Post for A. White:
Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, VA: There were ten diving waves of purple martins
into the
Bradford Pear trees on Friday Night.......July 22, 2011. There were at
least one thousand
in each wave. So I am estimating that at least 10,000 martins are
roosting in those pear
trees at this time. *This is another successful year for the Gone to the
Birds Festival which*
*will be held right here in Richmond VA at the 17th Street Farmers' Market
location near this*
*gigantic purple martins roosting site.* I certainly hope that our three
major television networks
hear about this so that they will inform the public who will come down to
observe this spectacle
and subsequently attend the Gone to the Birds Festival on Aug. 6 from 6-9
p.m. By the way,
the purple martins count will probably reach between 13,000 and 15,000 on
the day of the festival.
-Adolph White, Richmond. whitea60@xxxxxxxxxxx
