On 20 Sep 2001, at 21:46, Kevin Li wrote:

> This morning in Ballard I took advantage of the low tide to erect a ladder and
> clean out the purple martin boxes and take down the gourds. Two of the cedar
> boxes had grassy remains of the nest, including a few mussel shell fragments. At
> least one box had a conspicuous number of grubs (blowfly larvae?) moving around,
> and one gourd had several abandoned eggs.
you might look at the webpage:
http://www.birdblowfly.com
for photos and info
Clarice Clark
Puyallup, WA. 98371
mailto:jbroadus at seanet.com