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. The P. Martins are gone for the !7th Street roosting site in Richmond VA.
They left a few day ago.
They didn't leave all together...............but instead, they left at about a
thousand a day each day until they all were gone. Each morning during the
summer, I Adolph White,water hosed the sidewalk under the roosting trees so
that the people living or working near the pear trees would not have to
complain about the POOP . I did this to save the roosting site. I ,even hosed
off the cars that were left under Bradford pear trees by people worked in the
area during the night. After cleaning the sidewalk, and the cars, I am sure
that the workers of that area did not know that their cars were covered with of
Poop. Well, since they did not see any Poop on the cars or sidewalk when they
returned, this situation became an "Out of sight ---Out of Mind" condition.
That is my Labor of Love to save the Bradford Pears' roosting site.
This roosting site is one of the first stages(stops) of the fall migration for
the Purple Martins.
As they move on through the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia and on to Florida
before going on to the Caribbean Islands and then home to South America, we
wish that they will safely navigate the winds and hurricanes that they will no
doubt face on this long trip.
Such a lenghty migration will be made easier by groups of purple martins flying
in close proximity of each other----each bird creating its own WAKE that
reduces the air pressure behind that bird. This means that the martins that is
flying behind another martin has less air pressure to deal with... making the
flight less burdensome. Most of the migrating birds use this method.
Adolph White , on of the Purple Martins landlords of Bryan Park in Richmond VA.
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