As of 12:50PM one Eurasian Collared-Dove was visible in the farthest right of the pines by the entrance to the airport in Stratford. If you look at the top and then down into the first gap between branches you will see it sitting there. Perhaps the other is sitting on a partially-built nest in a hard to see part of the tree? Only a guess based on the earlier observations of gathering material. Frank Mantlik posted about seeing two Purple Martins at Stratford Point on Monday. There were actually 2 pairs present all that day inspecting the gourds. We had not seen any here for a while until that day. As of today there are still 2 pairs here, and for the first time I saw one of the pairs bringing nesting material into a gourd. These would be the first nest in the new gourds we installed last summer. Don't forget to check out our friend Gazebo Phil's website to watch many Connecticut Purple Martins live http://gazebophil.com/ The gourd with the camera inside shows you that pair already has 6 eggs. So while it is obviously late for the Stratford Point birds to only be starting to build their nest, we very well could have breeding birds this season. -- Scott Kruitbosch Stratford, CT