the state of Central Texas flocks on radar

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mbey
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Location: Austin, TX

Dipping into the NEXRAD files, looks like the Austin purple martins are in Round Rock again this year.
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Sharon - Central TX
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Martin Colony History: All Troyer Horizontal Gourds with Conley Entrances
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Help please. How do you read the radar? Which are the birds?
Don Troha
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That expanding green blob in the middle of the screen is indeed the Round Rock roost (birds leaving the roost).
Received a tip that the birds moved south of 45 and east of 35 to some trees by Jason's Deli (near Target).
2025 - 15 pair, 56 fledged
Sharon - Central TX
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Thanks for the education 😊. It will be interesting to see where the roost ends up. I know exactly the area you are talking about.
Jones4381
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Martin Colony History: 2020- 0
2021- 1 pair-5
2022- 5 pair-20
2023 34 pair-44
2024 30 pair-122
2025 54 Pair -178

Really a neat time for the species as they are roosting down in the deep south, 60-70% fledged in the mid-areas of NC/VA and haven't even begin to fledge in PA/NY north... Activity abounds everywhere around July 4th every year...
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mbey
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Don Troha wrote:
Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:20 pm
That expanding green blob in the middle of the screen is indeed the Round Rock roost (birds leaving the roost).
Received a tip that the birds moved south of 45 and east of 35 to some trees by Jason's Deli (near Target).
Well, shoot, I should have read this thread before going out there. Took me a while to find them, but yes, they were near the Five Guys.
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