Purple martins flock to Va. for annual summer stay

FILE - In a July 26, 2008 file photo, Daniel Pitts, 14, dressed as a purple martin, watches as thousands of purple martins arrive at the 17th Street Farmers' Market in downtown Richmond, Va. The birds roost in a line of Bradford pear trees just north of

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