On Tue, 9 May 1995, Michelsen, Teresa wrote:

> Jon wrote:
> >I would be extremely surprised to find either one of these species actually
> >nesting in the reeds (assume _Juncus_, not _Phragmites_) of a marsh.
>
> I was too. They may not have been actually nesting there - I didn't see a
> nest - that's why I said "apparently". The odd thing was, they weren't
> going anywhere near the boardwalk (which is the only structure in sight),
> and they weren't using the nesting holes in the snag (which I wouldn't
> expect), so I couldn't figure out where they were nesting. They kept
> swooping down to a particular spot in the reeds and staying there, then
> coming out again and flying over. The spot was hidden by tall reeds, so
> there was no way to see what they were so interested in there. Maybe they



Maybe they were collecting mud to take elsewhere for construction?

Scott Richardson
Olympia
richasar at dfw.wa.gov