A brief stop at the Ballard public access beach at 645 this morning gave me
a chance to see 9 purple martins, including 5 adult males. I think I was
also seeing about 5 rhino auklets diving a few hundred yards out. Recent
visits at mid day have been fruitless for martins.

Yesterday I got a report of martins flying around the gourds in the park at
the Utah Ave wetland; these gourds were installed just weeks ago. This site
is not far from the Ballard colony.

At Jack Block Park I'm seeing up to a dozen martins at dusk. I've gotten
reports of lots of activity at Picnic Point, but have yet to hear of
activity at Interbay, Edmonds, Kellogg Island, or Deer Creek. Terminal 105
Public Access has had up to a couple of pairs.

Kevin Li
Ballard, USA