I attended the Purple Martin field day today at Zions Crossroads in Fluvanna County. This was a great event. Our own Ron and Priscilla Kingston do a lot of the behind the scenes work to make it so great. The main speaker at this very informal event was Lance Wood, a riveting spokesman for Purple Martins. I would urge as many of you as possible to attend this event next year ( I hope it will be repeated) even if you have no plans to try to establish Purple Martins. There was a great deal of useful information being dispensed. I attach a few photos, two of the martin colony and one of a Wood Duck on a nearby pond. On the evening of July 25 there will be a Purple Martin festival at Richmond. This is built around a phenomenon in which thousands of Purple Martins stage in the evening in a hedge row in preparation for their departure for their wintering grounds in Brazil. Apparently this is quite a spectacle. If any of you would like more details, or maybe would like to go as a group from here, let me know. Stauffer Miller