Stan:

I'm not aware of any breeding records, although as you note birds nested in
the county before the arrival of starlings. In fact there are now 6 county
records that I'm aware of other than the historical reference you mention in
Jewett (1953), notably all have been migrants, which my bird surely also
was.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com


>From: Stan Kostka <lynnandstan at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: lynnandstan at earthlink.net
>To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re: Fir Island / Purple Martin Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:40:41
>-0700
>
>
>
>This season I spent many hours along many miles searching Skagit County
>looking and listening for martins and never found any. Scott's
>observation today is only the fifth record of purple martins sighted in
>Skagit County that Im aware of. To date I have found no specific
>records of martins nesting in Skagit County, although Birds of WA
>(Jewett et al 1953) specifically lists Mount Vernon as reporting
>martins. Does anyone know of any Skagit records or reports of nesting
>Purple Martins ?
>
>Stan Kostka
>lynnandstan at earthlink.net
>Arlington
>
>
>Subject: Fir I. birdwalk 9/7
>From: "Scott Atkinson" <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
>Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 16:43:54 -0700
> along Maupin Rd, just n.w. of Jensen:
>PURPLE MARTIN 1 (rare in Skagit County, in large swallow flock)




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