Any Premigratory Roosts In Central Ark?
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I will be visiting central Ark. this week, so I was just wondering if there have been any roost sightings in the area. I'd love to see one.
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Emil Pampell-Tx
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Go up about 10 lines, click on "PMCA Home", then click on "project martin roost", then click on the state that you wish to look at (Arkansas). You will find 4 possible sites there, but I don't know if they are confirmed to be there.
If you can find the site, and if you know for sure that it is there, it would be worth a trip to see one. They are awesome. To check the map, click on either Google, or MayQuest and it will show a map of the area.
If you can find the site, and if you know for sure that it is there, it would be worth a trip to see one. They are awesome. To check the map, click on either Google, or MayQuest and it will show a map of the area.
Last edited by Emil Pampell-Tx on Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
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drbirdsong
I'll give you a report tomorrow. we are going this evening. I want to check it out personally before I pass the information along.
I'll give you a report tomorrow. we are going this evening. I want to check it out personally before I pass the information along.
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drbirdsong4 wrote:I will be visiting central Ark. this week, so I was just wondering if there have been any roost sightings in the area. I'd love to see one.
We went to the roost last evening. It is definitely there and going strong {I guess, it was our first}. We'd be more than happy to explain the process we went through to get to go see it if you are interested.
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Laverne
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I wanna hear your story... 
Please tell us how you found it - and which roost was it?
Please tell us how you found it - and which roost was it?
Sincerely,
Laverne
Laverne
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Laverne
Check out the forum post "Bird Island Roost". It was quite cool. There was probably more than I reported to PMCA but I really don't know. Peg tried to count wings and divide by two but that didn't work.
Check out the forum post "Bird Island Roost". It was quite cool. There was probably more than I reported to PMCA but I really don't know. Peg tried to count wings and divide by two but that didn't work.
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Laverne
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yeah, how many is there??? How do those guys even start to determine the number of birds in these roosts? I read about a roost that had 700,000 Purple Martins! I can't remember if it was in the Update or here on the Forum. How do they know it was 700,000. We're over here guessing, "do you think it is 50,000 or is it 100,000"? Might as well be a million - so, that's why we do just like you - there's alot! 
I read your other post and found it very interesting. Maybe the PMs at Bird Island have plenty of room and nothing to fear - so, they just leisurely land in the roost whenever they get there. I don't know - am looking forward to seeing your photos. Even if they are fuzzy - please post them anyway...
Sincerely,
Laverne
Laverne
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Laverne
There is nothing around but water. At one time there was around 500 martins sitting on the gravel bar at the south end of the island picking up grit. They didn't seem a bit concerned about us being there.
There was two other boats at the north end so we stayed at the south end. I'm not sure that there weren't more martins on that end.
I'd like to go back again but at a hundred dollars a pop for the charter it won't be any time soon. It was worth it once.
There is nothing around but water. At one time there was around 500 martins sitting on the gravel bar at the south end of the island picking up grit. They didn't seem a bit concerned about us being there.
There was two other boats at the north end so we stayed at the south end. I'm not sure that there weren't more martins on that end.
I'd like to go back again but at a hundred dollars a pop for the charter it won't be any time soon. It was worth it once.