On behalf of Larry Hunter and the Portage Lakes Purple Martin
Association, I pass along the following observation:

 

For the past week a pre-migratory roost of purple martins has developed
at Nimisila Reservoir near Green in southern Summit County.  Larry
reports a minimum of 4,000 purple martins are staging there nightly and
going to roost in the cattails just south of the Portage Lakes State
Park campground.  This is visible either from the launching ramp at the
campground or from the launching ramp at the southeast corner of
Nimisila Reservoir on Christman Road.  Larry has approached the roost by
boat just before dark and seems to think the numbers are growing and may
even approach 10,000 birds.  

 

Dan Kramer

Dover

 

 


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