Dedicated to
the recovery and conservation of Western
Purple Martin
populations on the West Coast of North America
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BC Purple Martin Recovery Program
(Dec 8, 2011)
Online Auction for BC Purple Martin Recovery Program
- We are continuing with our auction online through
ebay.ca. The proceeds from each sale will go to Georgia Basin
Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society for the 2012 BC Purple
Martin Recovery Program.
- The next set of auction items will be listed over the next few days. Please check back again soon.
Purple Martin 2011 Summary
- Recovery Program sets new records in 2011!!!
- A total of 730 pairs successfully raised over 2300 nestlings this year. This is the highest number of pairs and young documented in the 15-year history of the monitoring program.
- 1900 nestlings were banded with a gold numbered band on the left leg and a US Fish and Wildlife silver band on the right.
- 50 nest box sites were active in 2011.
- Martins are now in SE Brazil. Now their way south they had a brief stopover in the SW USA and will spend the winter in SE Brazil, a 11,000 km trip one-way.
- Another population increase is expected next year. We should achieve our short term goal of 800 pairs by 2012.
Migration Study Update
- Geolocators were put on 20 more adult martins at the Ladysmith colony this summer for the third year of the migration study.
- Three geolocators were retrieved from 2010 plus the
2009 one we were not able to catch last year. Data analysis is currently underway.
Purple Martin News Update
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Contact Information:
5331 Hammond
Bay Rd.
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
V9T 5M9
Phone/Fax:
1-250-758-2922
e-mail: click
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Website funded in part by the
Ladysmith Maritime
Society
Original website design by Danielle Morrison
Last modified 8 Dec 2011
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