The Past, Present, and Future of Purple Martins
Bring Birds Back
English - June 08, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsNature Science Education natural sciences ornithology environmental justice environment birding birds conservation outdoor outdoors nature Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Purple Martins and people have a long history. Native Americans started a practice of providing homes for the birds, which was copied by European colonizers. But those colonizers released invasive species and cleared habitats to the point that the species is entirely reliant on man-made housing. Tenijah talks to Kelly Applegate, Director of Natural Resources for the Mille-Lacs band of Ojibwe about the history of Purple Martins; Joe Siegrist, president of the Purple Martin Conservation Association about how we can help Purple Martins; and 8th grader Kieran MacDonald about why he was inspired to devote himself to these birds.
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