Date: 4/6/24 9:28 am From: Robin Buff <robinbuff...> Subject: Re: Uplifting Purple Martins (Fayetteville)
Such good news!
Robin Buff
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 6:43 PM Joseph Neal <joeneal...> wrote:
> February 24, 2024, featured the unveiling and actual, dramatic uplifiting
> of an array of Purple Martin gourds in a field in Lake Fayetteville Park
> that is part of Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. This is a project
> coordinated by Kelly Mulhollan and Michael Cockram.
>
> They previously worked together on creation of Mulhollan Waterfowl Blind
> at Lake Fayetteville, not far from BGO. They are both also musicians. Kelly
> and Donna Mulhollan are well known as Still on the Hill. Michael and Susan
> Shore are well known as the duo, Shore and Cockram.
>
> So today was a dramatic follow up. Kelly and Donna found four Purple
> Martins there this morning – two males and two females. Kelly thinks there
> may already be more than four. You can count too, and let someone know.
>
> You can see the array by parking in the lot south of BGO (for trail
> users), then walking sort of west, toward the lake. The gourds are white.
> Even though martins are famously not disturbed by humans, you can give them
> a little space if you decide to go out for a look. There are other birds in
> that area, too, so binoculars will be handy, but not required.
>
> Martins provide a good tonic for our world,
>
> So sadly over run with economic injustice,
>
> Homelessness, poverty, evils of war,
>
> Endless disasters, steady creep of climate change.
>
> Uplifiting to our spirits -- martins.
>
> Let them sing and fly.
>
> Let them so inspire.
>
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