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supply of food. Their
range is throughout most of the Eastern United States and Canada with some migration up the west coast. Near the end of August, after the young have fledged and are capable of taking care of themselves, martins can he seen congregating into large flocks of thousands of birds.
This is w hen they begin preparing themselves for the long migration south Each year, wave after wave of martins make the trip from North America, heading south to Brazil and surrounding areas in South America during where food is plentiful.
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■Inn Bywaters. Rappahannock Sen s Xature Writer; writes a weekly column. He welcomes reader mail, responses, suggestions cia e-mail at birdwatcher n2HHtyahoo.com or mail at P.O. Box H. Flint Hill, Va. 22627.
Editor's .Vo/e: Due to an error, the first part of the Purple Martin articles appeared in the dan. 30 issue and should not hare appeared until the Feb. 27 issue. The second part will appear on Man h 6. He regret the inconvenience.
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