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Welcome to The Scout Report On-Line!No more paid subscriptions! No more publishing costs! No more waste of natural paper resources! The Scout Report On-Line is the official publication of the Purple Martin Society and is considered to be by serious landlords as the Voice of the Purple Martin Landlord. The Scout Report On-Line is a martin seasonal newsletter and is published several times during the Purple Martin season. The Purple Martin Society, NA is very excited to bring an unbiased On-Line news program freely to our members and friends. In today’s world, hard-copy publications slowly grind news out to the readers. With The Scout Report On-Line, the most exciting feature of this innovative On-Line news program is its ability to bring to you, the stewards in the Purple Martin interest, instant Purple Martin news whenever it happens, as soon as it happens and before any hard copy publication can. The Scout Report On-Line will publish bi-monthly during the martin season. Come! Read! Visit The Scout Report On-Line today! See what all the excitement is all about. It will change the way you find out about current Purple Martin news and information. season with the ability to update any urgent Purple Martin news immediately. http://www.purplemartins.com/news/ As with the retired hard copy Scout Report, we welcome back our wonderful contributing columnists: Carlyle Rogillio / Metairie, LA (View From the
Bridge) And, we welcome seasoned landlord and environmental scientist, Kevin Li of Ballard, WA with a new column, Seattle Journals. Kevin will bring the prospective of Western Purple Martins to our readers. As with our publication hardcopy predecessor, The Scout Report, the new Scout Report On-Line will provide articles from landlords in Landlord Journals and interesting general bird-related information in the popular Bird's Eye View feature. In addition to Rick Cruz's current column, Cruz'n the Flyways, new to this program will be the Rick Cruz column on Rick's Nature featuring interesting articles on general wildlife subjects. We are hopeful that you will enjoy The Scout Report On-Line, find it of great interest as well as an informative and valued tool in your martin management. In the meantime, please read The Scout Report On-Line and if you have comments, do send them along to: scoutreportOn-Line@purplemartins.com. And, just like every other publication, this On-Line news program is no different. We will always be in need of submissions of Purple Martin news, serious articles, feature articles, landlord reports, scout reports, humble opinions (IMHO), humor, poems and cartoons as well as all other things of interest to our readership. If you have articles of interest, relating to the martin interest, send them along to us at: scoutreportOn-Line@purplemartins.com The Scout Report On-Line is always looking for bright new talents that can write on-going columns or cartoonists. If you have interest, let us know. Debts of Gratitude I would be terribly remiss if I did not thank and acknowledge several people. Without this small circle of friends, The Scout Report On-Line would not be a reality today and a great tool for martin enthusiasts in their Purple Martin endeavor. Our heartfelt thanks go out to our Webmaster, Trent Roberson whose web site is http://flashport.net, whose specialty is helping small businesses and individual entrepreneur to find their niche on the Internet. Beyond the call of duty, Mr. Roberson always makes us look good and has the creative talents with wonderful suggestions such as this fine martin news program. He always makes time for Purple Martins. He is a talented photographer and several of his photos are On-Line here on our website: http://flashportfoto.com/gallery/PMSNA/index.html. A former martin landlord himself many years ago, Mr. Roberson continues his interests in birding and about purple matins and their conservation as evidenced by the investment of a great deal of his time spent working on all of our websites. Thank you, Trent! I would also like to single out Don Wilkins, Park Rapids, MN, who has been a steadfast and loyal friend for many martin seasons. He has been a great mentor of mine. His contributions to me, to The Purple Martin Society, NA, to The Scout Report as a featured columnist for many years and much the much needed help at a moment's notice is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Don! How could we be The Scout Report without our wonderful and contributing and creative writers and cartoonist: Carlyle Rogillio, Bill Dietrich, Rick Cruz, Kevin Li and the lovable and the irascible Professor Birdbrain? We would like to pay particular thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Dellinger, Dallas, TX. Mr. Dellinger was a respected featured columnist with The Scout Report almost since the beginning. In retirement from writing, we would like to sincerely thank him for all the finely written Purple Martin articles over the years. Thank you, Mr. Dellinger! We also thank Mrs. Maria Dellinger. Mrs. Dellinger was always gracious and helpful in writing many articles authored herself. Thank you, Mrs. Dellinger! And, The Scout Report On-Line would not have the respect of the martin public without the original, hard copy Scout Report that we published for a decade. It was a labor of love. We are grateful for a wonderfully long run with our hard copy publication and look forward to serving the martin public well here On-Line for the future. I want to thank all our loyal members and friends over the years that faithfully supported The Purple Martin Society, NA with subscriptions and donations over the last ten years. Without you and the Purple Martins, we could not do what we do to help educate the Purple Martin public and promote the awareness of Purple Martins and their conservation. As the editor and publisher of both our hardcopy publication and our new On-Line publication, I thank all those people, who over the years, gave us news, articles, all the information we needed to get the job done. It greatly made The Scout a respected journal of Purple Martin landlords. I have always believed that most Purple Martin information comes right from landlords, like you, that are with their birds on a daily basis and report their experiences, techniques, PM R&D and observations to us. So many of you are truly experienced amateur wildlife managers! To the Purple Martin public, thank you for your wonderful contributions over all the years. And, thank all of you for reading The Scout Report On-Line!
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