Thanks to Laurie for allowing me to tag along, and to the Kent Land Trust interns Aiden, Ashley, and Brennan for sharing their expertise! Laurie is on the board of the Purple Martin Conservation Association, which has been an integral part of protecting these birds, by creating communal nesting sites, tracking the birds, and identifying the environmental toxins that are endangering them. I started my day Wednesday at the Marvelwood School, banding purple martins under the direction of Laurie Doss, the Marvelwood Science Department Chair and director of the Kent Land Trust. Click here.įor graphs and tables containing COVID data, including a list of cases in every municipality, visit ct.gov/coronavirus and click the link that is labeled, “Data Tracker.” Purple Martin Conservation Association.It’s hard to create good conflict on social media, but it’s easy to find in our small towns, where we take care of our neighbors regardless of whether how they worship, who they love, or who they voted for. Good, healthy conflict is about listening, having conversations that might be uncomfortable, and seeing our shared humanity with people who might have wildly different political or religious opinions. It tells some great stories from religion, politics, family dynamics, and gang violence, and lays out how to spot high conflict in the world and in ourselves. It distinguishes “good conflict,” which emphasizes curiosity, complexity and humility, from “high conflict,” which is characterized by certainty, righteousness, and simplicity. If you’re weathering the storm indoors and looking for a good (slightly wonky) book, I recommend High Conflict, by Amanda Ripley, which I just finished. For the moment, the weekend weather looks okay, but there’s a thunderstorm watch on tonight, and we’ve had plenty of rain causing flooding and downed trees, so please take care. With fingers crossed, we hope to get a couple of colonies established this year from our three starter poles at Waldport, Hatfield Marine Science Center, and Beaver Creek Valley.Looking beyond the current stormy weather, there are a number of events coming up over the next week that show off great traditions in our towns, including cars, motorcycles, crafts and a car wash in Falls Village, and pancakes and live music in Sharon. Our solution is to attract the colonies back to land with Pole Mounted Nesting Tubes where we can better monitor and maintain the tubes while enjoying their company. Many of these boxes are falling apart and need to be replaced. In Oregon, PUMAs are found on the coast and nest in boxes mounted to pilings in the major river valleys. There are believed to be only 3,500 nesting pairs of PUMAs in the Western US. Though SWIFTY’s main focus has been supporting Tree and Violet-Green Swallows, this year we launched a new initiative to support another swallow, Purple Martins (PUMAs). Moonshine Park, Lincoln County Parks - swallows Siltez National Wildlife Refuge - swallows, chickadees Hatfield Marine Science Center - swallows, Purple Martins Yachats River Valley - swallows, ducks, owlsĬity of Waldport - swallows, Purple Martinsīeaver Creek State Park - swallows, ducks, Purple Martins, owlsīeaver Creek Valley, Midcoast Watershed Council - swallows, ducks Projects extend from Yachats to Siletz, including: Nest boxes are built to mimic these natural hollows and can be installed strategically to invite native birds to habitat restoration sites. Instead of weaving elaborate structures, these birds find existing holes in their environment that provide a safe, protected space in which to lay eggs and raise offspring. Several birds in our region, including multiple species of swallows, chickadees, owls, and ducks, nest in cavities. Logging has reduced the number of snags with suitable cavities, and competition from starlings and House Sparrows has exacerbated the problem. Our mission is to help these cavity nesting insectivores, including swallows, chickadees, Purple Martins, ducks, owls, and wrens by providing them with additional nesting sites. Some of these species were historically dependent upon woodpecker holes for nesting cavities. ASLC is proud to partner with SWIFTY, a group of five conservationists who are building nesting boxes for birds in need. Most species of insectivorous birds (birds that rely on insects for food) are in decline in the Western US due to climate change, pesticides, and destruction of habitat.
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