I've got expert confirmation of natural osprey nests in two more 
counties: Trumbull and Summit. Clearly, these birds are settling in and 
'branching out' on their own. As for purple martins, the following 
comments were included a letter to a local Columbus newspaper on 
9/22/1831: "I certainly do not know of any other way in which so much 
additional beauty may be given to Columbus, as by merely taking down all 
the martinboxes. The martin is a savage bird, beyond all question, and 
to retain him among us may justly be compared as a badge of barbarism, 
for we find that the Indians have always been fond of him.” So there.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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