Nebo loop purple martins

["L. D. Giddings" <seldom74 at xmission dot com>]

About a dozen purple martins were observed perching in the aspen and on
the wing about 5.5 miles above the Santaquin Canyon road at 7 a.m. this
morning. The male-female ratio was about 1:2. The road is now open 5.25
miles above the Santaquin Canyon road; the drift that currently blocks
further passage will probably be negotiable in 4-7 days and possibly
sooner. The road is mostly dry, and it is easy to walk from the drift
that blocks further passage to the stand of aspen the purple martins are
commonly found in. The road has not yet been plowed or cleaned between
Santaquin canyon and its current terminus, so watch for rocks and for
drifts that partially block the road. Some of the larger drifts that
currently cover a portion of the road will last well into July unless
they are plowed, but they can be by-passed with ease.

Lu Giddings

p.s. - this is the same place the birds have been seen the last two
years.

Other birds seen in the area:
purple martin
violet-green swallow
hairy woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
yellow-rumped warbler
orange-crowned warbler
house wren
dark-eyed junco
white-crowned sparrow
chipping sparrow
green-tailed towhee
red-breasted nuthatch
mountain bluebird
Townsend's solitaire
American robin
hermit thrush
warbling vireo
American kestrel
red-tailed hawk
western wood peewee
western tanager
ruby-crowned kinglet
common raven
pine siskin
mourning dove
spotted sandpiper


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