Subject: Re: Purple Martins
Date: Jul 26 09:10:53 1995
From: "James R. Lyles, Technical Publications Editor, Tacoma, WA "<jrlyles at usgs.gov> - "James R. Lyles, Technical Publications Editor, Tacoma, WA "<jrlyles at usgs.gov>



Scott Ray listed (off the top of his head) several PURPLE
MARTIN breeding locations, including Titlow Beach at Tacoma.

Please indulge* me if I add that PURPLE MARTINS also breed
at several other locations around Tacoma. They have bred in
goodly numbers at the so-called Purple Martin Bay along Marine
View Drive on the northeast margin of Commencement Bay. And
for the past 5 years or more at least one pair has bred in the
pilings along Ruston Way on the south margin of Commencement Bay,
especially near the Lobster Shop.

*After all, I will miss the Tweeters fest this weekend, and
thus I'm in need of consolation and indulgence.

--cheers, Jim Lyles bonis avibus
Tacoma, WA 98403