Posh is the only word to describe the two Purple Martin housing units at the Great Swamp NWR Visitor Center. There are a dozen nest sites on each post. Not a single House Sparrow or Starling in the mix. And, whoa, were the martins busy. 
The martins glide more than our other swallows, and they are rather bigger. But it was the noise that was most arresting. (Here are some recordings from Cornell.) 
Blue Dasher is the prey here.
Color is bee/waspy, but I’m not sure what’s for lunch here.
There were still young to be fed.
One of the red Meadowhawks has been captured by the… female on the right? (Haven’t honed my ability to separate the juveniles, of both sexes, from the adult females.)
More Purple Martins
Published August 17, 2017 Fieldnotes 1 CommentTags: birding, birds, Great Swamp
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