Purple Martin Class of 2009, Austin, Texas

Changing nesting materials helps stay Purple Martin babies stay healthy, and gets rid of mites that can harm them. Here are a bunch of Purple martin hatchlings. Music by Perez Prado, fair use claim

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• Purple
• Martins
• Brazil
• Austin

[bisonwerks]

That's a good thing. Where are you located? We're in Austin, but I guess you knew that. I am in Nebraska on a family emergency, but over the past week, my wife tells me that the rest of the birds fledged. 14 had fledged before I left a week ago, and 42 more have since fledged, from ten families of babies.

I purely love watching them soar around and do their aerial ballets. Thanks for the comment.

Greg Harm aka Bisonwerks.

[hornerm5]

When I clean their nests, almost all adults flew far, far away . After finish cleaning it, they return with food in their month. It ready to feed them. :-)