10,000 purple martins begin Shockoe residency
To celebrate the return of the flock of purple martins to 17th Street, the neighborhood will celebrate a “Gone to the Birds” festival July 26 from 6-9PM. The flock is currently at just under 4,000 birds; by festival time there could be 10,000 birds. [via] The gregarious birds fly around eating insects by day; then […]
To celebrate the return of the flock of purple martins to 17th Street, the neighborhood will celebrate a “Gone to the Birds” festival July 26 from 6-9PM. The flock is currently at just under 4,000 birds; by festival time there could be 10,000 birds. [via]
The gregarious birds fly around eating insects by day; then at dusk they form a whirling mass over the Bottom before swooping down to roost in the line of pear trees on 17th Street, one block north of the Farmers Market.
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