IF YOU BUILD IT,
THEY WILL COME
Purple Martins
love communal living.
This "speed demon" swallow
has simple requirements
if you want to establish
a purple martin condominium:
o One or two gourds on a
ten-foot pole,
with an opening & perch
o In an open clearing
with lots of room
to dive and hunt
All it takes is one pair
to set up house,
raise a family.
And they will return each year,
and attract more purple martins.
(The top photo is a local condo.)
Bonjour Rick,
ReplyDeleteJe le vois comme une petite maisonnette pour les oiseaux et c'est bien :)
Belle journée, bises !
que curioso
ReplyDeletelindo ver asi los nidos
abrazos y feliz jueves
Es bueno tener pájaros cerca, pero no encima...jeje
ReplyDeleteIncredible!! A bird with a character!:)
ReplyDeleteI love the houses (and the title - so very true!)...
We have black swallows here, I've never seen a purple one. There're white swallows, too, although extremely rarely. A famous Bulgarian writer has a short story about a dying girl, whose only hope to live is to see a white swallow. It has turned into a symbol of happiness and luck.
ReplyDeleteLas aaves parecen formar parte de una poesia
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a condo!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!!
ReplyDeleteWe can only for many more initiatives of this kind, nature would be much better off!
Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteAnd the bird is so beautiful...