There are plenty of violet-green swallows at the Edmonds marsh and the retention pond at the end of the Pt. Edwards walkway.???In his?keynote speech at the Puget Sound Birdfest in Edmonds?last year, Dennis Paulson commented?that?a noticeable?absence of a species?at one location doesn't necessarily mean it is in decline,?it may have just relocated.??

Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA