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NancyinEnidOK
Posts: 158 Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:06 pm
Location: Oklahoma/Enid
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:18 pm
Remarkable photos! Thanks for sharing.
Love how they keep their little "landing gear" so close to their bodies while in flight.
Nancy
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Gobbler T
Posts: 1518 Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:13 am
Location: Mississippi / Columbus
Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:54 am
Great pictures! I love the 5th one! That has got to be what an angle's wings would look like.
Tony
2007 --- 0 2011---0 2015---4
2008 --- 0 2012---0 16-19—0
2009 --- 0 2013---1 2020—?
2010 --- 0 2014---3
rrmartins
Posts: 1441 Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:04 am
Location: Round Rock, TX
Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:54 am
I've got to get me one of those cameras. Great shots.
2021
T14
10 Pair
49 Fledged
Bill Hyde
Posts: 287 Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 8:59 am
Location: Illinois/Roscoe
Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:39 am
Excellent pix, Chriscreole! I'm printing your photos and will use them for identifying males and females in flight. They are really great shots!
Are all these martins adults?
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2011 - 1 SY pair w/ 2 HY fledged
2012 - 5 breeding pairs
2013 - 14 nesting pairs and several singles
2014 - 8 nesting pairs
2015 - 5 nesting prs w/mostly ASY parents
Chriscreole
Posts: 781 Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:31 am
Location: Texas, Hutto
Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:39 am
These are all ASY Female except #1 is a ASY Male & #2 the one on bottom is a ASY Male.......don't forget about copyrights when using photos from other sources. Always ask permissions to use them, and give regonition of where it came from, yes you can use them in fact All PMCA members are welcome to use all my pictures for their personal use only.
PMCA Member since 2010
Super System 24, All Troyer W/Conley 2 entrances.
Emil Pampell-Tx
Posts: 6743 Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:26 pm
Location: Tx, Richmond (SW of Houston)
Martin Colony History: First started in Gretna, La in 1969 with a small homemade house, have had martins ever since at 2 different homes in Texas
Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:57 am
Gobbler T wrote: Great pictures! I love the 5th one! That has got to be what an angle's wings would look like.
I agree, its good to see these photos
PMCA Member, 250 gourds, 6 poles, 2traps
Chriscreole
Posts: 781 Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:31 am
Location: Texas, Hutto
Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:11 pm
All the wildlife on earth are the angels we dream of, some of us just haven't realized it yet.
PMCA Member since 2010
Super System 24, All Troyer W/Conley 2 entrances.
TammyBears
Posts: 135 Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:00 pm
Location: Bridgecreek, Oklahoma (SW of OKC)
Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:33 pm
Spectacular! Yes Gobbler, I just set that fifth one as my desk top! Thank you Chriscreole for allowing us to access and admire your photos.
Tammy
RIP my precious Josie, 7/5/2000-11/6/2014
2015: 22 pair plus lots of bachelors
2014: 25 pair and some bachelor subbies
2013: 17 pair
2012: 7 pair (first year)