County’s first martins reported on Culkin

Published 11:26 am Monday, February 6, 2012

The season’s first purple martins were spotted this morning at Pecan Ridge Apartments on Culkin Road.

The sighting of the small birds is a harbinger, birdwatchers say, that spring is on the way.

Eileen Baily, apartment manager, said she saw bird scouts moving around the complex’s martin houses.

Email newsletter signup

Sign up for The Vicksburg Post's free newsletters

Check which newsletters you would like to receive
  • Vicksburg News: Sent daily at 5 am
  • Vicksburg Sports: Sent daily at 10 am
  • Vicksburg Living: Sent on 15th of each month

“They have a definite soar,” she said. “You know what they are.”

The martins spend the spring and summer in North America as far north as southern Canada laying eggs and raising their young. The birds then migrate to their wintering grounds in South America.