Purple martins are back in the hills

I have been eyeing several known martin locations during my travels and have noticed they have been mostly absent from the usual haunts.  Today, however, I found a male and two females at a single cavity in the middle of an aspen stand, much annoyed at my presence.
 
A good loop drive for martins is from Paonia north on the Stevens Gulch road, then east to 133 along the Buzzard Divide road, then back to Paonia along the highway.  Lots of other things to see along there as well, from tree and violet-green swallows to house wrens to hawks to blue herons.
 
Dennis Garrison

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