Date: 11/10/24 5:54 pm From: Jennifer Outlaw Coulson via groups.io <jenniferocoulson...> Subject: [labird] ZOOM Screening of Purple Martin conservation documentary
Dear LABIRD,
The Orleans Audubon Society is hosting a Zoom screening of a Purple Martin
conservation documentary. All are welcome. Registration is required.
Details follow.
Jennifer Coulson
President
Orleans Audubon Society
*Purple Haze: A Conservation Film*
*ZOOM screening of Purple Haze, the Purple Martin documentary*
*Filmmaker: Zach Steinhauser*
Thursday, November 14
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The amazing Purple Martin has a unique and long-standing relationship with
humans which originated with Native Americans. The eastern population is
dependent upon humans to provide nesting sites in the form of Purple Martin
houses, condominiums and gourds. Join us for a feature-length film about
Purple Martins and migratory bird conservation. Part of this documentary
was filmed in Shreveport.
In the opening and closing comments we will discuss the legal battle that
two OAS members who live in Harahan, the Stamms, are having with a neighbor
who sees Purple Martins as nuisance animals and wants the Stamms to take
down their martin houses. The jurisdiction is the City of Harahan that has
proclaimed itself to be a “Bird Sanctuary City” since 1959, yet Harahan’s
leadership has hired a Special Magistrate to oversee the trial against the
Stamms and their Purple Martin residents.
Free, registration required. To receive registration information for this
online Zoom screening, send an email request to <OrleansAudubon...> with
“Purple Haze” in the subject line.
