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Western purple martin nesting on a snag

By Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
A blue purple bird with dark wings standing on a dead tree, with three holes in tree that are bird nests
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A western purple martin on a snag - or dead tree- in western Oregon. Purple martins require snags for nesting.

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Public Domain.

Photo by Lorelle Sherman, USDA