The Mystery Of The Missing Martins | Field Trip! | SKUNK BEAR

When half a million songbirds that owe their lives to humans didn't show up at their usual roosting spot, I went looking for them.
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Produced by Adam Cole and Maggie Starbard
Senior Producers: Alison Richards and Ben de la Cruz

Featuring the song "Swallow" by the Wailin' Jennys

Special thanks to AquaFun Boat Rentals & Tours

[rockaddict]

These field trip videos are officially awesome

[joannemarion]

These videos are pure genius. The music, the humor, the adventure....so fantastically clever!!!

[peachy_ness]

You deserve more subs! You have amazing quality, amazing music, and you’re voice is so calm and you’re a scientist witch is pretty cool! :D

[TinTox]

Brilliantly done, elegant, beautiful and perfect. What a piece of awe... full of hope and magic. Please more!

[ricknally]

I love them too . Lost my colony years ago 😪😪😪
Would love to start again . There's some houses in the area . 75 can't wait much longer

[thomasparisithinkhub]

As usual an impressive episode!!  Informative, entertaining, and raising awareness of  human effects on nature-  and I the most positive and humorous light possible.  Genius.

[zacharycaruthers]

My uncle has a ton of these for the martins. There's no mosquitoes to be found when they're around because they eat them all. It's pretty amazing.

[lizzmerrell]

In September here in VA across the street there was a hole flock of purple martins!!

[at_brunch]

People KNOCK DOWN the houses they try to build under eves troughs. PLUS, these birds gravitate to Farm buildings where modern ppl knock down the nests as well.

[lifeisgood]

Wow that was great I think next year I am going to take a trip down that way to see em. That area is only like 3maybe 4 hours from me

[jellyfish]

These videos are so well done! You guys deserve more subscribers!

[raphlvlogs]

what is the relationship between Martin the bird and Marten the mammal?

[kat_c]

I miss the Martens. I grew up with the Martens. We even had gas stations named for the martens when I was growing up in Milwaukee. This breaks my heart. I sure do miss those days. 😣

[eschel]

Its so frustrating, the european invaive plants and animals in america, while my job is litteraly managing invasive plants in the forrest in the netherlands. A lot of american plant stuff, our insects have no use for (yet) Life will find a way to adapt, but us humans are changing the world too fast for some life to keep up.

[scholtenfamily]

It's strange to think, if humans went extinct the purple martins would also go extinct.

[spencerh]

What is the general area where this video is located? I've spotted at least couple purple martins in western New York during mid June this year. As far as my research has gone, this is an unusual phenomenon at this time of year. These birds are beautiful and very quick

[twizzpaw]

I want to know more about these purple birdies.

[KineticPassion]

so that could be who our annual visitors are! (the large gathering before they leave, I mean. I've missed them the past few years because of college but they still come around.

[BenDavis]

Great video, great story. Fantastic cinematography & graphics. Just a wonderful job.

[ZekeBuf]

Lol he's cute, packed his lunch...