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Guess who came for breakfast??? He's PURPLE

17 years ago

An ASY (full adult) male Purple Martin came swooping around all confident, sitting on the top of the gourd rack, chattering happily, and looking "Simply Irresistible!" (Cue, Robert Palmer!)

Let the purple fun and games begin.

Happy MothersÂ Day to ME!...and I'm not even a mommy, except to two smelly hound dogs!

Of course, as soon as he flew off, I ran outside immediately to open the other four gourds and click on the daytime chatter CD so my rack will sound like a full colony.

He'll be back, hopefully with the Mrs. in tow.

It was 31 when I got up this morning and everything was white with frost. It's 46 and sunny now. He'll be fine.

This is not my photo, but this an adult male PM. See why I'm so excited? I have eight gourds hung; the possible eight pairs can fledge from four - seven chicks each.

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Comments (9)

donna_oh
17 years ago
I know you're happy as can be! Let the fun begin!

Had my first hummer yesterday, & I'm happy too!

Donna (^_^)
clubm
17 years ago
My first thought was Barney... the purple dinosaur. Can't
you tell I had my grandson this week-end. LOL!!!
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jannie
17 years ago
I thought Barney too! I love you, you love me.
caroline94535
Original Author
17 years ago
"We're a hap-py fam-i-ly!"
marilyn_c
17 years ago
He's a beauty, I am sure!
FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
I was going to say Barney, too! We don't get martins here but we had them when we lived in WI. We had enough bugs to feed them all, too!

Caroline, I'm not sure how to say this, but if you are wondering why I haven't thanked you for something lately, it's because nothing has come in the mail.... I don't want you to think I'm rude or something. lol I just re-read this and it sounds like an out-and-out hint for a gift. ;) It's not, it's just what it is. OK, back to stand guard by the mailbox. rofl
caroline94535
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17 years ago
Flamey...I'm the bad-to-the-bone one here. I got swamped with the side in my pain, the computer virus, and the tiling project. All my fun projects were put aside. The certain something is sitting on my desk...right here. I've made progress; I have the packaging for it! LOL

On the positive side, it has been fruitful and mulitplied so you're really going to be surprised. Even more surprised if I finally get it in the mail tomrrow.
bonebloodyidle
17 years ago
And there was me thinking you had a visit from Mr. Squiggle himslef, the artist formerly known as Prince.
FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
Oh, please Caroline, don't rush on my account, I was just afraid that you had mailed something and were waiting for me to say something. Hey! Leave it there and let it keep growing! lol OK, so I'm a greedy-gut, gotta problem with that?

Seriously, don't rush, I'm not nagging you!

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