Last year Michelle Tirhi and others (Greg Schirato & Kelly McAllister)
started banding local martins in conjunction with OR and BC; they focused on
Woodard Bay near Olympia, and Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma. I can FW this to
Michelle and Kelly. Sounds like band sightings are fairly frequent, which
shows the small numbers in the area, assuming these are their bands. I've
seen two banded birds in Ballard, and have heard a report of bands at
Hermosa Pt near Marysville. The Nisqually boat ramp (McAllister Creek) has
at least one adult male with a band.
Thanks for the good news!

Kevin Li
King County Environmental Lab
322 West Ewing St.
Seattle, WA 98119

(206) 684-2344

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http://splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/lakes/index.htm


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> From: Eugene Kridler[SMTP:ekridler at olympus.net]
> Reply To: ekridler at olympus.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:11 PM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: color banded Purple Martins
>
> I have a request from a person who has Purple Martins nesting at Brinnon
> which are banded with red bands. Who ever is doing the banding call
> (360)797-7100 and ask for Jessica. Or else correspond by E-mail with me,
> and I will relay the information to her. If the person is not on the
> net, inquiry will be made to the Bird Banding Lab in Laurel, MD to see
> if they have information about who is using these bands.
>
> Eugene Kridler
> Sequim, WA
>