Glass kills as many as 1 billion to 5 billion birds every year in the U.S. New Nashville recommendations could make it better.
City will cut trees near Nashville Symphony to evict purple martins — again
Last summer, thousands of purplish, sparkly birds descended in tight, spinning columns onto the branches of 10 trees by the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. This was their home away from home, a safe place for them to assemble before migrating to South America, and also a spectacle for passersby in recent years.
Wildlife in ‘the middle of honky-tonk land’: Thousands of purple martins will be in downtown Nashville for just a few more weeks
Every night, as soon as the sky fades to lilac, thousands and thousands of purple martin birds descend next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.
Are you seeing purple martins? Nashville bird advocates want to know.
Purple martins are starting to return to Nashville during their annual migration from North America to South America, but it remains unclear where the popular songbirds will end up congregating this summer.
Displaced purple martins struggle to find new Middle Tennessee roost
Since the symphony’s trees have been recently been removed or deeply pruned, the birds no longer find a resting spot there. But where did they go? That’s what Melinda and other local researchers are trying to find out.
It’s for the birds!
With the drama and attention around the gigantic purple martin roost at the symphony over the last two years, more of our eyes are on the sky and on our migrating feathered friends. What is migration? Why is Nashville not only a stopping point for bachelor parties – but hundreds of thousands of feathered birds […]
Nashville Symphony cuts trees in anticipation of purple martin invasion
In mere seconds on Tuesday, industrial mulchers pulverized chunks of the roughly 25-foot lacebark elm trees that were planted nearly two decades ago around the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.
No encore: Nashville Symphony will chop trees where huge purple martin brood has been roosting
The Nashville Symphony is planning to remove its trees soon to prevent the annual purple martin migration from roosting outside the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Nashville’s Massive Roost Of Purple Martins Is Inspiring New Research This Year
Local bird researchers have ramped up their efforts to learn from one of the area’s most amazing showcases of the natural world, as more than 100,000 purple martins fly in to roost each night in the trees surrounding the Nashville Symphony this month.
The Nashville Symphony Nearly Ran Off Rare Purple Martin Roost, But The Birds Are Still Pooping Everywhere
Biologists estimate more than 100,000 have chosen to roost on the plaza outside the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
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