Purple martin (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Purple martin

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“The Great Texas Freeze” resulted in the death of thousands of purple martins, a beloved migratory bird that annually arrives from its South American wintering grounds to the Gulf Coast in early February.

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