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Progne subis

Purple Martin

Purpurschwalbe

Purple Martins served as a natural method of bug control that native American Indians took avantage of for tens of thousands of years. They would hang gourds around their villages to attract this very benefical bird species. Male, Deep Bay, Vancouver Island, BC. Canada

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