Wild Kratts
Purple Martin Feeding and Nesting Habits
Clip: Season 4 | 2m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kratt brothers fly after a purple martin to watch their eating and nesting habits.
The Kratt brothers follow a purple martin to the river where they watch him feeding on hatching mayflies. Later, they discover a colony nesting on the riverbank. Koki explains that this is rare because nowadays, purple martins nest on houses built for them by humans.
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Wild Kratts
Purple Martin Feeding and Nesting Habits
Clip: Season 4 | 2m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kratt brothers follow a purple martin to the river where they watch him feeding on hatching mayflies. Later, they discover a colony nesting on the riverbank. Koki explains that this is rare because nowadays, purple martins nest on houses built for them by humans.
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CHRIS: Let'’’s stay on his tail.
At least these powers are awesome!
Wow!
Amazing!
Look at all the purple martins!
I think maybe they'’’re catching bugs over the river.
Where are the bros!
Let'’’s see.
Purple... Blue... Green!
Follow that pattern: purple, blue, green.
ALL: Purple, blue, green!
This is the perfect hunting grounds for the purple martin.
Insects are hatching out of the river.
And today it'’’s... Mayflies!
Whoa!
Out of the air!
CHRIS: Off the surface!
MARTIN: He takes a sip of water to wash it down.
Wow!
Oof!
These powers are so awesome, you can'’’t help catching insects.
Cool!
MARTIN: There, I heard you!
You admitted it.
Martin powers are cool.
Yeah, well, the bird martin powers, I mean.
Hey, check it out.
(Chirping) Why are they all going over to the riverbank?
Let'’’s find out.
It'’’s a purple martin colony.
This is rare.
What do you mean rare?
There'’’s so many of them!
Well, yeah, they'’’re colonial nesters.
But it'’’s very rare to find them nesting in natural cavities anymore.
KOKI: Check it out.
Today, purple martins on the East Coast only nest in gourds and houses put out for them by people.
Martin'’’s right.
He should be; they'’’re talking about Martins.
(Chirping) Wow, purple martins are so nice.
Like Martins usually are.
Oh boy, here we go.
Look how they all get along.
Nesting so close to each other.
CHRIS: Oh, look.
One'’’s feeding a mayfly to a chick!
(Laughing) He eats just like me.
Hey, little buddy.
Oh, naming you is gonna be easy.
I'’’ll call you... Oh no, don'’’t do it, brother!
Why not?
It'’’s perfect.
(Chirping) Please, no!
Martin Junior!
(Groaning) How much more of this can I take?
I think that'’’s a really good name.
Hmm, I would'’’ve preferred Martinito!
Hang in there, Chris.
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