VIEW The Birds 2 In a scene reminiscent of one directed by master moviemaker Alfred Hitchcock, purple martins roost on and swirl around power lines along a rural road in central Minnesota one September dawn. Up to 100,000 martins from the Upper Midwest gather on a nearby lake to rest up for their grueling fall migratory trek to Brazil, explains Kelly Applegate, a wildlife biologist with the Minnesota Purple Martin Working Group. This band of volunteers is dedicated to recovery of the rural backyard favorite, an insect-eating species that has fallen on hard times across the country because it depends on people for housing. – Steve Richter 16 September/October 2009 CHSINC.COM
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