This returning male has an orange band which means it was banded previously from Hammonasset at Chase Pond. This photo was taken at the colony at the Nature Center. I recently read that when a baby martin fledges...the other adults in the colony fly and harass and intimidate him. They want to discourage him from returning there next year to breed, not enough room at the colony if all the babies came back home. Guess they sort of discouraged him, he came back to Hammo, but not the same colony.
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