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Scott Harris interviews Zach Steinhauser about the gathering of over a million Purple Martins in South Carolina.

Send us Fan Mail What does it feel like to sit beneath a sky filled with a million birds? In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris is joined by naturalist, filmmaker, and Carolina Safari Co. founder Zach Steinhauser for a conversation about one of America’s most overlooked wildlife spectacles—the gathering of over a million Purple Martins at Bomb Island on South Carolina’s Lake Murray. Zach shares the remarkable story behind his documentary Purple Haze and explains how these tiny swal...

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Host: Scott Harris

Guest: Zach Steinhauser

Topics covered

• wildlife
• Purple Martins
• nature documentary
• South Carolina
• birdwatching
• environment

Keywords

• Purple Martins
• wildlife spectacle
• South Carolina
• Lake Murray
• nature
• documentary
• birdwatching

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Purple Haze

Places: South Carolina, Lake Murray, Bomb Island

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