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Hi there, I've been lurking on this list for almost a year now. I met a Columbia ASM member named Ann Downing in a parking lot on 5th and Broadway tonight - we were both staring at a very large number of Purple Martins circling to roost on a Bradford pear tree in the Commerce Bank parking lot. I'm posting this on her behalf (and my own, I guess!) - she mentioned that earlier this summer, the same tree was a steady roost for loads of Brown-headed Cowbirds. I did not see any cowbirds in the tree this evening; Ann mentioned seeing a few females/juveniles. It really is an enormous crowd of Martins (but I'm from the east coast - maybe this is normal for you guys?). They seem to start circling in around 8:15 and have all landed by 9:00pm. Cheers, Jen Hamel ------------------------------------------ [log in to unmask] Division of Biological Sciences Tucker Hall 223 University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211-7400 phone: 573.882.4189 fax: 573.882.0123 http://www.biosci.missouri.edu:16080/cocroft/Jennifer/jennifer.htm ------------------------------------------- Offer kindness. __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################