Feb 12, 2024 | Burrowing Owls, Events, Purple Martin
Photographers Birding Bus Tour As part of Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife’s 22nd Annual Burrowing Owl Festival, Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife will be offering a Photographers Birding Bus Tour. Participants will have the opportunity to view and photograph our beautiful...
Jun 1, 2022 | In the News, Purple Martin
CROW rescues injured nestling Purple Martin Published on NBC-2 On May 16 the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) rescued an injured nestling Purple Martin that had fallen from its nest in Fort Myers. According to CROW, the nestling was severely...
May 9, 2019 | In the News, Purple Martin
Purple martins setting up house in Cape Coral on annual migration Published in the News-Press by Stacey Henson Volunteers Kathy McDonough and Jayne Narvesen carry clip boards, checking the 48 gourd birdhouses. In early April, the houses, 12 each on four poles at...
Jun 13, 2018 | In the News, Purple Martin
Cape Coral’s purple martins: What you should know about these peculiar part-time residents Published in the News-Press by Evelyn Longa Purple martins have once again landed in Cape Coral, flying here from as far away as Brazil where it is currently winter time...
Jun 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Purple Martin
Purple Martin School Comes to Cape Coral by Cheryl Anderson, Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife After two successful seasons of purple martins at our local park, the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife decided it was time to make a bigger statement for the purple martins in...
Jun 27, 2012 | Advocacy, Purple Martin
Purple Martin Bird School by Elizabeth McDonough, volunteer student One day in March my mother announced to me and my five siblings that we would be going to a park to study and learn about birds. My younger brothers and sisters were excited about it, but me being a...