I've heard it said that Purple Martins nest at many locations on Hood Canal but I know that
few specific locations are on record with Washington Fish and Wildlife. Interestingly, there
is also a reference which indicates that Jill Zarnowitz found Purple Martins nesting in natural
cavities on the Olympic Peninsula when she was doing her graduate study of cavity nesting birds
at the U.W. As far as I've been able to tell, all specific locality details for her observations
have been lost.

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, Washington
Reply to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Bruce Moorhead wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:44:12 -0700
> From: Bruce Moorhead <bruceb at olypen.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Fw: Purple Martins along Hood Canal
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Moorhead" <bruceb at olypen.com>
> To: "Bob Norton" <norton36 at olypen.com>; "Tweeters"
> <listproc at u.washington.edu>
> Cc: "Bob Boekelheide" <rivercenter at olympus.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:39 PM
> Subject: Purple Martins along Hood Canal
>
>
> > I just saw two or more Purple Martins on Monday, 6/16 along the Hood Canal
> > in Jefferson County in and around a (nest?) hole on a pier pole at
> Pleasant
> > Harbor yacht club, on the north side of Black Point near the mouth of the
> > Duckabush River. I realize they're making something of a comeback
> elsewhere
> > in the Puget Sound, but had not yet seen them myself on the Olympic
> > Peninsula. First thing that gets your attention is their loud, richly
> > bubbling calls.
> >
> > Bruce Moorhead
> > Port Angeles, WA
> > bruceb at olypen.com
> >
> >
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