:23 PM
Wilma, I seen my first hummingbird at the feeder this afternoon, but I still only have one pair of Purple Martins.
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#27
April 26, 2009, 11:47:52 AM
I mount my hummingbird feeders on the outside of the window - and this morning, I had my first little pretty boy.
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sixdogsmom

#28
April 26, 2009, 12:28:50 PM
I saw one out in the petunias awhile ago. Gotta get my feeders up!
Edie

Diane Amberg

#29
April 26, 2009, 02:28:12 PM
Ours are due any day. They come up on the south wind.
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