This was the first year for the Purple Martin colony at Rice Lake National Wildlife refuge in McGregor MN. Under the direction of Kelly Applegate we attended a class and were all prepared to care for a new colony, our first Purple Martin experience. We had only one house filled but 4 eggs, of those, 4 birds hatched. With the poor insect numbers only one survived. For the first year of the Purple Martin house being up for nesting, and the poor weather conditions, I guess not too bad. Doug and Linda
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