Subject: RE: Purple Martin on Vashon
Date: Aug 25 08:12:43 1998
From: Eric Kraig - kraig at wln.com
At 07:47 PM 8/24/98 -0700, Li, Kevin wrote:
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>
>Today I was at the Nisqually all day, by the mouth of McAllister Creek; saw
>no martins at all. Did any nest there this year? ...
>
Martins were present all summer at Luhr Beach at the McAllister Creek
mouth. I was there most recently on 8/17, and counted eight birds,
including several juveniles. On Sunday, 8/23, I saw four martins out at
Buoy "1" in the Nisqually Reach, feeding and occasionally landing on the
buoy iself.
Eric Kraig
Olympia, WA
kraig at wln.com