PM Colony

On the following page, you'll see some photos from my own colony. As the season progresses, I'll keep adding a few more as I get them.

If you're bored or just want to look as some pictures of purple martins in everyday life in the colony, then by all means, have at it...and remember, I'm not a professional photographer, but a few did turn out pretty good.

As you'll no doubt see, I have a 'camera gourd'. This camera is attached to my downstairs TV and it's where I sit and watch (and learn) what's going on inside a martin gourd. I love this thing! It has afforded me many hours of enjoyment watching the antics of adults, eggs and young as they grow inside their gourd.

If you've been here before, be sure to 'refresh' your browser so the latest versions of pictures will show up.

These pictures have been resized so that they don't take up a ton of space. I'm sorry, but some of the quality had to be sacrificed in order to save some space. If for some reason you want to see the hi-res version of a picture, hold your cursor over the thumbnail and it'll show the photo number in the lower left corner of your browser. Email that number to me and we'll see what we can do to get you the hi-res version of the photo.

Enjoy!

To view the pictures full size, click on the thumbnail.

February 2008

It's early in the season and the martins are just now beginning to return. It's too early to pair off yet, but some of the males are beginning to become vocal.

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