The martins on Sauvie also have this problem. They seem to be reasonably
successful in keeping the starlings away. I observed a couple of battles
this spring. RK

> One case where the Starling seems clearly guilty (but that's what we
> thought about OJ too) is in evicting Purple Martin's from their nest
> boxes, at least that seems to be what happened at the north end of Lake
> Sammamish.
>
> Gene Hunn.
>

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