Purple Martin Photos April 12, 2002
All photos Copyright 2002, Jenny Rasmussen
     There are somewhere between 20-25 martins staying here now, and they're so much fun to watch.  Here are some pictures I took today.  I just added a tiny nestbox camera to a gourd today, so hopefully I'll have some pictures of that to show soon.


 

 
Subadult male:

Cute female using an entrance that will soon be fitted with an excluder plate.

Homemade nestbox with rectangle SREH entrance like those used in the northwest.

Experimental unpainted, untreated natural gourd with excluder entrance.


 

Look at that cute tongue:

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