During Spring 2015, a group of friends and I will be touring the entire east coast from Key West, Florida to Bar Harbor, Maine, approximately 2,500 miles in total, following the Atlantic Coast route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. This will be a self contained fully loaded bike tour which means I'll be carrying around 45 lbs. or so. I'm looking forward to experiencing the east coast like never before. With this blog, I plan to post pictures as we progress using the BlogPress APP on my mobile phone. Let's see how it goes and wish me luck. On a bike tour such as this, our daily challenges and not necessarily in this order, will be our physical condition, food, shelter, traffic, navigation, and weather. The above picture was taken during my Southern Tier crossing of the U.S. in spring of 2008. Bike touring requires a specific mind set and a passion.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Purple Martins

Something we have seen throughout the east coast are these birdhouses made of gourd, hanging from poles, trees or anything that would work, to attract nesting Purple Martins because they are prolific eaters of insects, particularly mosquitoes. One local said you actually notice the difference when the Purple Martin depart for the season. They normally arrive in March and depart in August.






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  1. sacramennahApril 19, 2015 at 7:33 AM

    We saw a lot of those quadrupled birdhouse trees in the Austin area. Did not learn about the Purple Martin - good info.

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