[Birdtalk] Purple Martins

[Bryant Olsen]

I just got back from a trip to the family cabin in the Strawberry Valley were I found a colony of PURPLE MARTINS! They were in an Aspen grove about 7 miles south of the marina on the east side of the road. When I first saw them I thought " those are some very big Starlings" then it hit me what they where so I turned around and got some photos. See them at www.flickr.com/photos/bryanto/2609801080/. This is a new bird for me! Tree Swallows were in the area too.Other birds of interest was  WILLOW FLYCATCHER in the willows along the beaver ponds up Bryant's fork that I heard and then found, but didn't get a good photo of and CASPIAN TERNS that flew over(west) every evening at dusk.
Good Birding
Bryant Olsen
bryant_olsen at yahoo.com
P.S. sorry if this got sent more than once, I am not sure what happened.



      
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