Meet Mr and Mrs Purple Martin - With not too many birds around, two of us spent an hour at a nearby sailing club shooting Purple Martins.

Top image: Mrs doing some heavy lifting whilst Mr. upper tenant looks on. It is amazing how she can hold on to that stick. She must have a vise grip-like beak.


Hubby couldn't find any nesting material and comes back empty-handed. I wonder how he explained that to the hard-working Mrs.