purple martin

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Our martin houses at all the wetlands are pretty full this time of year - I visited three different wetlands reserves, and every martin house was full occupancy. This one was at the western wetlands where I went to see the wood ducks, and they were surprisingly unconcerned with me walking right...

Speedy little bullets to try to track, but fun to try! The martins return to South Florida right around the end of January and to feed and breed, and stay until early summer before flying back off to South America around July.

Purple Martin (Progne subis subis) Subadult female.

ASY female Purple Martin

Hirondelle noire

Purple Martin (Progne subis subis) Male.

Purple Martin (Progne subis subis) Male.

Purple Martin (Progne subis subsp. subis) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Lafittes Cove Nature Preserve situated in Lafittes Cove Subdivision, southwest of Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Secondary coastal thicket with man-made ponds and small patches of remnant coastal prairie on a...

It's always a treat to see a couple of these mixed in with the violet/green, barn and the tree swallows every spring. I think this is a female.

Purple Martin (Progne subis subsp. subis) 1st summer male. McAllen Nature Center, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. Tamulipan scrub with open manicured areas at ca. 21 m (69 ft) elevation. South Texas Plains Vegetatonal Area.

I think this one is a female.

I think this may be an immature.

North Americas largest swallow at 8 inches, and a great bird to have around if you have a mosquito problem.

A pair of Purple Martins on a tree at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.

One of my first of the species. Don't know if this individual was the very first, since there were quite a few flying about over the river and harbor there, and now and then landing on a pier piling or small boat mast, but this was the one I got closest to. Too bad I didn't record him singing...

My apologies... I shot this the same time as the male I posted a couple of weeks ago, but I have been crazy-busy and haven't had any time to devote to this forum. I hope things slow down in the next couple of weeks so I can catch my breath and relax. I would like to take a moment and thank...

This isn't the best shot I ever made. I was shooting upwards into an extremely bright blue sky, and it made it difficult to get good white balance. I heard about these birds the whole time I grew up in Michigan, but I believe this is the first time in my life to actually see one. They are...

The Big Swallow

Not the best photo because of the clouds. Not a common sight in our area, these birds arrive about the same date every year and stay just a few days before they're gone.

It seemed that every apartment was likely occupied.

Purple Martin (Progne subis), Homestead