PM night vision
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Hummingbird
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- Location: Missouri
I have a question. Can purple martins see at night when flying? I have a great horned owl flush out one of my purple martins one night. The PM flew out of the martin house and flew away. So my question is: Can they see enough at night to fly to some trees for safety? P.S.
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-=DKC=-
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- Location: Corpus Christi, TX
- Martin Colony History: ................
2019: 11 pairs
2018: 11 pairs - 43 fledged
2017: 4 pairs - 17 fledged
I'm a PM novice but I would think their night vision was OK since they fly around singing the dawn song a couple of hours before sunrise.
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