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Date: 7/15/26 12:00 pm From: Katherine Clemo via groups.io <kclemo54...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] martin roosts
Wow!!! Excellent film ( In order to make it run smoothly, you have to enlarge it.Then it works fine.) Very very impressive! Katherine Clemo On Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:34 PM Yaukey, Peter via groups.io <pyaukey= <uhcno.edu...> wrote: > OK, sorry y'all, that didn't work either- file too big. I have attached > the film to the eBird list, where it seems to be working. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S371835545 > > Peter H. Yaukey, Ph.D. > > > Departmental Chair and Professor of Biology > > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g>Department > of Biological and Physical Sciences > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > University of Holy Cross > > 4123 Woodland Drive > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > New Orleans, LA 70131 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > 504-398-2312 Direct > > 504-394-7744 Main > > > > [image: cid:91D4B89B-2D58-4695-9437-0B7014880A72] > > ------------------------------ > From: <ALbirds...> <ALbirds...> on behalf of Yaukey, Peter > via groups.io <pyaukey...> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 1:28 PM > To: Albirds <ALbirds...> > Subject: Re: [ALbirds] martin roosts > > Video link seems to be not working. I will attempt to attach again here. > > Peter H. Yaukey, Ph.D. > > > Departmental Chair and Professor of Biology > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > Department of Biological and Physical Sciences > > University of Holy Cross > > 4123 Woodland Drive > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > New Orleans, LA 70131 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > 504-398-2312 Direct > > 504-394-7744 Main > > > > [image: cid:91D4B89B-2D58-4695-9437-0B7014880A72] > > ------------------------------ > From: <ALbirds...> <ALbirds...> on behalf of Yaukey, Peter > via groups.io <pyaukey...> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 1:21 PM > To: Albirds <albirds...> > Subject: [ALbirds] martin roosts > > > Hello ALBirders: > > June-July is prime time for viewing Purple Martin roosts, which can be > very impressive. Finding roosts can take some sleuthing, but radar can > help. The two images posted below show an expanding donut radar echo near > Jackson, AL this morning (about 50 miles north of Mobile), usually > indicative of a roost departure, and this time of year usually martins. > Images are at 554 and 612 am. > > Are folks already aware of this roost? > > Toggle to bottom of page for images of the expanding donut from the New > Orleans roost at south end of Lake Pontchartrain causeway (blurry-sorry) > this past weekend, and a short clip of the roost entry the night before as > viewed on an Orleans Audubon excursion. > > > > > > > New Orleans, 7/11, 530 and 550am > > > > > > Link to film clip- hope it works! > > > https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNxDQwCOYSoYxTWXlQYu3WnDgPIe-OZjQLkwSHl > > Good birding > > Peter Yaukey > > > > > > > > > Peter H. Yaukey, Ph.D. > > > Departmental Chair and Professor of Biology > > Department of Biological and Physical Sciences > > University of Holy Cross > > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g>4123 > Woodland Drive > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > New Orleans, LA 70131 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4123+Woodland+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+New+Orleans,+LA%C2%A0+70131?entry=gmail&source=g> > > 504-398-2312 Direct > > 504-394-7744 Main > > > > [image: cid:91D4B89B-2D58-4695-9437-0B7014880A72] > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2915): https://groups.io/g/ALbirds/message/2915 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120287030/858290 Group Owner: ALbirds+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/ALbirds/leave/8384973/858290/64122861/xyzzy [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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