On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:14:27 AM UTC-4, Tyler Bell wrote:
> I was doing my weekly glassware change on the meteorological tower here at SERC (Edgewater) when I heard a familiar twitter. I looked up and saw several Purple Martins rising up from distant trees. As I glassed them, I realized that there were about 25 of them total swirling up into a kettle. Like raptors, when they got high enough, they peeled off heading south. I didn't see any more kettling but there was a steady stream of PUMAs heading south. I counted another 15 before I had to leave. A few Chimney Swifts heading south, too. Never a dull moment on the tower!
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> http://www.serc.si.edu/visiting/instrument_tower.aspx
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> Tyler Bell
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> California, Maryland
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