JOY ALONG THE WAY: WHERE HAVE THE MARTINS GONE?

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Sunday, May 23, 1999

It seems that I'm doomed to go purple martinless this year. My heart leaped up when I saw a lone scout huddled on the martin house porch one cold April morning but he never returned with an entourage. They stopped for only a few days last year, not bothering to raise a family.

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