Tracy Geernaert wrote:

>I worked the Seattle Audubon store on Saturday and had a gentleman ask me
>if I knew who was responsible for the martin boxes in Quilcene Bay.
<Does anyone know? He kayaks in the bay and told me they had fallen over
<and he was concerned they were not going to be repaired. By the way he also
<told me martins were using them last year. He was from the east coast and
<convinced me he knew his martins from his swallows.

Tracy,

I cant' help you with your question about the martin boxes but Purple Martings
do breed there in the Quilcene area. In the summer of 1993 I found a pair with
3 fledged young at the marina boat launch area south of Quilcene.

Neat birds!

Scott Ray
209 So. 40th Ave
Yakima, WA 98908