Flocks of Martins soar in Lakeside

Everyone is in a tizzy about the spectacular performance happening nightly in Shockoe Bottom as thousands of Purple Martins engage in aerial acrobatics. Driving down Lakeside Avenue just north of Dumbarton around 8:00pm tonight, we saw a slightly less fantastical swarm of the bird swooping and diving along the treeline. If you can’t make it […]

Everyone is in a tizzy about the spectacular performance happening nightly in Shockoe Bottom as thousands of Purple Martins engage in aerial acrobatics. Driving down Lakeside Avenue just north of Dumbarton around 8:00pm tonight, we saw a slightly less fantastical swarm of the bird swooping and diving along the treeline. If you can’t make it to the show in the Bottom, check out our own Northside version.

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