<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post1808878711680133830..comments</id><updated>2011-07-27T15:11:54.026-04:00</updated><category term='Sunset'/><category term='Emu'/><category term='bats'/><category term='astronomy'/><category term='nest'/><category term='BirdCam Adventures'/><category term='TechCrunch'/><category term='Mobile Blogging'/><category term='Virgina Gardener Blog'/><category term='September'/><category term='Vegetable Gardening'/><category term='art'/><category term='bottle'/><category term='prizes'/><category term='bird feed'/><category term='Roanoke Island'/><category term='Big Bird'/><category term='Dark-eyed Junco'/><category term='Bridget Stutchbury pesticides organic'/><category term='highlighter'/><category term='study'/><category term='Garden Shed'/><category term='Laura Erickson'/><category term='Goldfinch'/><category term='neighbors'/><category term='News'/><category term='Pine Warbler'/><category term='WBU'/><category term='GBBC'/><category term='Cornell'/><category term='BirdCam'/><category term='Red-Bellied Woodpecker'/><category term='mistletoe'/><category term='Virginia'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Birding TV Show'/><category term='Image of the Month'/><category term='Roost'/><category term='Hoffler Creek'/><category term='rotate'/><category term='Flowers'/><category term='Red-shoulder Hawk'/><category term='Snakes'/><category term='Mallard'/><category term='Bugs'/><category term='bird banding'/><category term='Local News'/><category term='Winter Garden'/><category term='Bird Photography Weekly'/><category term='Martha Stewart'/><category term='syndrome'/><category term='2010 Dismal Swamp Birding Festival'/><category term='space'/><category term='citizen science'/><category term='Paperwhites'/><category term='David Sibley'/><category term='Contest'/><category term='Garden Bloggers Bloom Day'/><category term='MonarchLIVE'/><category term='New Year'/><category term='planets'/><category term='tomatoes'/><category term='DigginFood'/><category term='Birds'/><category term='Outer Banks'/><category term='Birdpost'/><category term='Dismal Swamp'/><category term='Carolina Wren'/><category term='Mourning Doves'/><category term='blackbirds'/><category term='Skywatch'/><category term='Butterflies'/><category term='Robin'/><category term='window collisions'/><category term='2009 Dismal Swamp Birding Festival'/><category term='bluebird'/><category term='Camera Critters'/><category term='Wingscapes BirdCam'/><category term='Morgan'/><category term='Eastern Bluebird'/><category term='Migration'/><category term='Skywatch Friday'/><category term='Finches'/><category term='Bird List'/><category term='Wordless Wednesday'/><category term='Bald Eagle'/><category term='cool'/><category term='Birdfeeders'/><category term='Manns Harbor'/><category term='Children'/><category term='frogs'/><category term='Birding Trails'/><category term='VA Wildlife Magazine'/><category term='Garden'/><category term='gardening'/><category term='Purple Martins'/><category term='Bloom Day'/><category term='article'/><category term='Window'/><category term='Giveaway'/><category term='Guest blogging'/><category term='Hiking'/><category term='Redpoll'/><title type='text'>Comments on &lt;br&gt; Birds 'n Such: Lessons from the Purple Martin Field Day</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/feeds/1808878711680133830/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html'/><author><name>Alan Pulley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07784439710406781235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-glcvPtQgW44/TzMk-Jp0GEI/AAAAAAAAC8I/EWN63js5Qs4/s220/AP.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1441389389517767016</id><published>2011-07-27T15:11:54.026-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T15:11:54.026-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That is a fascinating looking house.</title><content type='html'>That is a fascinating looking house.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/1441389389517767016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/1441389389517767016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1311793914026#c1441389389517767016' title=''/><author><name>Toyin O.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08429675861306256504</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_1b0LySvZSzk/TQo6gXm912I/AAAAAAAAAWo/O9lNlv56mqU/s512/untitled.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1699948550'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-607356655147271261</id><published>2011-07-19T08:51:32.181-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T08:51:32.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>WOW! that&amp;#39;s a lot of martins.
I have not tried...</title><content type='html'>WOW! that&amp;#39;s a lot of martins.&lt;br /&gt;I have not tried to start a colony as much as I would like to have one.  I probably don&amp;#39;t have the discipline to keep the nests clean.&lt;br /&gt;interesting post.  I am currently printing out the baffle information.&lt;br /&gt;nellie</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/607356655147271261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/607356655147271261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1311079892181#c607356655147271261' title=''/><author><name>Beyond My Garden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149596937067869426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12457030566664322347'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8iUsEy-Dqp4/S40MgRRvXaI/AAAAAAAAAvc/sqFmAccj508/S220/2009.12.08.fence.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1855861587'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-5424633540794118906</id><published>2011-07-15T06:35:29.465-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T06:35:29.465-04:00</updated><title type='text'>cool, never heard of anything like it. Lovely bird...</title><content type='html'>cool, never heard of anything like it. Lovely birds to work with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nfbird.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;NF Fåglar/Birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nfcrbird.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Birds in Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/5424633540794118906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/5424633540794118906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310726129465#c5424633540794118906' title=''/><author><name>NatureFootstep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01340635075481959029</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jl9T9OaKlH0/S1LhmUzCpJI/AAAAAAAACsE/hi50MFkIUTs/S220/ID+bildIMG_2074.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1072813216'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-5139379791325922273</id><published>2011-07-15T06:26:48.333-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T06:26:48.333-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow!!  Who&amp;#39;d have thought??  Great post.</title><content type='html'>Wow!!  Who&amp;#39;d have thought??  Great post.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/5139379791325922273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/5139379791325922273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310725608333#c5139379791325922273' title=''/><author><name>KaHolly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02528677007819875856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uRz7LHZAF8c/TP0t_jQFKjI/AAAAAAAABJk/PdIRj5zKM0k/S220/avatar%2Bresized%2Bw-words.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-730050916'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-7131061567818605823</id><published>2011-07-11T11:50:55.732-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T11:50:55.732-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lot&amp;#39;s of information and sources! Thanks Alan....</title><content type='html'>Lot&amp;#39;s of information and sources! Thanks Alan.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/7131061567818605823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/7131061567818605823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310399455732#c7131061567818605823' title=''/><author><name>The Zen Birdfeeder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07628190881212793758</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CwCbrXmfmBQ/TaZlxJATDpI/AAAAAAAAADA/MlHbAsy6lLw/s220/nc%2B0411.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2013173232'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-633832780934218437</id><published>2011-07-10T15:40:36.236-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T15:40:36.236-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow! That&amp;#39;s a lot of birds for which to provid...</title><content type='html'>Wow! That&amp;#39;s a lot of birds for which to provide housing. Very interesting looking bird houses.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/633832780934218437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/633832780934218437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310326836236#c633832780934218437' title=''/><author><name>mick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_iwmXw4g9c0M/SGbWGJytpsI/AAAAAAAAAHg/drZ38TOI5mU/S220/me.bmp'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-839000881'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-8558494955242682174</id><published>2011-07-08T12:22:34.492-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T12:22:34.492-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post and beautiful bird.  I am curious if pu...</title><content type='html'>Great post and beautiful bird.  I am curious if purple martins would do well in the Texas heat?  But only curious because I love our European starlings :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/8558494955242682174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/8558494955242682174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310142154492#c8558494955242682174' title=''/><author><name>David Riewe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18345988848287485843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07083797201884534045'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PuZDkyCG8XU/Tg5KCkJqG1I/AAAAAAAAExA/mfQTbLNt9Zs/s220/248526_10150212157877867_752377866_7077645_4965131_n.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-261777635'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-2324741830043459584</id><published>2011-07-08T04:04:39.863-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T04:04:39.863-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What superb high-rise housing!</title><content type='html'>What superb high-rise housing!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/2324741830043459584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/1808878711680133830/comments/default/2324741830043459584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html?showComment=1310112279863#c2324741830043459584' title=''/><author><name>Arija</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00199662997137719408'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRkjoLrYS7U/SGh84-HKR6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/3SuUGNgmyus/S220/a+rose+by+any+other+name.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.birdsnsuch.com/2011/07/lessons-from-purple-martin-field-day.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443542492752722557.post-1808878711680133830' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8443542492752722557/posts/default/1808878711680133830' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1419184147'/></entry></feed>
