Purple Martin funds and services needed

Lake Park Birders,

Bill Mueller and his assistants need funds to refurbish several
Purple Martin houses that people have donated in response to requests
for unused houses. Money is also needed for the special poles that
can allow the houses to be lowered for cleaning. The houses also
need to be closed up for winter and opened in spring to lessen the
chance for House Sparrows using them. Bill also needs cement for the
footing for the poles and locks to prevent vandals from lowering the
houses during nesting.
Make out checks to "Wisconsin Society for Ornithology" with
"Purple Martin Partners Fund" in the memo line.
Mail checks to: Christine Reel, WSO Treasurer, 2022 Sherryl
Lane, Waukesha, WI 53188-3142.

If you have more time than money, consider helping clean, repair
and paint old houses or helping dig the hole for the footing, mix the
cement, and plumb the base pole upright in the cement. Or you can do
what I did, provide moral support while Bill and others put the
finishing touches on a martin house and get your picture taken with
the crew.
To volunteer contact Bill Mueller, WSO Conservation Chair,
414-698-9108, or iltlawas@earthlink.net.

See photos of some martin houses put up this year in Milwaukee:
- Grobschmidt Park on the south side of Milwaukee:
http://puma-in-wi.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-beginning-for-martins-in-
milwaukee.html
- Lakeshore State Park near Discovery World:
http://puma-in-wi.blogspot.com/2009/05/thanks-to-gentlemen-pictured-
here-for.html
- Wisconsin Humane Society:
http://puma-in-wi.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-potential-puma-site-at-wi-
humane.html

--- Paul Hunter
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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