I'm his best flamingo friend Freddy.

We're junior fliers at T.O.T.S.

Our friend Casey is a koala.

She knows a ton about baby animals.

Today she's going to tell us about...

( drumroll )

Both: Baby purple martins.

Casey: Thanks, Pip and Freddy.

- ( chirping ) - Can you guess what's making

that chirping sound?

That's right, it's a bird!

These birds are baby purple martins.

Baby purple martins are called chicks.

These chicks are born pink, but after a few days

their skin color changes to purple

and their feathers begin to grow.

With all the insects their parents feed to them,

these chicks grow amazingly fast

and will become three times bigger

just a few days after being born.

Grown-up male and female purple martins

look very different from each other.

Female purple martins have white bellies

and brown feathers with a little bit

of purple on their backs.

Male purple martins have black feathers

that give off a purple color when the light is just right.

Purple martins are a special kind of bird that migrates.

This means they travel from one place to another

during certain times of the year.

Disney's Animal Science And Environment conservation team

works hard to clean and prep

all the purple martin birdhouses,

just like I care for the animals

in the nursery at T.O.T.S.

They help the purple martins and their chicks

by providing them with comfortable nesting areas

to lay their eggs and raise their chicks.

Even if you don't have purple martins near you,

you can still help native wildlife by creating habitats

such as planting trees or gardens

in your own neighborhood.