ML621040898
Contributor
Mary McKitrick Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division
Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Male - 1
Media notes
Mated male (Senior)
Observation details
No martins in view when I arrived. I took a walk to New Pond and when I came back, Senior was sitting on the top rail of the gourd pole. Over the next few hours he was on sentinel duty, sitting on the top rail or sitting on the porch evidently guarding #9 from Junior, the unbanded subadult male who is much less purple than Sr. The female spent that time either in gourd 9 or flying or at one point, sitting on the top rail preening briskly while Jr sat next to her. When the female was away from the nest, Sr went into gourd 9.
Technical information
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- 1542 pixels x 1542 pixels
- Original file size
- 212.07 KB