I judged them to be juveniles because they had a buffy white forehead and
nape, giving a strong capped effect and seemed a bit unsure of their wings.
Plus there were six all together and no immediate signs of adults.

Gene.

At 03:46 PM 6/29/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Eugene Hunn wrote:
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>> Just ran out to Shilshole (West Seattle) to check for the martins and
>> counted six juveniles perched on or near their boxes, occasionally
>> chortling.
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>Young-of-the-year Purple Martins already? Seems about 3 weeks early.
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>Kelly McAllister
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