In 1985, a census was conducted of the western purple martin, an eye-catching swallow. Biologists checked usual haunts, looking for nests in snags in the forest and pilings on the waterfront. After an exhaustive search, the enumeration counted precisely
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You see them come back. You handle them to see how they’re doing. You put leg bands on them. You send them off in the fall. Then, you hope they’re doing well down in South America. When they’re about to come back and you wonder, ‘Are we going to have a good return?’ You’re always anxious to see how well they’ve done....