Re: [nysbirds-l] Purple Martins at Lemon Creek, Richmond Co.

2017-07-04 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Princess - Prince's Annunciation - enunciation Spell check - ? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Seth Wollney wrote: > > Mathew, > > This dates are when Howard Cleaves set up the houses. He had his first > colony in his front yard on Purdy Place in

Re: [nysbirds-l] Purple Martins at Lemon Creek, Richmond Co.

2017-07-04 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Princess - Prince's Annunciation - enunciation Spell check - ? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Seth Wollney wrote: > > Mathew, > > 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

Re: [nysbirds-l] Purple Martins at Lemon Creek, Richmond Co.

2017-07-04 Thread Seth Wollney
Mathew, 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

[nysbirds-l] Purple Martins at Lemon Creek, Richmond Co.

2017-07-04 Thread Matthew Wills
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. There are

[nysbirds-l] Purple Martins at Lemon Creek, Richmond Co.

2017-07-04 Thread Matthew Wills
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. There are