Princess - Prince's
Annunciation - enunciation
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> On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Seth Wollney wrote:
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> Mathew,
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> This dates are when Howard Cleaves set up the houses. He had his first
> colony in his front yard on Purdy Place in 1917 but took it down when he left
> Staten Island. Upon his return in the early 1950's, Cleaves once again set up
> houses but this time put them on Johnston Terrace where they have been since
> their construction. Beside a two-three year period in the early 2000's there
> have been at least a few pairs there every year.
>
> The proper name for the area is indeed Prince's Bay... named for which
> English prince was around at the time it was named. Princess Bay is an
> incorrect monicker resulting from poor annunciation.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Matthew Wills wrote:
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>> We stopped off at the Purple Martin colony at Lemon Creek Park on Staten
>> Island yesterday for the first time in four years. Glad to see the birds are
>> still returning. There were fledglings out and about, and, judging from
>> parents still entering nests regularly, nestlings to be fed.
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>> There are at least a half dozen Purple Martin nests in the houses; counting
>> is complicated by all the coming and going. House Sparrows and European
>> Starlings have taken a good number of the nest spots.
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>> In Birds of the New York Area (1964), Ball cites a long study that marked a
>> single pair of nesting Purple Martins at Princess Bay* (which Lemon Creek
>> feeds into) in 1917. Then nothing until 1951, when 2 pairs nested. In 1961
>> there were 50 pairs.
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>> *"Princess Bay" is found on older maps, but it is now more generally called
>> "Prince's Bay."
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>> Happy 4th!
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> Backyard and Beyond
>> https://matthewwills.com
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>> We stopped off at the Purple
>> Martin colony at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island yesterday for the first
>> time
>> in four years. Glad to see the martins are still returning. There were
>> fledglings
>> out and about, and, judging from parents still entering nests regularly,
>> nestlings to be fed. There are at least a half dozen nests in the houses;
>> counting is difficult with all the activity. House Sparrows and European
>> Starlings have taken a good number of the nest holes.
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>> In Birds of the New York Area, Ball
>> cites a single pair of nesting martins at Princess Bay (which Lemon Creek
>> feeds
>> into) a century ago. Then nothing until 1951, when 2 pairs nested. In 1961
>> there were 50 pairs.
>>
>> *"Princess Bay" is
>> found on older maps, but it is now more generally called "Prince's Bay."
>>
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>>
>> Happy Fourth!
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> Backyard and Beyond
>>
>> https://matthewwills.com
>>
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