Today Rose and I went to Otter Creek Marsh and saw a male Purple Martin. I first spotted the bird quite a distance away and thought ok, a FOY Tree Swallow until the bird got closer and seen the bird was all dark and realized it was a male Purple Martin. Also there were 11 Trumpeter Swans and 3 Tundra Swans, along with lots of waterfowl and a small flock of lesser yellowlegs. Since Owls seem to be a hot topic, I thought I would mention this owl story. A friend of ours, Bill Sherman, who likes to photo mainly raptors and owls, he told us he had talked to a friend who lives in Cedar Falls Iowa who collected some pellets in his yard from Barred Owls. The man decided to examine the pellets and found a bird band which was traced to a Saw-whet Owl that had been banded in Silver Islet Ontario in 2008. My dad even sent me a pic. of the band that still has bones and matter in it!
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