June 26. Eggs hatched today! The mother is usually busy brooding but when she gets up to move around you can catch a glimpse.

You can also view the Purple Martin Cam http://www.ctaudubon.org/2017/06/purple-martin-cam/#sthash.MoofGlE8.dpbs">here to enlarge the screen and use the comments section to tell us what you see.

June 22, 2017
Mike Aurelia and Melina Giantomidis made the latest survey yesterday. They found 33 active nests, with 135 eggs, adding: "We could have juveniles starting to hatch as early as this Sunday."

June 14, 2017
The Purple Martin colony at the Milford Point Coastal Center is thriving once again. Michael Aurelia, a member of our Board of Directors, and Melina Giantomidis, who is working as a coastal ranger for us this summer, checked this morning and found 30 nests and 67 eggs. That's a great start!

Martins are the one species nesting in Connecticut that we can truly say needs help from humans. A threatened species here, they nest only in human-made structures, either boxes or gourds.

Our colony is at the south edge of the Wheeler salt marsh (we encourage you to see it in person, from the observation deck near the Coastal Center's parking lot). Purple Martins need open areas rich in aerial insect life. In Connecticut, that usually means coastal salt marshes, but there are a few inland colonies, as well, usually on farmland near a large body of water.

Purple Martins usually arrive in Connecticut toward the end of the first week in April. They will remain through August with a few lingering into the third week in September. Nesting colonies are often quite active early and late in the day.

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