My Purple Martin Visitor - Male SY

Have been trying to start a colony for four years. There is an existing colony about 1/2 mile away which has maybe 8 - 10 martins. Over the past week, I had a pair visit, then what seemed to be the entire other colony visiting for about 5 minutes. None of them landed either time but they swooped low and checked things out.

The past two days, this lone individual has visited at least twice a day and has landed on both my martin house and gourd rack. He has checked many of the cavities. When flying away, there were three chirps heard, but I had the camera off and only caught the last one. After watching this video, some kind individuals over at purplemartin.org helped me identify him as a Male SY. This is good news! It seems that he likes my site and is trying to attract a female. We'll see!

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