Got more photos and views of the Purple Martins today, this time saw two
of the pairs standing so I could see legs. They do nor=t appear to have
any bands, but I only got to see those four bird's legs and there were
three more pairs flitting about.

(Port Townsend at Point Hudson nest boxes)
I will be posting another photo on birdsbydave.com in the morning...
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On 2020-05-11 16:05, Randy wrote:

> Dave, look for banded birds at those boxes. You might even be able to

> read

> the color band numbers from photos if the right angle. If banded, at

> least

> record the color and which leg has the color band.

>

> Thanks,

> Randy

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] On

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> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 3:03 PM

> To: Tweeters

> Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins taking up housekeeping in nest boxes

>

> There are several nest boxes for Purple Martins on poles at Point

> Hudson

> in Port Townsend, each now with a couple claiming occupancy. Today they

> were sitting on the porch shelf by their entrances. There are no RV

> campers now due to COVID19 lockdown, so I positioned my pickup and used

> 400mm lens through the window with good results; see at

> BIRDSBYDAVE.COM.

> Use the search button as I was restrained to the number of categories

> on

> the page....

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