Dear Michael and Tweeters:

Last year, on Migratory Bird Day, Kevin had a table display at the Woodland Park zoo with Purple Martin photos, handouts and gourds. As usual, he was generous with information and supplies and shared whatever he had with those who expressed an interest. Hopefully, someone will carry on this tradition.

He mentioned that he used to make the nesting containers but then found a place where he could purchase the gourds, all ready to go. While I can't install or monitor them, I'd be happy pay for a gourd or two and suspect there are others who would too. Unfortunately, I didn't get the price or name of the place where he purchased them.

Ann Marie Wood


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From: Michael Donahue <mgd at u.washington.edu>

> To continue Carol's Riddell's earlier post on purple martin sites, I would like
> to throw out that there are still many places that could use martin housing.
>
> Last July I was at the Tokeland marina and a pair of martins were nesting in an
> old tire that was slung over a piling. I'll bet a couple of gourds would be
> snapped up. Last August I was at a wedding at the Fair Harbor Marina in Mason
> County (between Shelton and Belfair) and had purple martins overhead. I did not
> see any housing so I assume that they're making do with something.
>
> There were 12,000 martins at a late summer roost at Green Lake in Seattle in the
> 1940s--wouldn't it be marvelous to have something like that again?
>
> Mike Donahue
> Seattle
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> Michael Donahue
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