[Tweeters] Purple Martins

[Richard James via Tweeters]

On 2026-01-05 12:00 p.m., via Tweeters wrote:


> Message: 8

> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0800

> From: Kathleen Snyder via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] To California, Brazil, and Back ? GPS tracking of

> 	Vesper Sparrow and Purple Martin. Thursday Jan 8, 7 pm via Zoom

> Oregon Vesper Sparrow and Western Purple Martin, two imperiled subspecies

> unique to the western U.S. 


Kathleen,

For the record, there are well-documented colonies of Western Purple 
Martin in BC, so not unique to western USA.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/maps-range

https://www.birdatlas.bc.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=PUMA&lang=en 
states:

"In 2014, a total of 1,060 pairs nested at 74 marine and 6 freshwater 
sites, an increase of 110 pairs and 12 sites from 2013; the breeding 
range now extends to Barkley Sound and the Broughton Archipelago in the 
Coast and Mountains Ecoprovince (Western Purple Martin Foundation 2014)."

Also stated in the 1st para of 
https://klamathbird.org/science/projects/western-purple-martin/

-- 
 From an Island in the Pacific,
Richard James, Victoria, BC, Canada