link wouldnt't attatch but I just googled Purple martin on the ground emergency...good read. Within in 10 minutes parents were there and 2 minutes later 60 other flapping and fluttering trying to get him to fledge...he was shook up and stayed put as I had quite a time finding him in about 3 foot of thick grasses.
Got home this evening and for the first time witnessed the fledglings on day 3 hanging out take off, eating, mauling, etc..and learning form the parents. Landing in the oaks and flying and learning to eat..etc... the notable thing I learned was the distinct communication between the 3 day old and the mother..It was kind of a ccchoooommmp sound (low key higher pitch) and the first time I heard this along with the fledgling (smaller and not as nimble) with a reply back in a new sound I was unfamiliar with...
Any way it was a cool moment as I listened and watched this cool little nursery happening with 5-15 hatchlings (don't really know) as they were practicing landing and going back into gourd for the evening. Anyway I was enamored with the new sounds and communicating I now know what to look for. It was my first time hearing it.
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