There are Purple Martins nesting in the boxes that have been placed
atop pilings at the northeast corner of Lake Sammamish. Strikes me as
less populous than last year, but maybe it's still early. I saw at
least a dozen last week. You will probably need a kayak or canoe to visit them.

At 08:56 AM 7/7/2011, you wrote:
>There is a still active Purple Martin (as of this Sunday) nest in
>the right gourd at the end of the boardwalk on the Audubon Birdloop
>at Marymoor Park. I had seen the birds there the week prior but was
>not able to get a picture as the adults went into the gourd
>immediately upon arrival.
>This time they fed the juvenile from outside the the nest hole and
>then cooperated with a couple of shots perched on the crossbar. I
>had waited 35 minutes before they first showed up and then another
>10 before a reprise.
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