Port O'Connor Martins

[adrianhans]

The weather was horrible for the martins on the coast this past week. I flipped many eggs and kept an eye out for hawks. One Coopers?? is actually sitting under the martin housing in the morning when I scare him off. He is persistent. These martins spend long hours gliding low over the pond. I wonder if the pond is releasing warmer air or they are eating something on the surface of the water? I cannot see how any insects will fly in this soupy weather.
I hope you all get better weather soon!!

[Matt F.]

Great work Adrian!
Not only are your Martins blessed to have you, but the many many Martins that are still in route to their homes further north, are extra-blessed to have such a wonderful stopping point where they can eat and rest, so they may complete their journey home.
The folks like you, Louise, John, and others that are on the coast, and are providing the wonderful resting and feeding points for the Martins that have just made the grueling trans-Gulf crossing, are no doubt a huge factor in many Martins making it back home, to their eagerly waiting landlords.

[KathyF]

^^What Matt said.
Thanks for taking such good care of them. There is no way to tell just how many birds will survive migration to the colonies further north, thanks to the care the southern landlords provide.