Even though I fed fried egg strips and crushed egg shells to the Purple
Martins at Bryan Park on the cold days when insects were not flying, I also
observed several purple martins catching and eating insects from the the
ground ---yes ! --from the ground. I also observed that the purple martins do
very little flying during days when the temperature is near 40
degrees. They are doing this to perserve energy. To get this information I had
to observe them for over two hours at a time. Therefore, a few of them are
eating insects from the ground when it's too cold for the insects to fly. I
guess "survival means:do what is necessary to stay alive." even if it has
reference to the Purple Martins and swallows. Adolph White, on of the
Purple Martin Landlords of Bryan Park in Richmond VA whitea60@xxxxxxxxxxx
